Reducing Over-Classification Act Of 2009

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REDUCING OVER-CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 2009 -- (House of Representatives - February 03, 2009)

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Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Speaker, I would classify ``intelligence'' as important, but when I was back in my district last weekend, what folks asked me about was the stimulus package. They sense that something is needed, but they also sense, as, I think, all of us do, that what is most important are tax cuts and infrastructure development. Yet the bill that came out last week reminded me a little bit as though my wife had sent me to Wal-Mart and had said, ``I want you to get some bread and meat,'' and instead, I come back with a DVD and a grill. Now, DVDs and grills are great, but someday, you have got to pay the credit card bill.

Right now, we have to focus on the bread and meat--the jobs and the infrastructure--not on the DVDs and grills. I keep on thinking: What would Dave Ramsey say? He is the guy who kind of advises couples on how to get out of financial difficulty. Dave would say, ``Get a job, and stop spending on your credit card.'' Now, the parts of this that are infrastructure and tax cuts are ``get a job,'' but the part of this that is maxing out the credit card and that is putting $2,700 worth of debt on my children and grandchildren going henceforth is the part that Dave would advise against.

I ask that we in Congress follow Dave Ramsey's wisdom--that we focus on tax cuts and infrastructure and forgo the rest.

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