Politics, U.S.: The Republican who nearly joined Obama’s cabinet has beef
- In the next five years, President Obama’s budget will double the national debt. In the next 10 years, it will triple the national debt.
- Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH • On Barack Obama’s budget plan and how it will saddle future generations with heavy debt. He says Obama’s plans “represent an extraordinary move of our government to the left.” Gregg nearly became commerce secretary but backed off after finding the ideological differences to be too extreme. • source