that plan for cap-and-tax, that is going to kill jobs and pass the burden of paying for it on to our working families. finally, if we are going to get serious about fiscal restraint we have to make washington start walking the walk, after putting us on a track to quadruple the deficit, the proposed spending freeze, maybe it is a start but certainly not enough. it is like putting a band-aid on a self-inflicted gunshot wound. we need to go further. cut spending. don t just simply slow down a spending spree and ax the plans for a second stimulus when the first hasn t even been measured for any success. kill the plans for the second stimulus and be aware that is being referred to as a jobbing
restraint, we have to make, washington start walking the walk. after putting us on a track to quadruple the deficit, the proposed spending freeze is maybe a start. as represent john thune said, it is like pudding a band aid on a gunshot wound. we have to axe the plans for a second stimulus when the first hasn t even be measured for any success yet. kill the plans for the second stimulus and be aware that now that second stimulus is being referred to as a jobs bill. these aren t the only ways to rein in spending and they will not be enough to tackle the same debt and deficits that we face but they are a good way to start and show that we are serious about getting our financial house in order. like a lot of you perhaps i have spent the last year
at that pace it would be sometime in 2009. i oppose the war in 2002. i will bring this war to an e e end in 2009. time to bring our troops home. glenn: i think it s 2010 and they re still there. when he announced the spending freeze at the state of the union, there was an audible gasp mocking from congress. i ve never seen anything like it. watch this. starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. now, i know that some in my own party will argue that we can t address the deficit or freeze government spending when so many are still hurting. and i agree. which is why this freeze won t take effect until next year. when the economy is stronger. glenn: okay. spending freeze that seems to be something he was against, he attacked mccain during the campaign. everybody mocked it and ridiculed it. the a.p. now has pointed out will save less than 1% of the
such huge trillions of dollars of debt. no country, no family, no business, can continue to function if you have an ongoing debt and deficit of the magnitude we have. for the president to say we re gonna having a spending freeze next year which could be 15 billion dollars in savings and immediately turn around and say, but we need 100 billion dollars jobs, i.e. stimulus bill, they haven t learned anything. they haven t learned anything. and the deficits as percent of gdp size in every measurement are beyond anything that can be sustained for a long period of time. greta: obviously one is standard of living and people s ability to hold jobs and build futures for their family. one consideration if the united states gets too with china we lose our authority in
such huge trillions of dollars of debt. no country, no family, no business, can continue to function if you have an ongoing debt and deficit of the magnitude we have. for the president to say we re gonna having a spending freeze next year which could be 15 billion dollars in savings and immediately turn around and say, but we need 100 billion dollars jobs, i.e. stimulus bill, they haven t learned anything. they haven t learned anything. and the deficits as percent of gdp size in every measurement are beyond anything that can be sustained for a long period of time. greta: obviously one is standard of living and people s ability to hold jobs and build futures for their family. one consideration if the united states gets too with china we lose our authority in