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I hope to see the president end his policy of “tax, borrow, spend” when he introduces his FY 2013 budget. Although it seems unlikely, the president should have listened to the American people when putting together his budget. They understand we cannot continue to max out our credit cards. We cannot continue to mortgage our children’s and grandchildren’s futures. We cannot continue to expect the federal government to solve our problems by simply throwing more money at them.

We passed a budget in the House this year that put our country back on the path to fiscal solvency; unfortunately the Senate did not act on it. I co-sponsored a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, and a majority of the House voted for it but not the required two-thirds. The president also directed a commission on fiscal responsibility to present a plan to reduce our debt and deficits, but he did not listen to their proposals.

There are many ideas for the presiden! t to pull from and listen to as he presents his budget for the next fiscal year, but history has shown us those ideas will probably fall on deaf ears.

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