OBAMA: He made a bunch of promises to get costs under control. I think we should examine how did these promises work out? Well, first of all, if you thought everything cost too much before… everything is more expensive now. I want to be fair. As a former president, I can tell you sometimes factors beyond the president's control end up foiling the best laid plans. That is not the case here. This administration's actions are directly responsible for rising costs. The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions. Most importantly, he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for and nobody voted for