About it, paul ryan s not discussing it in interviews. but it could be key both in the skmerms even the ne even in the next election. i m talking about our deficit. from paul ryan to mitch mcconnell to the tea party to maga, the gop has long claimed that they are fiscally conservative. in fact, with when obama was president, gop leaders palablas the existence of any deficit as a fiscal and moral crisis. they are in denial. they are in denial about the debt, $14.3 trillion! they re in denial about the deficit. and they didn t want to see a nation in debt. they wanted us to pay our bills in our time. yes, this level of debt is unsustainable. but it is also immoral. immoral. keep that word in mind. that was, of course, speaker john boehner. he was ousted by a tea party movement that clamored about runaway spending. and the members of that movement may have cared a lot about it.
Inexperience, that doesn t make it right. the president should have no comment whatsoever on either of these investigations and the only thing he should be doing is directing all of his staff and associates to fully cooperate. all right. let me move to the tax bill. i want to move to the debt part first. let me play a little mash-up of what you ve said about the debt in the past. take a listen. and senator collins, you supported president obama on the stimulus package. can you support his budget? no. why not? because it brings our debt levels to an unprecedented level. our current debt is unsustainable. it s $14.3 trillion. and it is a threat to the future prosperity of this nation. all right. if the debt is unsustainable at $14 trillion, how do you how did you make yourself comfortable voting for something that is going to increase the
Our debt ceiling is now 14.3 trillion dollars. it will need to be raised in the coming year. that guy didn t have to be particularly bright. he just had to know what the dealt ceiling is. it was a completely non-controversial invisible element of our government. the staff of the senate finance committee where we actually had to write debt ceiling increass s into law. john boehner cannot be allowed to pretend that the madness that he is allowing to run rampant is
Our debt ceiling is now 14.3 trillion dollars. it will need to be raised in the coming year. that guy didn t have to be particularly bright. he just had to know what the dealt ceiling is. it was a completely non-controversial invisible element of our government. the staff of the senate finance committee where we actually had to write debt ceiling increases into law. john boehner cannot be allowed to pretend that the madness that he is allowing to run rampant is
Years and it will create 11 1/2 million jobs. that s putting americans back to work, right away. it will improve our incomes, get america energy independent and make is that your we remain the number-1 job creator in the world. people have had it. they are fed up. $14.3 trillion in debt. this cancer has to be cut out. one of the most important and powerful tools we have is a balanced budget amendment. we need to prioritize right now. we need tov to have a dramatic cut in the spending that we have. we are building up a welfare state that is not helping our economy. as disheartened by everyone else, by the mess in washington is today and i think i could make a pretty big difference and that s why i am running and that s why at newt.org, we have laid out a contract with america for the 21st century that i think is a very bold document. but it relies on the american