Mike Thompson: “I think the Senator's concern is well placed. I, for one, have been concerned that in this country for a long period of…”

“I think the Senator's concern is well placed. I, for one, have been concerned that in this country for a long period of time we have refused to make any sacrifices, as far as consumption is concerned, and that the first things usually on the chopping block are things that benefit the next generation and that we ought to be spending more on what would probably be decided as capital items, infrastructure, things that will make our country stronger and more competitive and greater in future years and consume less. I happen to not think the Senator's concern would best be the approach to take to resolve that. But I appreciate the concern. But getting back to, I think, the most fundamental concern, we can talk about a capital budget, we can talk about this would somehow restrict the Government from fine-tuning the economy, we can debate over whether or not the Government has had that much success in times past.”