[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

  (Mr. TERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TERRY. It is about the spending. People back home are asking me, 
How much is enough for you? Another $1.2 trillion bill in this national 
takeover of our health care. I think this is the third $1 trillion bill 
of this year at a time when we have almost a $2 trillion deficit this 
year.
  Now, we can't raise enough tax dollars, we can't cut Medicare enough 
from our seniors to cover this cost. Everyone but the best Kool-Aid 
drinkers around know this bill is going to add to our national debt. 
Soon--and maybe by next year at the rate that this Congress is 
spending--our national debt will equal the size of our GDP, which is 
what the economists say is the tipping point that is going to drag our 
economy down. What does this mean? It means that my children and your 
children are going to pay this off with fewer opportunities than we 
have today.
  We are going in the wrong direction for the dream for our children in 
America.

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