The Homa Files

Yesterday, Freedomworks (a conservative org) released the results of a survey on the debt and deficit.

Folks were asked: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.

It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies…

Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally.

Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’

Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.

America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” 

A resounding 87% of the respondents agreed with the statement.

The percentage dropped to the high 50s when the statement was identified with its speaker: Sen. Barack Obama, Congressional Record, S.2237-8, 3/16/06

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