John Culberson: “Listening to the way the Democrats approach this issue and every issue on spending, I am reminded of Winston Churchill's…”

“Listening to the way the Democrats approach this issue and every issue on spending, I am reminded of Winston Churchill's comment that trying to tax and spend yourself into prosperity is like a man trying to raise himself up while standing in a bucket. It is illogical, it is disproven by history, that you can raise taxes and expect the economy to improve. It is illogical. It defies historical fact to say you're going to take money away from one group of people and spend it somewhere else and increase prosperity. This amendment is a modest 18 percent cut in a bill that has seen a 23 percent increase in fiscal year '10 in programs that got $62 billion additional funding through the stimulus, of which $10 billion is still sitting there unspent. How much is enough? I am still waiting to meet the first Democrat that says, ``That's enough money. Don't spend any more.'' I'm still waiting. I've not met him yet. There is never enough money.”