“The problem is that the way Bush has
done it in the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of
China in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5
trillion from the first 42 presidents. No. 43 added $4 trillion by his
lonesome. So we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to
pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. That’s irresponsible, that’s unpatriotic.”
- Democratic Presidential nominee, Barack Obama, 3 July 2008
- Democratic Presidential nominee, Barack Obama, 3 July 2008