54,000 jobs were saved or created just in the State of Wisconsin, thanks to those stimulus dollars.

if we can actually help to increase people getting to work and getting jobs and if they are paying taxes...

I just think as we look at what we are talking about, you know, so often people talk about whether you raise taxes or you cut spending...

I think we can do both.

We are spending more per pupil and we are getting terrible results.

If we would just return to a normal economy, which we had in 2007, when revenue generation was 18.5 percent of our economy, that would add an additional $435 billion per year.

I do not see any way we start solving these problems until we are honest with the American people in terms of the depth of the problem.

So increasing taxes on the rich is a tenth as effective if we would actually just return our economy to a normal economy.

I think we all share the same goal here. We all want a prosperous America.

For anybody to say that Social Security is solvent to the year 2035 is just--I just think that is a false statement.

Within the next 10 years, the cash deficit in Social Security will be about $1.3 trillion.

The Social Security Trust Fund in total, on a consolidated basis, has no value to the Federal Government.

Government-run programs, government-funded programs run way too slow.

If what we have does not work, why would we want to pour more in?

I believe that we have to face both of these challenges head on and address them in a bold yet balanced way.

We think that the high unemployment rate is primarily the effect of businesses not hiring.

I want to see us develop a budget that truly holds true to the belief that in America everybody gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share.

budgets truly are a statement of our values and our priorities as Americans.