What We Are Effectively Doing, I Say This To The Young People Of America Whom My Colleagues Represent, Is Leaving Our Children And Grandchildren The Tab For Fighting A War, Letting Them Pay For The Lion's Share Of It By Simply Adding It To The National Debt. - SearchQuotes

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What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren the tab for fighting a war, letting them pay for the lion's share of it by simply adding it to the national debt.

John Spratt

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