Jim Baird: “I am well aware of the issues with AMT. The issue with me is this: you have not paid for it; the Democrats have. What…”

“I am well aware of the issues with AMT. The issue with me is this: you have not paid for it; the Democrats have. What you are not talking about is you are passing deficit on to our kids. You are passing debt on to our kids. I visited with high schools and had town halls last weekend, and people said they are desperately concerned about the size of the Nation's deficit and the size of the Nation's debt. The Democratic package is paid for; the Republican package is not. The Democratic package does support small businesses and low-income folks and supports the middle class. The Republican package, the bulk of the economic benefits from these tax cuts go to the people who need it least at a time when we are fighting a war and trying to recover from a disaster. I think that is a mistake. We support tax cuts, but we would target them to the people who most need it; and you target them to the people who most want it, but least need it. That is the fundamental difference, and I think the American people see that difference. {time} 1115”