We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the president's budget is a comprehensive and responsible plan that will put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the next few years - a down payment toward tackling our challenges in the long term.
We can never fully repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for our country. The best we can do is honor their memory, ensure that their sacrifice is not in vain, and help provide for their families.
The biggest change we have to tackle that's out there is that we're digging the hole deeper and deeper and spending is totally out of control. And that's something that, quite frankly, is affecting future generations. You're giving a lot of debt to them and you can't keep doing it. It's not helping anybody.
What we should be doing is responsibly addressing the primary drivers of our debt and deficit issues.
We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.
Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.
Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.
But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.
Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.