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Sonny Bono: “I am not going to lie to the American public. If we do not address the problem of what is going to happen in 14 years…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
I am not going to lie to the American public. If we do not address the problem of what is going to happen in 14 years right now, this country will crash, and that is the reality of the situation. We have to do that jointly and we cannot fool the public. It is wonderful to let our numbers go up and say, look, whatever people want, they can get, and they should not worry about it, but we cannot do that. So I hope this time the same simple message will get to the President and he will submit a balanced budget scored by CBO in 7 years. It is that simple and that would be the end of all of this tribulation.
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Sonny Bono
California
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Addressing the need for a balanced budget and the consequences of inaction.

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