**Written by Doug Powers
Remember this?
That was back when Obama warned American about the coming belt-tightening just days before taking office in January of 2009:
Here we are, after eight years of leading by example:
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I’d hate to see how big that number would have been if Obama hadn’t shared in the sacrifice!
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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