Steve Kagen: “Most people I know in Wisconsin are hardworking and they are just trying to get through the day, just like us. We are…”

“Most people I know in Wisconsin are hardworking and they are just trying to get through the day, just like us. We are trying to get through the day and get our rest in. But this is a time for our country to raise up and ask questions, to find out about the conscience of America, and really ask the question about what kind of Nation we are and in which direction we are going to turn. If we stay on this divisive path, this path of partisan politics, we are not going to be able to solve any of these complex problems we face, whether it is war and peace or health and disease. If we stay on the path that the President has put us on with his veto, it is an expensive path. He is asking our children and their caregivers and parents to take them to the emergency room and not to their doctor. The President is asking us to take a path not towards prevention, to prevent illness and to prevent the big bill that is coming, but he is taking us down the road that leads to an end we don't want to be on. It's a path we cannot afford to take. We have taken a path, a wrong path, that led us into Iraq. It may lead us into a recession yet to come that no American citizen can afford. It will at some point in time raise our taxes, depreciate the value of our dollar and create inflation in this country because we haven't paid for a dime of our involvement in Iraq yet.”