Obama is not doing as he promised in his campaign. Obama stated he would pay as he goes. This is from BarackObama.com. This is who Obama claimed to be. This is what Obama claimed he would do:
Listen to Barack Obama himself- the first 30 seconds are clear. Obama is now acting contrary to what he ran on in his hope and change campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d4a6RNhCUo&feature=player_embedded
Barack Obama: The Blueprint for Change Fiscal Discipline
Obama claimed every single proposal he made in the campaign was paid for because he believed in pay as you go. Obama claimed he didn't believe in running up debt for the next generation. Obama claimed he would root out waste. Obama claimed to go through the budget line by line to get rid of wasteful programs to pay for needed and nonwasteful programs. Obama claimed he would stop pork and earmarks and make government transparent. (Obama let the pork go claiming it was last years business though he had to sign it)
BarackObama.com
Listen to Barack Obama himself- the first 30 seconds are clear. Obama is now acting contrary to what he ran on in his hope and change campaign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d4a6RNhCUo&feature=player_embedded
Barack Obama: The Blueprint for Change Fiscal Discipline
Obama claimed every single proposal he made in the campaign was paid for because he believed in pay as you go. Obama claimed he didn't believe in running up debt for the next generation. Obama claimed he would root out waste. Obama claimed to go through the budget line by line to get rid of wasteful programs to pay for needed and nonwasteful programs. Obama claimed he would stop pork and earmarks and make government transparent. (Obama let the pork go claiming it was last years business though he had to sign it)
BarackObama.com
Barack Obama will restore fiscal discipline to Washington
Reinstate PAYGO Rules: Obama and Biden believe that a critical step in restoring fiscal discipline is enforcing pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budgeting rules which require new spending commitments or tax changes to be paid for by cuts to other programs or new revenue.
The Problem
Increasing Debt: Under President Bush, the federal debt has increased from $5.7 trillion to $8.8 trillion, an increase of more than 50 percent.
Against Raising the Federal Debt Limit: In 2006, Obama voted against misguided Republican efforts to raise the statutory debt limit at the same time the Republicans were pushing through massive debt-financed tax cuts for the wealthy.