Blake Moore: “Kansas families live by three simple rules. Number one, do not spend more money than you make. Number two, pay off your…”

“Kansas families live by three simple rules. Number one, do not spend more money than you make. Number two, pay off your debts. Number three, invest in basics in the future. The basics for our country are national defense, Social Security and Medicare, a highway system, things we all would agree on. The basics for a family are food, shelter and education, health care, things, again, we all would agree on. And yet in this Congress, in this Congress, after we got our budget back in balance, we started down the wrong road again. Now I do not blame anybody in this Congress for a recession. I do not blame anybody in this Congress for what happened on 9-11 and certainly not the President. And I voted for tax cut, so I do not blame anybody for that as causing the problem we are in. But I think we need to move back to fiscal responsibility. Initially, Secretary O'Neill asked for a $750 billion increase in the debt limit. I think that is an outrageous blank check to give to this Congress. Now they are asking for $450 billion dollars. I think the appropriate amount is $150 billion and move to a plan to get us back to balance.”