Mike Lee actually said...

DOD is currently spending about $10 billion more conducting the war effort in Afghanistan this year than was estimated would be necessary.

Senator Lee highlights a significant budget miscalculation in the Afghanistan war effort.

04/15/2013

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we remain in a position in which our Federal debt to gross domestic product ratio is in excess of 90 percent.

our Social Security tax is a tax. It is just like any other tax imposed by the Federal Government.

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It is almost impossible to measure, to quantify in any precise sense the amount of economic loss that will come from this.