Mark Neumann: “I hear this cry from my Republican colleagues and some from the other side as well that we should somehow take the…”

“I hear this cry from my Republican colleagues and some from the other side as well that we should somehow take the Social Security surplus and use it to cut taxes. Why can we not do it the same way we did last year? We started talking about these waste programs. Why can we not cut taxes and eliminate government waste? Why do we not reduce spending and reduce taxes at the same time so we are not using Social Security money for tax cuts? Why can we not do this the right way? Is there anyone that honestly believes there is not plenty of waste still in this government that we can get rid of so we can provide tax relief for the American taxpayer and do it without taking the Social Security money? For goodness sakes, we can start on the audit where they went looking for ships. Out of, I do not remember the numbers exactly, it was about 72 ships, they could not find 22 of them, for heaven's sakes. We start finding that the Forest Service Department could not find $215 million. How in the world do you lose $215 million?”