Todd Young: “I was on record last night, speaking to the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 and as to what the many merits are of this…”

“I was on record last night, speaking to the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011 and as to what the many merits are of this legislation. I think it is a fine bill, and I commend its consideration to those on the other side of the aisle; but I have to say the debate surrounding Cut, Cap, and Balance has a certain Alice in Wonderland character to it. It made me open up the old storybook just minutes ago and recall a favorite passage. I recall Alice asks, ``Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?'' to which the Cat responds, ``That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.'' Alice replies, ``I don't much care where.'' Then of course the Cat says, ``Then it doesn't matter which way you go.'' I get the sense my good friends on the other side of the aisle don't really care where we go from here. They certainly don't care enough to put a specific plan forward themselves. Unemployment remains at 9.2 percent. Investment in hiring remains sluggish all around this country, particularly in places like my southern Indiana district. Uncertainty reigns about future taxes, future interest rates, future inflation rates all because Washington continues to spend way too much money, often on things we don't need, but also on important public programs. We need to figure this out. We need to figure it out as a country. Our national debt is over $14 trillion. It's time we come forward with specific plans.…”