Mark Neumann: “The reason for that is very clear. The reason they raised taxes is so they could spend more money in Washington.…”

“The reason for that is very clear. The reason they raised taxes is so they could spend more money in Washington. Remember, this is a picture that starts in 1995, two years after the tax increase. The deficits were nowhere near under control. When we were elected and came in here together in 1995, when we were elected to the House of Representatives we came with a different idea. We understood that reaching into the pockets of hard-working Americans and bringing more money to Washington was not the right answer. We understood that the way to get this done was by controlling wasteful Washington spending. This yellow line on the chart shows where we were after 12 months of us being in office. It is significantly better, but still not done. The green line shows the plan that we had to reach a balanced budget. And I am happy to report the blue line shows what actually happened. And in fact for the last 12 months running, by Washington's definition, but for the last 12 months running the United States Government actually spent less money than they had in their checkbook.”