CSPAN Politics Public Policy Today September 11, 2012
and this is the national debt just hit $16 trillion. this brings no pride or cause to celebrate to the american people. nor should it to any member of this body, our friends in the senate or in the white house either. that is approximately $51,000 for every man, woman and child in this country. it doesn't have to be this way. i want to point you to a few of the president's own words >> we can't afford to mortgage our children's future on another mountain of debt. where are we today? today, we are at a place that is far worse than four years ago. not $15 trillion, but $16 trillion in ...