Bob Beauprez: “as we get close to the end this has been an interesting debate to listen to tonight. If I listen to all the eloquence…”

“as we get close to the end this has been an interesting debate to listen to tonight. If I listen to all the eloquence from the other side of the aisle, I must think this is surely the only place in the United States of America that believes we do not spend enough, nor tax enough. I tell you what, I could go into any sale barn, any peach orchard, any machine shop, any office building, sit around any kitchen table in my State of Colorado, and I could ask that question and they would tell me straight up, no, we do not believe that the United States Congress handles our money quite as efficiently as maybe they could. Do you know what we are talking about here tonight? Over the next 5 years, reducing the rate of increase by a mere one-third plus or minus of 1 percent. One-third of a cent on a dollar rate of increase. Now, go back home and ask the folks in your district, the folks that live across the street, the folks you go to church with if they really believe we are so good in the United States Congress with their tax dollars that somehow, someway we could not find one-third of a penny of savings out of their dollar. You know how we are finding it. We are finding it by saying, you know, folks, if you want to get in the nursing home and you happen to have three-quarters of a million dollars of equity in your house, maybe you ought to take care of yourself for a little while.…”