"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.' " --

Barack Hussein Obama 44th President of the United States - Source: 20 March 2006, prior to voting against a debt ceiling increase in the Senate

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" If there was ever a time in the modern history of America that the American people should become engaged in what's going on here in Washington, now is that time."

Bernie Sanders: July, 2011 - The longest serving independent member of Congress in American history.


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