David Thomas: “I spent last week in Wyoming at town meetings in places like Sheridan, Buffalo, and Casper, to talk about what people…”

“I spent last week in Wyoming at town meetings in places like Sheridan, Buffalo, and Casper, to talk about what people think about what is happening here. Of course, the balanced budget was one of the prime issues there, and continues to be. I think people are increasingly concerned about our lack of financial fiscal responsibility, of having 28 years without balancing the budget, of continuing to have a government that grows in size, continuing to spend more than we take in. I was persuaded, certainly from those who came to my town meetings, from those I talked to who say, ``Look, you need to get this job done.'' They say, ``You all collectively in Washington have been saying every year, yes, we will balance the budget, I want to balance the budget. You have not done it. You have not done it.'' Now they continue to say, ``Well, we do not need a constitutional amendment. We just need to balance the budget.'' We have not done it. Even those who have been here for a very long time and have gone through this whole thing have not balanced the budget. The idea you do not need to do something rings a bit hollow to people at home.”