Barack Obama, back in 2008:

In this morning’s USA Today, there was a story about how much the top CEOs have been making. They did a study and found that the top 50 CEOs made somewhere around $15.7 million last year — despite the fact that many of their companies were having a bad year . . .
That’s not the America we believe in. That’s an outrage. But it’s not an accident. It’s a consequence of a tired and cynical philosophy that has failed the American people. It’s a philosophy that says unless you’re a big campaign donor or a special interest lobbyist, “you’re on your own.” And it’s a philosophy that’s come to dominate Washington over the last seven and a half years.

The Washington Post, today:

More than half of Obama’s 47 biggest fundraisers, those who collected at least $500,000 for his campaign, have been given administration jobs. Nine more have been appointed to presidential boards and committees.
At least 24 Obama bundlers were given posts as foreign ambassadors, including in Finland, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg . . .
Obama’s administration falls in line with the previous one in terms of the share of ambassadors who are political appointees rather than career Foreign Service officers . . .
“We think that the pendulum has swung a bit too far toward the patronage side of things,” said Susan Johnson, president of the American Foreign Service Association, which represents career officers.

All statements from Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.

Go ahead, Republican presidential candidates. Use the line.