T. Gorton said "one fact is crystal clear as a result of this debate. Our friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle, with a few notable and courageous exceptions, do not want a balanced budget. They want an outline which will make it more difficult to get a balanced budget. Their President has never proposed one. They have not proposed one. They do not plan to propose one. They fear the constitutional amendment because it will require them to be in that game as well. The difference is this side may not know every detail of how it is going to get to a balanced budget, but it wants to get there and will try to do so. The other side does not even want to start the journey." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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one fact is crystal clear as a result of this debate. Our friends and colleagues on the other side of the aisle, with a few notable and courageous exceptions, do not want a balanced budget. They want an outline which will make it more difficult to get a balanced budget. Their President has never proposed one. They have not proposed one. They do not plan to propose one. They fear the constitutional amendment because it will require them to be in that game as well. The difference is this side may not know every detail of how it is going to get to a balanced budget, but it wants to get there and will try to do so. The other side does not even want to start the journey.

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T. Gorton

Republican · Washington

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Editor's note · Context

Debating the need for a balanced budget and criticizing the opposition's stance on the issue.

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