Lynn C. Woolsey: “if the GOP leadership is so sure that their supplementary appropriations bill promotes fiscal responsibility, why are…”

“if the GOP leadership is so sure that their supplementary appropriations bill promotes fiscal responsibility, why are they resorting to sneaky tactics such as the ones what we've seen in this bill? How many times does the majority have to be called on their false promises to protect Social Security? What kind of fools do they take the people of this country to be? When are they going to level with the American public? We're here arguing about raising the debt ceiling because at this time last year, the Republican leadership and the administration passed a $1.3 trillion tax cut. The irresponsible nature of that tax cut is made evident by the very fact that we have to raise the debt limit. And once again, the Republican leadership is pushing for measures that jeopardize the future of the Social Security trust fund. We've already borrowed from the Social Security trust fund to give the ``Bill Gates of the world'' a couple extra tax cuts and now we're going to borrow from the trust fund again to finance other programs. Escalating public debt mortgages away our Social Security trust fund so why wouldn't we question the leadership's less than honest attempts to raise the debt ceiling. Preserving the Social Security trust fund is not a new idea. At one time we had Republicans and Democrats alike pledging to keep the trust fund off limits. But when it comes down to it, the GOP leadership is not serious about ensuring basic retirement security for American workers.”