i subscribe to the gary becker school of thought. i see him here. it's great to see a living ledget in front of us. that to me is the way toin crease revenues and the other problem we have is if we don't -- if we blink in this moment and we show both political parties don't have the courage to actually address this spending crisis we have, then what kind of confidence will the bond markets have in us after that? so i think the biggest mistake we could make is rubber stamping a debt limit increase and showing we don't have any chance of getting anything under control. we've got to have serious down payments on spending controls to buy ourselves time in the credit market so whatever we don't resolve in this episode is resolved soon. i real bli believe this next election will be the most important election in our lifetimes. it will be the choice of two futures. foyer one we believe we owe it to our constituents, give them an option or choice. what country do you want? historic american idea, limited government economic freedom, you know, opportunities

i have read gary becker and stich or and friedman. i grew up on those ideas -- and stiegler.w up with an interest in economics. when you get into public policies, the whole idea is to apply those lessons to the problems of the time. it is not as if we had to reinvent the wheel. we know what ideas built this country. . freedom, responsibility, limited government, self-determination -- all those things made us great. they will continue to do so. we just have to reapply those founding principles to the problems of our time. that is what we tried to do i need this budget, and we will be fine. that is what makes me sleep soundly at night. i really think americans want america. i do not think they want another country. and so, it is those mentors and those of writers that have inspired me. i am a big church of safan as w. an internal threat -- is dead and economic stagnation. i think we will turn around, because i think this country is not done with exceptionalism. so, thanks. >> thank you. [applause] >> on behalf of the economic club, thank you very much to and griffin for bringin

i subscribe to the gary becker school of thought. i see him here. it's great to see a living ledget in front of us. that to me is the way toin crease revenues and the other problem we have is if we don't -- if we blink in this moment and we show both political parties don't have the courage to actually address this spending crisis we have, then what kind of confidence will the bond markets have in us after that? so i think the biggest mistake we could make is rubber stamping a debt limit increase and showing we don't have any chance of getting anything under control. we've got to have serious down payments on spending controls to buy ourselves time in the credit market so whatever we don't resolve in this episode is resolved soon. i real bli believe this next election will be the most important election in our lifetimes. it will be the choice of two futures. foyer one we believe we owe it to our constituents, give them an option or choice. what country do you want? historic american idea, limited government economic freedom, you know, opportunities

i subscribe to the gary becker school of thought. i see him here. it's great to see a living ledget in front of us. that to me is the way toin crease revenues and the other problem we have is if we don't -- if we blink in this moment and we show both political parties don't have the courage to actually address this spending crisis we have, then what kind of confidence will the bond markets have in us after that? so i think the biggest mistake we could make is rubber stamping a debt limit increase and showing we don't have any chance of getting anything under control. we've got to have serious down payments on spending controls to buy ourselves time in the credit market so whatever we don't resolve in this episode is resolved soon. i real bli believe this next election will be the most important election in our lifetimes. it will be the choice of two futures. foyer one we believe we owe it to our constituents, give them an option or choice. what country do you want? historic american idea, limited government economic freedom, you know, opportunities