Mr. Obama said the "continuing disaster" for working families was more reason for his economic plan.
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It will cost far less than a continuing cycle of poverty, disaster recovery, and instability which U.S. interests in our hemisphere will require us to address when they reach an emergency level.
But the country was running a budget surplus before that, and a continuing tight fiscal policy has not only not caused a Keynesian disaster, but has accompanied a strong rebound.