Joe Scarborough: “Yesterday the Senate failed to do what American middle-class citizens and State legislators have had to do for some…”

“Yesterday the Senate failed to do what American middle-class citizens and State legislators have had to do for some time, and that is, step up to the plate and finally have to balance their checkbooks, to take in only as much, and spend only as much, as they take in. Unfortunately, they failed to grasp this very simple concept. It has been a quarter of a century since we balanced our Federal budgets, and yet the liberal Democrats again were afraid to restrict themselves, to live by this very simple, very American concept. Now, earlier today we heard Democrats talking about wanting a family-friendly Congress and worrying about their children, and that is great. I have got children. I worry about my children, too. But where were they when we were voting on the most important amendment that would have as big an impact on our children's future as anything? Well, I will tell you where some of them were a year ago. They were supporting this amendment when they knew that it did not have a chance of passing.”