it's an op-ed that was written by gary becker, george p. shultz, former secretaries of -- he was secretary of three things, including treasury; and john taylor, who is a stanford economics professor. they wrote this op-ed in the "wall street journal." i'll just quote two short paragraphs. they start out by saying "wanted: a strategy for economic growth, full employment and deficit reduction all without inflation." they say "experience shows how to get there. credible actions that reduce the rapid growth of federal spending and debt will raise economic growth and lower the unemployment rate, higher private investment, not more government purchases, is the surest way to increase prosperity. when private investment is high, unemployment is low. above all, they say, the federal government needs a credible and transparent budget strategy. it's time for a game changeer, a budget action that will stop the recent discretionary spending binge before it gets entrenched in government agencies." and they conclude by saying "we need to lay out a path for total

george p. schultz and john taylor. john taylor and george becker are economist professors -- becker at the university of chicago, taylor at stanford university. george shultzer secretary of labor, secretary of treasury, and secretary of state. all three are affiliated with the hoover institution. and in this article present, i think, the real answer to the two key problems that face us today. i'd like to ask unanimous consent at the conclusion of my remarks that this piece called "time for a budget game changer" be inserted in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kyl: we don't have enough jobs in this country, is one of the key problems, we need to get the economy growing and we're having to borrow far too much money because of government spending. what this piece points out is there's a direct relationship between the two. now that's not too surprising, of course. the bottom line is that government borrowing and spending distorts the market by making less money available for private sector to invest. and if the private sector can invest, jobs can be created and we can grow the economy. what they do in this piece is to create a very cr