I just would like to reiterate that the gentleman from Illinois emphasizes a point I am making. Spending did go up in the 1980's because of the automatic pilot that was put on the entitlement programs in the early 1970's. It is rising faster than we can cut domestic discretionary and other spending. We are going to do the same thing on the revenue side. It is a mistake.
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