Political Quotes

“Our average, under Republican control, the average annual deficit has become what now, under Democrat control, they are running in deficit averaging on a month. And I think that's what causes concern to people. April, the deficit was four times what it was last year. These are numbers that cause people to say, Wait a minute. We have to put the brakes on. We are on the wrong track, and it is time for Washington to get its fiscal house in order. You know, one of the things that I will ask when someone says, Well, we need to be spending more on this and we need to be spending more on that; people need to be paying more in taxes so that the Federal Government can spend more, is, Well, how much is enough when it comes to taxes? How much is ever going to be enough? How much spending is ever going to be enough? And those are questions that, when you stop and think about it, is there ever going to be a time when those that want to spend taxpayer money get enough? I think we would all agree, Washington does not have a revenue problem. Washington has a spending problem. And the way we begin to get the spending under control is to have a budget that is going to spend less. That is going to be the first step. Now, the gentleman from Georgia had the charts, and he was talking about an estimated, I think it's $2.3 trillion in revenues and the $3.8 trillion in outlays, and that was the budget that the President had proposed. And I ask the gentleman, do I have my figures correct?…”