I think what we see here is so important, and what you've just said speaks to the issue. Because a budget should reflect not the priorities of the government, but the priorities of the people. And what we have seen in the budget that our friends across the aisle brought that eliminated the tax reductions, that increased the taxes, that adds to that, knowing that people are overtaxed, knowing that government is overspent, is the fact that all of these automatic increases, mandatory spending growth, not addressing entitlement reforms that are needed, but allowing that to be put on autopilot, and increase and increase and making that spending permanent while you make the tax reductions temporary.
Marsha Blackburn: “I think what we see here is so important, and what you've just said speaks to the issue. Because a budget should reflect…”
On the recordApril 17, 2007
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Discussing budget priorities and tax policies during a floor speech.
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