(Updated2) 4/13/11 PRESIDENT OBAMA's BUDGET DEFICIT SPEECH, GWU, WASH. D.C.

(Updated2) 4/13/11 PRESIDENT OBAMA's BUDGET DEFICIT SPEECH from GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY : [the entire message will not fit in the description box, so for the rest of it GO TO:
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" Good afternoon. It’s great to be back at GW. I want you to know that one of the reasons I kept the government open was so I could be here today with al of you. I wanted to make sure you had one more excuse to skip class. You’re welcome Of course, what we’ve been debating here in Washington for the last few weeks will affect your lives in ways that are potentially profound. This debate over budgets and deficits is about more than just numbers on a page, more than just cutting and spending. It’s about the kind of future we want. It’s about the kind of country we believe in. And that’s what I want to talk about today. From our first days as a nation, we have put our faith in free markets and free enterprise as the engine of America’s wealth and prosperity. More than citizens of any other country, we are rugged individualists, a self-reliant people with a healthy skepticism of too much government. But there has always been another thread running throughout our history – a belief that we are all connected; and that there are some things we can only do together, as a nation. We believe, in the words of our first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, that through government, we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. And so we’ve built a strong military to keep us secure, and public schools and universities to educate our citizens We’ve laid down railroads and highways to facilitate travel and commerce. We’ve supported the work of scientists and researchers whose discoveries have saved lives, unleashed repeated technological revolutions, and led to countless new jobs and entire industries. Each of us has benefitted from these nvestments, and we are a more prosperous country as a result Part of this American belief that we are all connected also expresses itself in a conviction that each one of us deserves some basic measure of security. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, hard times or bad luck, a crippling illness or a layoff, may strike any one of us (go to http://thedailynews4u.posterous.com/updated2-41311-president-obamas-budget-defici )