07/07/2009
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"We are irresponsible. We like to spend money and we do not like to raise taxes."
"If there is anything I am certain of, I am certain that the regular order is not going to take on this burgeoning debt."
"It is a fiscal crisis the likes of which we have not faced before and it challenges us to respond equally in an unprecedented way."
"we are nowhere near there at the moment."