We borrow it because we keep spending. The gentleman from Texas said, 'What happens? It is because we keep spending. We keep spending.'... But there is not less income. From this year to next year, first of all, $1.8 trillion. Next year, it will be $2 trillion.
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But still no plan. But to close on our plan, Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert), the Speaker of the House.
I, ignorantly, said at one point in time in my career that CBO sucks, and I have been apologizing for that for some time because these are good people who do a good job.
But is the money in there in this ``reckless'' plan the gentleman was suggesting?
If men were angels, quoting James Madison, we would not need all of these controls.
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