SASSE: Well, first we have to pass a budget. There's only been one budget passed in the last six years, so obviously, we need to demonstrate an ability to govern. But we also need to admit that the big challenges facing this country aren't going to be solved in the next 24 months. We need to set the stage for a 2016 presidential election.
SASSE: Obviously a country that functions needs to pay its bills. But we need to have a long-term conversation about actually dealing with all the structural insolvency in our entitlement programs. The debt ceiling is less than a quarter of the real problem. The unfunded obligations in our entitlement programs are three and four times--
Q: So it sounds like you would vote for it?
SASSE: As a part of a down payment on a long-term reform, absolutely.
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The above quotations are from ABC This Week interviews during 2015 (George Stephanopoulous interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races). Click here for other excerpts from ABC This Week interviews during 2015 (George Stephanopoulous interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races). Click here for other excerpts by Ben Sasse. Click here for a profile of Ben Sasse.
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