Harry Reid: “it is not often you see a spotlight shine on the differences between the two parties, between the Democrats and…”

“it is not often you see a spotlight shine on the differences between the two parties, between the Democrats and Republicans. This debate is that spotlight. This budget that is attempted to be reconciled is, as I have said on a number of occasions, an immoral budget. It hurts the poor and middle class. It makes all the rewards to those people who are already fat as a result of our system. The Republican budget is fiscally irresponsible. It sets forth the wrong values and misplaced priorities. President Bush has the worst fiscal record in the Nation's history, taking a surplus when he was elected President from some say as much as $7 trillion over 10 years, and to have squandered it in 5 years to where now we have an $8 trillion deficit. That is a pretty big turnaround. Record surpluses we had have been turned into historic deficits. This immoral budget that is attempted to be reconciled will increase the deficits by $30 billion more. Following the budget choices made by the Republicans in this budget, in 5 years the deficit will increase to over $11 trillion from its now $8 trillion. Simply the wrong choices have been made with this budget. This Senate reconciliation spending bill makes the wrong choices.…”