Paul Ryan: “That is right. It is not Washington's money, it is America's money. As we take a look at this, let us take a look at the…”

“That is right. It is not Washington's money, it is America's money. As we take a look at this, let us take a look at the two different proposals being pushed right now by the two different Presidential candidates. I have here sort of an apples to apples comparison of the Gore budget and the Bush budget plan for America, should either of these two men become President of the United States. When you take a look at the Gore budget, and this chart shows the surplus dollar, how each candidate plans to divide up every dollar of surplus coming from taxpayers to Washington. Well, it is not a question of whether you cut taxes or pay down the national debt; it is now a question of whether you cut taxes or spend the money in Washington. Take a look at the pie over to my right, which is the Gore budget. Of every single surplus dollar, Vice President Gore is proposing to spend 46 cents, 46 cents of every surplus dollar coming from income tax overpayments, to be spent in Washington on new government programs on these Federal agencies. That is compared to George Bush's plan to spend 6 cents, 6 cents, of every surplus dollar in Washington on other programs here on Federal agencies. It is a huge difference. It is $2.1 trillion, about half of the surplus, the Vice President is proposing to keep in Washington and spend on government agencies, compared to Governor Bush's plan to spend $278 billion.”