I think the problem is the government in Washington is spending money every day--the taxpayers' money, money we do not have, and that is what is going to beat us. It is money irresponsibly being spent by this government in this city, voted on time and time again by a Washington government that doesn't live within its means, doesn't do what the States in this country do, where we do live within our means. It is the spending by us in the United States that is going to lead to China beating us, not money being spent in China every day. The fear of the debt is sending rates up. What it means is people do not think we are responsible in the way we are living. We are not living within our means. We are not doing what a family does in this country, where a family says we have to live within our means.
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Senator Barrasso addresses government spending and its impact on national competitiveness.
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