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Mark Neumann: That is really the point. We keep talking about the debt and deficit. It is not about the debt and the deficit. It is…

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
That is really the point. We keep talking about the debt and deficit. It is not about the debt and the deficit. It is about a moral and ethical responsibility that our generation has to stop doing what has been going on for the last 15 or 20 years. This is a moral, ethical, it is a values problem in our country. What kind of a society would be willing to spend their children's money? Ask yourself, what kind of society would do that? It is a moral and ethical responsibility to stop the growth of this debt.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Addressing the moral implications of national debt and deficit spending.

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