Outgoing U.S. Sen. George LeMieux says one thing in particular stunned him during his short 16 months in office. “People will often ask me what’s the most surprising thing about being a member of the United States Senate,” the Florida Republican says. “And the most surprising thing to me is the way this government spends your money. It is shocking.”
“We are funding the priorities of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s without any account as to whether or not they are still the priorities of this country,” he said.
The United States is like a family that has run up so much debt on credit cards that it no longer can make even minimum payments, LeMieux said.
The federal government spent $1.3 trillion more than it took in last year, and the country is almost $14 trillion in debt, LeMieux said. Forecasts put the national debt at $26 trillion by the end of the decade, and the interest payment on that debt will be $900 billion.
LeMieux plans to decide soon whether to challenge Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012. The fact that he has four small children weighs heavily on the decision, he said.
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/George-LeMieux-Florida-Republican/2010/12/11/id/379678
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