Newt!, by Dick Williams: on Budget & Economy


Newt Gingrich: Achieve balanced budget by 2002

To achieve a balanced budget by 2002, both Democratic and Republican governors will tell you it's doable, but it's hard. I don't think it's doable in a year or two. I don't think we ought to lie to the American people. This is a huge, complicated job.

I think the baby boomers are now old enough that we can have an honest dialogue about priorities, about resources, about what works, about what doesn't.

I think on a bipartisan basis, we owe it to our children and our grandchildren to get this government in order to be able to actually pay our way. I think 2002 is a reasonable time frame and I would hope we can open a dialogue with the American people.

Source: Inaugural Speaker speech, in Newt!, by D.Williams, p. 222-3 Jan 4, 1995

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