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Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?

The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.

I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a 'budget' is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can't. This is a scheme to rob the poor and give to the rich.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so.