Do as I say, not as I do.

Earlier this month President Obama told business leaders that "We have to once again live within our means."

He is exactly right. Living beyond our means is the very thing that has this country's economy in such a state. Banks and other lending institutions (at the direction of the government) have long been approving loans to people who have no way of repaying them, all so we can have the "American Dream."

Now that the piper must be paid, people everywhere are losing their part of that dream.

Most successful leaders lead by example. If we see someone at the top living what they're telling us to do, we're willing to follow that example.

Sounds simple, right?

Then why is it that our President just wrote out a "check" for nearly $800 billion dollars that we don't have, and can't pay back?

What happens when its time to pay that piper?