We're here with our Fred, Senator Ted Cruz, Mr.
Conservative, if you ask me, the United States Senate, you
want a resounding re election.
He'll be with us, thankfully 6 more years.
Senator Cruz, all this budget debate happens over and over
again.
So much of the budget is said to be off
the table.
The trajectory is very, very problematic for the nation.
I have to ask you a question.
Do we really live in the world of the economic
socialist?
Because I'm convinced we do.
We never have a debate about free markets.
We never have a debate what's best for the private
sector, future generations.
We never have a debate about the immorality of what's
taking place.
We just assume redistribution of wealth is a good thing,
big governments a good thing.
We just trim it on the edges and so forth
and so on.
So are we living in the world of the economic
socialist?
Well, unfortunately, there is a big spending coalition in Washington
that consists of all the Democrats and about half the
Republicans.
And then that has been true for a long, long
time.
You know, while everyone was focused on this continuing resolution
battle, very few people focused on.
This week, the United States Senate voted to to add
$200 billion of additional debt to Social Security and, and,
and to drive up the debt for Social Security and
to accelerate the insolvency of Social Security for seniors by
6 months.
Now, they did so to correct something called the WEP,
the windfall elimination provision.
We should correct that, that, that that's something that has
treated for a long time, retired cops and firefighters and
teachers unfairly.
I've had legislation for seven years to fix the WEP,
to take care of cops and firefighters and retired teachers.
The difference is the bill I have that fixes the
problem cost $25 billion.
What did Congress do?
They spent $200 billion, and they hurt every senior in
America that relies on Social Security.
And that got nary a blip on the 6:00 news.
Nobody noticed another $200 billion as seniors were being sold
down the river.