Political Quotes

“rumor has it that the Republican leadership has a secret plan to allow an increase in deficit spending by $750 billion without even requiring a vote on it in the House. To do so would be wrong, and for several reasons. First, we have a responsibility to our children and grandchildren to try to balance our budget and not break their backs with the burden of an ever-increasing national debt, which is already $6 trillion, the interest on which cost taxpayers last year alone $360 billion in taxes paid. Second, deficit spending puts at risk Social Security and Medicare. We have a responsibility to our seniors to protect these 2 vital programs, but $750 billion in deficit spending would certainly undermine them. I can understand why the Republican leadership would want to allow an enormous increase in deficit spending in secret and without a public vote, but to do so would be wrong; wrong for our children, wrong for our seniors, and wrong for Americans who believe in an open democracy.”