Newt Gingrich - Budget Control Act of 2011
Dartmouth Debate
On October 11, 2011 Congressman Gingrich participated in the Dartmouth Economic Debate. In that debate, talks about the way Washington works and states that the Budget Control Act is "stupid".
GINGRICH: I just want to say - I want to say one thing about the entire way Washington works, which was just posed in that question. First of all, the Congress couldn’t figure out how to get the debt ceiling done with a president who showed zero leadership, so they adopt a truly stupid bill, OK?
And the bill basically says, we’re either going to shoot ourselves in the head or cut off our right leg, and we’ll come in around Thanksgiving and we’ll show you how we’re going to cut off the right leg, and the alternative will be shooting ourselves in the head.
Let me just say it bluntly. All of the spending cuts that are built into the debt ceiling bill, all of them are acts of Congress. They can all be repealed at any moment. It is nonsense to say we’re going to disarm the United States unilaterally because we’re too stupid to balance the budget any other way.
Sponsored and Cosponsored Legislation
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