Scott Walker: “any time you hear Members come to the floor advocating the President's balanced budget, you need to understand what that…”

“any time you hear Members come to the floor advocating the President's balanced budget, you need to understand what that means. The fact is the President did as he was requested to do. He came in with a balanced budget that does meet balance in 7 years. The problem is that it always reflects his sense of priorities, and in that balanced budget the President has told us he wants to spend more, he wants to tax more, he wants bigger government, not less government, and that is what the debate is about. It is not whether or not you get to balance; it is how you get there and what you are doing, what are the programs and the priorities that you espouse. The programs and the priorities espoused by President Clinton lead us to more problems for the future. Why? Well, it is a little like going on a diet and telling yourself I am going to lose 20 pounds this month. In the President's budget, what he does is says we will not lose one pound in the first 29 days of the month, and then in the last 2 days of the month we will lose the other 19 pounds. In our budget, what we do is say let us make the hard choices up front. That is a big difference.”