On the recordDecember 4, 2010
Yes; I thought I made that point very clear. Because the taxpayers are smarter than we in Congress are. They know if they give another $1 to us to spend, it is a license to spend $1.15. So it just increases the national debt. When it comes to paying for unemployment compensation, we can pay for unemployment compensation because the stimulus bill was supposed to stimulate the economy and it is not being spent. If you put money from stimulus into unemployment, you don't increase the deficit, and you also have the money spent right away.
