account jacket, requirements that these banks lend money to help increase to capital. something we ve done in the state treasurer s office. i think that was a missed opportunity. you and the senator rallied back in march, gop rally, about the president, we are on the way to making this guy a one-termer. how do you answer that question? how do you define the change he has brought to america? tremendous amount of debt. i have a chart here that shows our debt-to-gdp ratio. while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. and i think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the american dream. every american born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day he or she is born. and we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation. much of it owed to overseas creditors, who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. as a republican, member of congress, do you really want to stand by your par
the measures weren t taken again, they weren t perfect. for example, when you look at t.a.r.p., the bailout to the biggest banks, that congressman kirk voted for, i would like to have seen, as a former community banker, more oversight, more account jacket, requirements that these banks lend money to help increase to capital. something we ve done in the state treasurer s office. i think that was a missed opportunity. you and the senator rallied back in march, gop rally, about the president, we are on the way to making this guy a one-termer. how do you answer that question? how do you define the change he has brought to america? tremendous amount of debt. i have a chart here that shows our debt-to-gdp ratio. while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. and i think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the american dream. every american born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day he or she is born. and
two weeks ago, in fact, he told state republicans as a fund-raiser that he would run on repeal. take a listen. we re on the way to making this guy a one-termer. as your senator i would lead the effort if it passes to repeal this bill. but that was before it passed. yesterday, at a news conference, he was not so eager to commit to repeal. watch. i voted against this legislation i think we should not have these taxes. sounds to me like you ve backed off. i haven t. worked to repeal. that s what you said. i voted against this. i do not feel these taxes are the right thing to go. have you backed off your call for repeal? no, i think that these taxes are unwise and should not be imposed. should they be repealed. i think that the taxes should not be imposed on the american people. if you didn t catch it, he s against taxes. and you can see he never used
he emphasized his support for stem cell research and his frequent departure from party line votes. but he sounded different at a recent home state republican fund-raiser. take a listen. we re on the way to making this guy a one-termer. then if we move to repeal this bill in 2013, all you re doing is removing the pain and not a single american would have benefited from it yet. so as your senator, i would lead the effort if it passes to repeal this bill. well, getting that audio meant the white house wants to fire back. white house senior adviser david axelrod said this. quote, given the great challenges america and families across illinois face today, the last thing we need is another republican senator in washington who is more focused on tearing down the president than he is on solving problems. i have to say, kirk is, by the way, one of only 163 congressional candidates this year that have signed the club
i think that was a missed opportunity. you and the senator rallied back in march, gop rally, about the president, we are on the way to making this guy a one-termer. how do you answer that question? how do you define the change he has brought to america? tremendous amount of debt. i have a chart here that shows our debt-to-gdp ratio. while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. and i think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the american dream. every american born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day he or she is born. and we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation. much of it owed to overseas creditors, who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. as a republican, member of congress, do you really want to stand by your party s record on the debt, going back since you came to congress? no. i ve become very much a fiscal