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Jack Kingston: A lady named Charlie from Denton, TX wrote me and said on the subject of the public debt, which is of course what has…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1995
A lady named Charlie from Denton, TX wrote me and said on the subject of the public debt, which is of course what has been our central theme today, saving money, cutting back on the size of Government and so forth, she says: I'm very upset that some people think it's okay to tax my grandchildren, 17 years to 3 months old, for things other people have already used up. We have got to balance that budget, we have got to give a promise so that Charlie's grandchildren and your grandchildren and my grandchildren will have a bright, great America as we know it can and should be.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the importance of balancing the budget and its impact on future generations.

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