JOHN LINDER: “several years ago the American people were rightfully outraged when U.S. Congressmen wrote checks on empty bank…”

“several years ago the American people were rightfully outraged when U.S. Congressmen wrote checks on empty bank accounts. The House Bank scandal was a disgrace to this body and an example of the lack of fiscal accountability common in Washington. However, there seems to be less anger from the American people and less shame in this Congress today, as the Federal Government continues to write checks on an empty account. The debt has reached crisis proportions, but President Clinton and the liberals have renounced any responsibility to this disaster-- despite the fact that Bill Clinton himself noted in his 1994 budget that if left unattended the debt would force future generations to pay an 82-percent tax rate. We have a moral obligation to clean up this mess. The rescissions package is a good start. The Republicans aim to rescind $17.2 billion. Lobbyists are up in arms. If that many special interest groups hate the rescissions bill, I know we are on the right track.”