Obama Misleads on Support for ‘Balanced’ Deficit Agreement

By Michael Warren

Published July 15, 2011 4:55pm ET

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Obama Misleads on Support for ‘Balanced’ Deficit Agreement — At his press conference Friday, President Barack Obama repeatedly claimed that the American people support a “balanced approach” and “shared sacrifice” when it comes to a debt and deficit solution. “The American people are sold,” Obama said. “You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American […]

At his press conference Friday, President Barack Obama repeatedly claimed that the American people support a “balanced approach” and “shared sacrifice” when it comes to a debt and deficit solution.

“The American people are sold,” Obama said. “You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts.”

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