Byron Dorgan: “Yes, absolutely. Now we have some people saying deficits really are not so bad. Where did that start? It seems to me if…”

“Yes, absolutely. Now we have some people saying deficits really are not so bad. Where did that start? It seems to me if children are saddled with the debt from our spending, or our tax cuts, the kids are being told, by the way, here is our policy and you pay for it. Is that good or bad? Where I come from, that is not the kind of value system that one wants to express in fiscal policy. I am going to have more to say on this, but this is not the time. I know we want to be out soon and the President is going to be giving his State of the Union Address this evening. I want to make the point that both in foreign policy and fiscal policy, this country is significantly challenged. These are very tricky times. It requires a very steady hand and good policies. Let me finish where I started. I am very concerned about people, on the eve of a State of the Union Address by a President of the United States, talking about the potential use of nuclear weapons by our country. I cannot believe that is what is happening. Just after India and Pakistan, who possess nuclear weapons and do not like each other much, have been shooting at each other, this country is saying, by the way, there might be circumstances in which we could use nuclear weapons. Whoever these two top White House officials are who said this, shame on them.”