Former President Bill Clinton scolded American voters for backing congressional Republicans in 2010, arguing that voters have to pay more attention during campaign and take “ownership” of government.

“[Americans] go around telling people how sorry these politicians are, and they voted for all of them,” Clinton said this morning during the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit. “One of the problems is that we listen to the rhetoric of politicians and we pay almost no attention to their specific [plans],” he said, referring to the Republican legislators elected in 2010.