$50 trillion in debt? How far can we go?
(Over the next few weeks I will be publishing a series of columns to help investors understand what will be the global economic drivers for the next ten years. I will discuss their effects on our lives and how to profit from the changes ahead through a series of 10 investment themes.
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.
Barack Obama, March 16, 2006


