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On the recordMay 19, 2010
It is irresponsible, it is arrogant. It is arrogant to not go through the markup, not have the debate, not have the hearings, not put that out there so the American taxpayer, the American family, the American small business owner can see how in fact this government plans in fact to spend their money. But it is not just irresponsible, it is not just arrogant, it is immoral to do what this government is doing. It is just plain wrong to tell future generations of Americans, to tell our children and our grandchildren you are going to have to deal with a $12 trillion debt and counting and growing. You are going to have to pay that back. That is just plain wrong. I mean one of the things that makes our country so special, one of the things that makes America the greatest Nation ever is the simple concept that parents make sacrifices for their children so that when they become adults they have life better than we did.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio
Source
govinfo.gov
May 19, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes the government's failure to pass a budget and its implications for future generations.

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