Sonny Bono: “I am truly fascinated and I enjoy being here because it is such a thrilling education, and a big part of this education…”

“I am truly fascinated and I enjoy being here because it is such a thrilling education, and a big part of this education is how people can take basic truths or just basics and twist them and turn them to give impressions that have nothing to do with the issue. I just heard a statement that the Republicans have shut down the Federal Government under the Republican leadership. It was shut down under the leadership of the President of the United States. Now, how complicated is this issue? Let me tell my colleagues how complicated this issue is. Why did all this start? It started because we had a position that we should balance the budget. Now, we could lie to the American public and tell them not to worry about it, that they will keep getting their money and they should not worry about it; they will get it forever. But, see, it runs out in 14 years. Everybody admits that. So that is like saying, well, yeah, everything is going to crash, but we should not worry about it. We are taking all this heat because we are saying to the American people, please be aware that the country is going to crash in 14 years. There will be no money if we operate status quo. It is that simple. We are saying, well, one way to start handling these problems is to balance the budget.”