Blame the Victim

So in a speech in Upper Michigan yesterday, BO tells us that we need to cut back on going out to eat and going on vacation.

I have to cut back.

that seems ridiculous, if you can afford to go out and eat and go on vacation (especially inside the US) why wouldn't you, it helps the economy

as for it being the publics fault, i have to kind of agree with that to a certain extent, sure government regulations (or lack there of) made it easy to get home loans, or credit, it's still an individuals choice to over extend that credit

In regard to the national debt, the government went on a spending binge to fund its wars and at the same time cut taxes. That's largely how it sold the people onto its wars. And the people being how they are, shortsighted and fickle, ignored the fact that these wars would have to be paid for eventually.

How much milage would these wars have gotten had the government said "We're gonna wage multi-trillion dollar wars and we're gonna raise taxes to pay for the escapade!"?

If now the people have to buckle down and think smarter and do things differently, it's only because the people didn't do so when they were agitated by the government into frothing at the mouth for war.