Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Residents of Tightwad offer Barack Obama lessons on balancing a budget

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/us-politics/8076649/Residents-of-Tightwad-offer-Barack-Obama-lessons-on-balancing-a-budget.html

Perhaps Obama will cancel his trip to India (head scarf thing) and instead make an educational trip of America, and the first place he could kick it off should be in Tightwad, to get the gist of how real people have to live.

The people of Tightwad, fed up with rampant government spending and a ballooning national debt, are offering Washington politicians a few lessons on how to balance a budget.

His friend Suzette Corpier, 47, a cook and an undecided voter, said: "I'd like to see President Obama walk through Tightwad and see how things are. I'd like to sit him down at my table. I have to calculate each portion according to what I can afford