Lee Terry: “Yes, I've talked to several of our unemployed back home. And boy, I tell you, I empathize with them. It's a tough…”

“Yes, I've talked to several of our unemployed back home. And boy, I tell you, I empathize with them. It's a tough position. I just talked to an unemployed truck driver. His benefits are running out, but yet the trucks that have been idled over the last couple of years are yet to be back onto the road because this is a jobless recovery. Well, it's a very minimal recovery at best. But they aren't creating the jobs. The public knows and we know that the stimulus hasn't worked. The business community feels that not only does the administration not understand business, but they are now attacking businesses, and the policies have created uncertainty where they won't create the jobs. That's the issue here. There's no jobs for them to go back to because of the policies that have been adopted in the last year and a half. We should be growing the economy and getting these people back to work. That's what they want to do. Now, again, I empathize. But the issue here is at a time when the majority is spending probably over $4 trillion by the time this calendar year is done--and we're already at deficit spending of over a trillion dollars by June--the people are saying, Stop the spending. Stop the deficit spending. And that's what the issue is here is the $34 billion that's not paid for that's going to go to the deficit and ultimately to our national debt, and that's what the people are telling us to stop--even the unemployed truck driver that I talked to.”