Because we do not have the money to fund them.
It weakens an economic recovery that has already been weak and is not delivering for the people you are asking about.
I remarked over and over again during that time in the State of Wisconsin about just how hard the people in my State are...
You are going to have to raise the debt limit and fund the government. There is no other option.
The Social Security Trust Fund in total, on a consolidated basis, has no value to the Federal Government.
For anybody to say that Social Security is solvent to the year 2035 is just--I just think that is a false statement.
Too many are waiting far too long for the benefits that they have earned.
If what we have does not work, why would we want to pour more in?
I think we all share the same goal here. We all want a prosperous America.
Government-run programs, government-funded programs run way too slow.
We are spending more per pupil and we are getting terrible results.
Within the next 10 years, the cash deficit in Social Security will be about $1.3 trillion.
If we would just return to a normal economy, which we had in 2007, when revenue generation was 18.5 percent of our econo...
I do not see any way we start solving these problems until we are honest with the American people in terms of the depth ...
So increasing taxes on the rich is a tenth as effective if we would actually just return our economy to a normal economy...
The dual twin challenges. You want to attack one without frustrating progress on the other.
budgets truly are a statement of our values and our priorities as Americans.
I want to see us develop a budget that truly holds true to the belief that in America everybody gets a fair shot and eve...
