John Campbell: “That increased spending, and the fact that revenue has dropped off some. I mean, the growth in revenue has, in fact…”

“That increased spending, and the fact that revenue has dropped off some. I mean, the growth in revenue has, in fact, dropped off, the economy is down, and so people are not making as much money and paying as much taxes. So, there is that, too. But that's the point of all of this is that the government can't keep on spending; when times are good, increase spending a lot, and when times are bad, increase spending a lot, too. That's what we can't do. And that's what has gotten us in this mess, that's what has gotten us this big national debt, and that's what has gotten us into these deficits. And now we're having a little drop off in revenue. It's still probably going to increase, but just not at a 10 percent rate like it has before. And so I'm looking to see, where is the proposal on the part of the majority party here to reduce spending so that we can try and, if we don't balance the budget this year, so that at least we don't double it, at least we try to control it a little bit, try and get it back on track towards balance. But that's not what we're seeing. That's not what we're seeing.”