The nation's debt has increased by more than $3.5 trillion since President Barack Obama took office. He has demanded an increase in the current $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and is calling for higher taxes so that he can spend even more. Yet in his weekly radio address this morning he declared "Government has to start living within its means, just like families do."

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As if that weren't enough to make any American who has been paying attention burst into incredulous laughter (or tears), he followed that statement up with, "We have to cut the spending we can’t afford so we can put the economy on sounder footing, and give our businesses the confidence they need to grow and create jobs."

This man who tried to spend our way out of debt with the $800 billion non-stimulating stimulus and spend his way into glory with the multi-trillion dollar Obamacare is now calling for responsible federal spending. He also seems to be admitting that it is not government but American businesses free of government-provided uncertainty that create jobs.

Has this president, who just days ago demonized those who are trying to stop his irresponsible spending, suddenly had a change of heart (and brain)? Has he seen the chaos in Greece and realized what happens when a society completely dependent on unsustainable government programs has to enact painful austerity measures just to survive? Has he finally mastered second-grade math?

Nah. Just a few seconds later he was back to his old self saying, “We’ve got to cut the deficit, but we can do that while making investments in education, research, and technology that actually create jobs. We can live within our means while still investing in our future." In other words, spend our way out of debt and government will create jobs.

That "plan" clearly hasn't worked for the past two and a half years but Mr. Obama is insisting we stick to it. And this time he's adding a new but equally ineffective element - raise taxes. Of course the truth is raising taxes on those "millionaires and billionaires" won't bring in anywhere near enough additional revenue to make a dent in the ever growing debt. For example, eliminating the tax breaks to those oft-mentioned evil corporate jet owners would bring in less than $3 billion over 10 years. (source)

So like most things Obama, he says what people want to hear, does the opposite and tosses in an attack meant to pit one group of Americans against another. Obviously the belief is if we concentrate on the class warfare diversion, we won't notice what Senator Dan Coats (R-Indiana) called in today's GOP weekly address the president's "spend more, borrow more and tax more approach [that] has resulted in fewer jobs, higher debt and a threatened downgrade from credit agencies."

Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, less Americans are falling for his shell game every day.