Byron Dorgan: “for the remainder of this week we are going to be discussing some very important fiscal policy issues dealing with…”

“for the remainder of this week we are going to be discussing some very important fiscal policy issues dealing with increasing Federal debt limits and proposals to reduce taxes in our country. We will have a substantial amount of debate about both of those issues. Both of them relate to the question of whether our country's economy is growing or whether it is stagnant, whether it is producing jobs or losing jobs. I want to talk just a bit about that. In the last couple of weeks, we have heard all of the discussions about our country having lost some 2 million jobs over the last 22 years. In fact, in the last week or so even Michael Jordan got laid off. It tells you a little something about the state of our economy, I guess. Some while ago, I was reading about an opening for the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile driving position. They had an opening for a driver for the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Most people remember what that is because they have seen it in parades or on television. So they posted this in the newspaper: We have an opening for a driver for the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. Eight hundred college graduates applied to be the driver for the Wienermobile. That also says a little something about the state of our economy and the state of jobs.”