Quote of the Day: Barack Obama on the fiscal cliff deal
The US president on why the country must avoid excessive cuts.
By New Statesman Published 02 January 2013 8:15
Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office to board Marine One and return to his family holiday in Hawaii in the early morning hours of 2 January. Photograph: Getty Images.
We can't simply cut our way to prosperity...we're going to have to continue to move forward in deficit reduction, but we have to do it in a balanced way, making sure that we are growing even as we get a handle on our spending.
George Osborne could learn a thing or two from Barack Obama.
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