The Long Game, by Mitch McConnell: on Budget & Economy

Obama's far left agenda led to a mountain of debt

I was not surprised to see the public sour on the President and his plan. It was tremendously short sided. Our four fathers came here not looking for security, but for opportunity, and Obama's blatant attempt to Europeanize the country flies in the face of what America is all about. By pushing this far left agenda, all the Democrats had done was explode the government, bringing along a coinciding mountain of debt. The deficit for this year alone was bigger than the last four years alone of the Bush administration. Combined. It reminded me of what Margaret Thatcher once said: The problem with Socialism is you soon will run out of other people money. Policies like this could not be sustained in the long term and all are doing was leaving a whole lot of problems our children will have to deal with . So were people angry? Yes. And for good reason. Source: The Long Game, by Mitch McConnell, p.200 May 31, 2016

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