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Last Thursday, President Barack Obama spoke in the Vandament Arena at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. The President chose this picturesque town in my district to propose more federal stimulus spending, something he now refers to as “investments.” The President’s stop in Northern Michigan was just one of many that his administration has been making lately as they try to sell a plan of “investments” for “winning the future.” Unfortunately, the only prize Americans will be winning is even more debt.

Families in Northern Michigan, like those all across the country, are trimming their own budgets. The government on the other hand, has shown no signs of changing its spending habits. While the President was in Upper Michigan, his Administration was putting the finishing touches on a $3.7 trillion budget that will result in record setting $1.6 trillion deficit. 

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