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Aaron Bean: “Fiscal responsibility is what our constituents, as taxpayers, expect from us and particularly what our children and our…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2007
Fiscal responsibility is what our constituents, as taxpayers, expect from us and particularly what our children and our grandchildren expect from us as well. Their future depends on our making better decisions than we have been making. I am embarrassed to admit that we haven't been demonstrating much of it here at a congressional level. And I share with these kids that their share of the national debt is, as you can see, over $29,000. We are approaching $30,000, each individual American's share of the national debt. It is just a gross irresponsibility that we have demonstrated, and we need to rectify that.
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Aaron Bean
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the importance of fiscal responsibility and budget reform.

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