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Lincoln Davis: “I personally welcome these discussions, but I am saddened by the fact that there has been little talk about the moral…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2004
I personally welcome these discussions, but I am saddened by the fact that there has been little talk about the moral values of the government's "borrow and spend" economic policies. This week, we will have a vote to raise the debt ceiling for the third time in the last 3 years. Why? Because Congress has been content to manage the American taxpayers' money in a way that immorally disregards the well-being of our Nation's economic future. I believe it is immoral for this country to keep racking up debt as far as the eye can see only to pass it on to our children and our grandchildren. I think it is immoral to continue to borrow and spend and ask our soldiers to make the ultimate sacrifice while we refuse to make even marginal sacrifices in our fiscal policies.
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Lincoln Davis
Tennessee

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Addressing concerns about government debt and fiscal policies during a speech on the House floor.

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