Were Not Some Banana Republic Barack Obama

President Obama contended that the United States would become reminiscent of a banana republic if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling and provide funding for Obamacare in upcoming budget negotiations. "This is the United States of America — we're not some banana republic, this is not a deadbeat nation, we don't run out on our tab," the president said during a speech at a Ford plant in Liberty, Mo., on Friday afternoon. "We can't just not pay our bills." Earlier today, the House voted and passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government except for Obamacare through the end of the year.

• 2013-09-30T19:09:55+00:00
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