Well…Bush does! Just saw President Bush on TV talking about why he decided to act to help solve the financial crisis. I may be getting this somewhat incorrect and I can’t find the speech online yet, leave a link if you find one, but it was pretty close.
“My first instinct was to let the market work itself out. But after I was briefed by the experts, I realized how much serious the situation already was. It turns out our financial systems are all interconnected. If one piece fails, the impact won’t be felt just within that one piece. It will affect other pieces.”
Does this scare anyone else? Nice to be reminded I try to turn the TV off whenever he comes on to talk…
Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMU8V_kg6A0&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=
I’ll bet Barack “it’s your patriotic duty to pay higher taxes” Obama knows a lot about our financial systems. Yeah.
That was Palin you’re quoting who was misquoting Biden, not Barack, who was talking only about people who are making over 250,000 a year, not everyone.
Close though…
I know it was a Biden quote but it can be attributable to the Obama campaign since he was on the stump when he said it.
AND…more importantly…it’s not “people” making over $250k…it’s FAMILIES. If you file as an individual, you’ll see your tax burden increase at a much lower threshold. Obama doesn’t like to talk about that part, though.