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Randy Tate: the time to balance the budget is now. It is time to end 40 long years of reckless spending. The Republicans yesterday…

On the recordMay 11, 1995
the time to balance the budget is now. It is time to end 40 long years of reckless spending. The Republicans yesterday passed an historic budget. We believe it is wrong to burden a child born today with $187,150 in taxes in their lifetime just to balance the budget. We think it is wrong to do nothing and let Medicare go by the wayside. We believe it is right to cut waste, to cut duplication. We believe we have a moral imperative to balance the budget. But where is the Democrat plan? There is no plan, folks. That is the problem. We believe you should have a plan. And I was taught as a young boy, if I do not agree with something or I think it is wrong. I should have a better plan. There should be a better way to do things. Their idea is to say, you are cutting kids. Well, there you go again. We have a plan. We have a plan to save our children's future, to protect Medicare and to get us back on the road to fiscal responsibility. That is exactly what the Republicans plan on doing. We are going to join with the American people in doing so.
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Randy Tate
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the need for a balanced budget and criticizing the lack of a Democratic plan.

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