I just keep saying, look, I'm not accustomed to working in a place where you don't balance the budget, you can't do taxes and spending separate from one another and think that they're going to come together. I honestly believe that there's only two ways that we'll ultimately get a balanced budget in this country is that we will either pass a constitutional amendment requiring it, or people will stop buying our debt. And the Democrats and Republicans have been playing A game of chicken where the Democrats think if we keep spending, we'll force them to raise taxes. (19:41–19:55)
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Asserts that a balanced budget will require a constitutional amendment or a halt in debt purchases.
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