[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            BUDGET CALAMITY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the proposed budget is going to double 
the national debt. What that means to Joe Sixpack is every American 
will be responsible for $70,000 apiece to pay off this massive debt 
incurred by money-grabbing government. Does anyone know there's a 
recession going on?
  Government cannot spend America into prosperity with somebody else's 
money. We shouldn't even be borrowing more money during these hard 
times. The Treasury Secretary says part of the reason government got 
into this economic mess was government borrowing. Also, government has 
plans to raise taxes on working citizens to pay for all these fancy 
projects in the budget.
  Americans already pay too much in taxes during this recession. 
Americans don't want more taxes. Americans don't want to incur more 
debt. Americans don't want government to spend money it does not have.
  Government is taking America's money to reward failure, and sending 
money to special interest groups. Meanwhile, Americans are losing their 
jobs. Americans are tired, weary, and mad about government ``ripoffs, 
payoffs, and layoffs.''
  And that's just the way it is.

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