Mark Neumann: “I have found that to be such a big misconception, talking to folks here in Washington versus talking to folks at our…”

“I have found that to be such a big misconception, talking to folks here in Washington versus talking to folks at our town hall meetings back in Wisconsin. The people back in Wisconsin think if we do not do the tax cuts, that means we will borrow less of our children's money and get to a balanced budget sooner. If that were the case, I would sure listen to that argument. But that is not what is being talked about here in Washington. That is Wisconsin. Out here in Washington what we want to do or what is being discussed is getting rid of the tax cuts and spending the money on more bureaucratic programs here in Washington. That I am opposed to. If we talk about what the Wisconsin people think we maybe ought to be thinking about doing, and that is getting to a balanced budget sooner and borrowing less of our children's money, that is a good discussion. But that is absolutely not the discussion going on out here in Washington. The discussion out here is totally centered around if we do not do the tax cuts, then we get to spend more money, like somehow that money belongs to us. That is not our money. That is the American taxpayers' money. It is our children's money that we are borrowing here. It is not our money to spend.”