Jack Kingston: “obviously, my friend from the other side of the aisle has confused St. Patrick's Day with April fools when he talks…”

“obviously, my friend from the other side of the aisle has confused St. Patrick's Day with April fools when he talks about the Republican budget. Let me talk to my colleagues. There is philosophical and mathematical differences between the way the Republicans and Democrats use numbers. It is best illustrated by this story. One of the Democrats' leading budget hawks went to go buy some worms. He was going fishing. He walked up to the bait store and said, ``How much are your worms?'' The guy said, ``You can have all you want for $1.'' So the Democrat said, ``I will take $2 worth.'' That is the problem. We almost need national testing when it comes to truth in budgeting with the Democrats. Let us go through this little quiz on Social Security: Republicans want to preserve 100 percent; Democrats 62 percent. Fill in the blanks: Which is greater, 62 percent or 100 percent? True or false, 62 percent does not equal 100 percent. True or false, 38 percent will be spent on non-Social Security items under the President's budget. This is true. The President wants to preserve 62 percent, Republicans want to preserve 100 percent of the Social Security balance. We believe that it is worth fighting for our grandparents to do the right thing and not spend their money on pork.”