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Published 12:07 a.m., Wednesday, July 20, 2011, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.

     President Barack Obama is a bully. His dire warnings about default, cutting vital services, and delaying Social Security checks if the debt limit isn't raised are baloney.

     "He's trying to scare people ... into thinking that if we don't raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion than we'll default on our debt," Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann said recently.

     "We have more revenue coming in all the time, and we can simply pay off the interest on our debt. There is no need to default," she said.

     Bachmann is a tax attorney with a doctorate in tax law, so she knows how to crunch numbers.

     What we can't afford is wasteful government spending and failure to reform entitlement programs so that these programs remain viable or can be transferred gradually to the private sector. Not raising the debt ceiling would force the federal government to live within its means, just as our families have to.
Obama wants a debt ceiling increase because he wants to spend more. He has no real interest in cutting the size of government. His words and especially his actions show that he has more in common with Karl Marx than Thomas Jefferson.

     Congress, the nation is depending on you. If you do the right thing, the nation will reward you. What happens if you give in to a bully? He'll only get worse.
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