John Spratt

Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel. ↗

— John Spratt

#democrats #military #military personnel #our #personnel

Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236 billion. ↗

— John Spratt

#ago #billion #clinton #clinton administration #country

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush. ↗

— John Spratt

#bush #concerned #country #course #federal

This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner. ↗

— John Spratt

#billion #cost #counting #decided #far

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ↗

— John Spratt

#budget #deficits #developed #diminishing #during

We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence. ↗

— John Spratt

#deterrence #got #nuclear #nuclear weapons #order

Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy. ↗

— John Spratt

#could #deploy #duty #guard #hardly