Christopher Shays: “So we have to get our financial house in order and balance that budget as the foundation. Not as the solution, but as…”

“So we have to get our financial house in order and balance that budget as the foundation. Not as the solution, but as the foundation for then saving our trust funds, which are obviously related to the first issue, but then, ultimately, transforming this caretaking, social, and corporate welfare state into a caring, into a very caring opportunity society. Instead of taking this pie and deciding how we divide up limited resources, what can we do to grow this economy. And that clearly is a very important element to the last part of our plan, and that is beside just getting our financial house in order to have certain tax incentives to encourage growth in this economy.”