First, it increases spending about four times the rate of inflation at a time when the deficit is out of control and our national debt is skyrocketing. So I just I think fiscally, it is irresponsible.
Evan Bayh criticizes the spending bill for increasing spending significantly while the national debt is rising.
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I believe is discriminatory. Times have changed since then and it seems to me we should respond to those changes, changes in the attitude of our people, the acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the workplace.
We should not discriminate against them. We should honor that service, honor that patriotism, the way we do the service and patriotism of any American who is willing to put on the uniform of this country.
It's time now to allow men and women to serve their country and to do so without having to conceal their sexual orientation.
If they become significantly affected by this, does that present a systemic risk of some kind?