Robert Berry: “I cannot think of a more disturbing situation than we face today. I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle…”

“I cannot think of a more disturbing situation than we face today. I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about this great prosperity that we are enjoying. We all know that is not true. We all know that the average family in this country, at least in the First Congressional District of Arkansas, the average family has lost $1,500 a year in income. The cost of gasoline has doubled. The cost of health care is so high they just simply cannot afford it anymore, yet we are presented with this idea. If we do this ridiculous thing, and we continue on this path of reducing taxes on the very wealthiest people in this country, and allow working people to be taken advantage of in the way that is happening today, it is going to destroy this country. I agree with the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor), this is immoral. It is wrong to continue to add debt on top of debt on top of debt on our children and grandchildren. No right-thinking person in the world would do that, and yet the Republicans all continue to want to do that. And then my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about how prosperous we are. My goodness alive, if we are doing so good, how did we go from a $5 trillion surplus to $3 trillion in additional debt? That is impossible if we are doing well. You do not have to be all broken out with brains to figure this out.”