What we ought to be doing is redoubling our efforts to where we get that down to about 2 or 3 percent.
I am not wanting to put you on the spot so I am going to ask this question where you don't have to answer it directly.
I am concerned about it and I know the President is concerned about it.
Actually, the President, Senator Carper, myself, and Senator McCain put through USAspending.gov.
Part of your statement was the fact that you think this is going to change the way the government operates.
I am hearing that you plan to move USAspending.gov to Recovery.gov, which scares me to death based on what I see in Reco...
If you do not get a buy-in of companies' capital on research... they are not ever going to be as efficient.
I agree with the President. That is exactly what we do not want to do. We want fixed-price contracts.
I would suggest, besides what Senator Collins said, put Ad Council ads on TV for seniors about these scams.
One of the problems that we have in the Federal Government is Congress telling us how we budget.
I have heartburn over the $787 billion. I have heartburn over the $55.1 billion.
The 7 percent figure bothers me, but the 10 percent figure on the Federal Government bothers me even more.
It is just simply a matter of fairness that if you owe taxes in the country, you ought to pay them.
Should there be?
As a fundamental matter of fairness, if you owe taxes to your government, you ought to pay them.
The U.S. boasts the following dubious distinctions: The 2nd-highest corporate tax rate in the world at 40 percent.
The World Bank ranks the U.S. 76th on having a low burden of business taxes and tax compliance costs.
We are going to find you, in other words.
