Coburn says America is ‘rotting’ from too much dependence on government | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment: "The penultimate meeting of President Obama’s debt commission Wednesday was a data-heavy affair, with members and reporters poring over the 58-page final report brimming with facts and figures.
Each member of the commission who attended the meeting — only Republican Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan and Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana were absent, negotiating the Bush tax cuts — spoke for several minutes.
Most speeches stayed policy-focused, with members saying what parts of the plan they liked and didn’t like.
Then, after two hours of speeches, Sen. Tom Coburn took his turn.
Coburn’s eight-minute speech made a few nods to data and policy, but was more of a plea for a wholesale change in American culture.
“Nobody is looking at what the real problem is. And the real problem is us,” said the recently bearded Oklahoma Republican."
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