Congress must control spending
by Len Britton, Burlington Free Press, July 14, 2010
My recently released TV commercial depicts a family’s joy after receiving what they believe is a grand prize check from a sweepstakes. Celebration quickly turns to shock when they realize the oversized check they’re being presented is actually an invoice for their share of the national debt: $168,000. The young boy exclaims, “That’s a lot of money, mister!” The federal agent glibly replies, “Better get a paper route, Billy.
Our national debt is out of control. It needs to be dealt with or we will be chaining an economic millstone around the necks of our children. Washington has never been particularly bashful about throwing around taxpayers’ money. The Bush administration started down a path of reckless spending which has been put through the budgetary super-collider chamber provided by Obama and the current Congress. They are digging an economic hole all the way to China, and it has to stop. The national debt is at $42,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country. And this does not include the unfunded mandates of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — or the recently passed health care bill. If you want to see something truly jaw-dropping, go to the National Debt Clock website and watch the red ink spin.
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