"You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage," Obama said. "You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices."
The comments quickly sparked a flurry of reaction from federal, state and local lawmakers in the Silver State, which had an unemployment rate of 13 percent in December.
I guess he wants the Vegas unemployed rate to reach the same heights as Detroit or something. I'm sure he knows that people "blowing money in Vegas" is what keeps that town in business.It is true that Americans need to prioritize their money but who is Obama to tell them what to spend that money on? As long as their decision doesn't hurt the economy as a whole (like taking out a liar loan on a house they can't afford then walking away from the mortgage) then who cares if they shoot dice with their kids college money.
I love this Mayor of Vegas, Oscar Goodman's, skewer as well:
"He has to step up right away and say, you know, he wasn't thinking," Goodman said. "Sometimes when he's not using his monitors and reading what he says, he doesn't think. And this is one of those times he didn't think, and he should straighten out the record because he's been here, he knows Las Vegas is a great place."
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