“… So my message to the Congress is: I’m proud of your vote for tax relief, It Was The Right Thing To Do Because it Responded to Economic Circumstances That our nation now faces. But do not go hog wild. I mean, appropriators appropri?e. Do not overspend. And one of my jobs as the President is to make sure we keep fiscal sanity in the budget. Q. goal if you’re off by just a point or two, Washington Will Be trillion and billions short. The President. Well, if I’m off by a point or two, then Congress Can adjust Their sights. See, I’m glad That Congress finally, for the first time in a long period of time, HAS Said “We’re not going to Spend Social Security, except on emergencies. “That Was not the case up Until this administration. It’s a Useful Part of the dialog, if you believe in fiscal sanity in Washington, DC. It Set Some important parameters. So We Have the tax relief plan, Which is important for tax stimulus, coupled with Social Security Being off limits except for? except for emergency. That provider has now a new kind of tax Straitjacket for Congress. And that’s good for the Taxpayers, and it’s incredibly positive news if you’re worried about a Federal Government That has-been Growing at a pace over the past Dramatic 8 years, and it has been. Listen, we the ’02 budget has got discretionary Submitted Spending Growing by 6 percent. That’s a pretty significant number. Certainly not As Much as Some of the appropriators Would like to see in Washington, DC, purpose we think it’s a nice, balanced number. It’s One That Will Help Meet the Needs and, at the Same Time, not overspend and Therefor Affect Economic Growth. Of course, The Other Side of Things IS, if the economy gets back to Where It Was Growing, Washington Could Be conceivably awash in money, and so There’s leverage on Both Sides… “http://www. presidency. UCSB. edu / ws / index. php? pid = 64316 & st = & st1 =
