Kent Conrad actually said...

I believe the models that we are using now cannot capture the difference in the threat that we face.

Conrad expresses skepticism about current economic models in light of the financial crisis.

01/07/2009

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we did get 11 of 18 to agree--five Democrats, five Republicans, one Independent. And we reduced the debt $4 trillion over the next 10 years.

I give him credit for stabilizing the debt, but it is stabilized at a level that is too high.

The plain fact is the budget doubles our gross national debt, never once produces an annual deficit of less than $600 billion in its 10 year...

I believe history will condemn us all if we do not do substantially more for the decade than is in this budget.