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Gilbert Gutknecht: “I think we came here understanding that we had a special place in history and we had a special responsibility. As baby…”

On the recordJune 25, 1997
I think we came here understanding that we had a special place in history and we had a special responsibility. As baby boomers, I look at this and I look at welfare reform, I look at Medicare reform and saving Social Security and balancing the budget for our kids, I really see those issues in some respects as generational fairness and generational responsibility. Because both of my parents are living, I want to make certain that they are taken care of, I do not want to pull the rug out from under them in terms of Medicare or Social Security. On the other hand, I have 3 kids and I look at them and I say what kind of a country are we going to leave them? Is it going to be a country that is filled with debt, dependency, despair?
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Discussing generational responsibility and the impact of policies on future generations.

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