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Those have been really effective in the past in limiting budget growth and keeping deficits from becoming a greater problem. >> pay-go and spending caps are positive measures, but they only help to keep the problem from getting worse. many other steps will need to be taken. >> congress, just by nature, are good with the next selection but they're not good for the next generation. and as a result, congress for a long time has been ignoring our long-term problems. and the long-term problem is that we are putting so much debt on the books, our kids can't handle it. there was an $8 million federal...

Help to keep the problem from getting worse. many other steps will need to be taken. >> congress just by nature are good with the next selection but they're not good for the next generation. as a result, congress for a long time has been ignoring our long-term problems. and the long-term problem is there is so much deficit on the books, our kids can't handle it. there was an $8 million federal mandate that shouldn't have gone on the books. >> the estimated cost of the medicare d prescription drug bill was 395 billion over ten years, which was the only cost that was debated and considered. the ...