Senator quayle, that if you give any of us 200 billion worth of hot checks a year, we can create an illusion of prosperity. But sooner or later that credit card mentality isnt going to work. And i want to bring to the white house a sense of strength and fiscal responsibility which will build a good Strong Foundation under which this country, or above which country can move, grow, invest, and build the best america for its people and for our kids and our grandkids. Mr. Vice president , your response. The governor has to balance the budget in his state he is required to by law. He has raised taxes several times. I wish he would join me, as a matter of fact, in appealing to the American People for the balanced Budget Amendment for the federal government and for the lineitem veto. [applause] id like to have that lineitem veto for the president , because i think that would be extraordinarily helpful. And i wont do one other thing that hes had to do took 29 million out of his state pension f
committed and i have already voted for and are already engaged in $1 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years and another $1.2 trillion in sequester to come off with deficit reduction and grow the economy. we now need our partners in that, the republicans, to agree. it is not possible to get deficit reduction and meet our obligations without it. it is a partnership we have not had yet. our choices do matter. our parties are that we start by recognizing the way to strengthen and grow the middle class, that we have to protect seniors with social and security and medicare, and we have to grow the economy in the long term, and that we should do no harm to the short-term economic growth as we are still coming out of a very deep, broad, traveling recession. trouble in recession. to ensure economic competitiveness, we understand that we have to ensure a school- skilled work force. we have to have infrastructure in terms of roads and bridges and broadband. if we do need access we