This is a budget that is going to explode the deficits and debt of the United States at a time of already record deficits. It takes $1.3 trillion away in revenue and increases expenditures by $1.1 trillion. There can only be one result, and that is more red ink, more deficits, more debt, and a threatening of the economic security of the Nation.
Discussing concerns about the federal budget and its impact on deficits and debt.
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I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.
I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.
Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.
We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.
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