White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee said Sunday that failing to raise the nation’s debt limit would be “catastrophic.” Yet his boss, then-Sen. Barack Obama, opposed a debt limit increase in 2006 and didn’t even show up to vote on it in 2007 and 2008.Quite a difference from 2006 to 2011, no? What's the difference? In 2006 Bush was the President. Now it's Obama. And that's about it.Raising the debt ceiling is like giving alcohol to an alcoholic. What by the way is the point of even having a debt ceiling if they keep raising it in perpetuity? How about STOP SPENDING MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE????
That’s a sharp contrast from the position of Obama in 2006, while serving as an Illinois senator. Obama joined all Senate Democrats to oppose the 2006 debt limit increase.
“Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren,” Obama said in 2006. “America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.”
Obama later missed two votes in 2007 and 2008 while campaigning for president. Many Democrats who opposed the 2006 increase flipped their position once they took control of the Senate.
Flashback: Obama 2006: “America Has A Debt Problem And A Failure Of Leadership,” Voted AGAINST IT!
A flashback reminder back to 2006 from the Washington Examiner this January via Instapundit: Goolsbee’s debt limit comments conflict with Obama’s 2006 vote
