MAVOCKE--Two leading senators went head-to-head on a Sunday morning news program today, arguing their party is better prepared to address the economic challenges facing the country.
Stephanie Manning, a Nationalist from Lial, told Weekend Glance host Ed McCulvie the NAT party needs a majority in both houses of Congress before it can "lead the country out of an economic drought."
"The only way we can bring this country out of this economic dry spell is to elect an NAT majority in the Senate and the National Assembly," Manning said on the morning political news program.
She was rebutted by Remmington's freshman Conservative senator, Pete DeBoor, a former oil executive.
"Electing an NAT majority in Congress is the last thing this country needs," DeBoor said. "We already have a Nationalist president who doesn't know how to handle the economy. If we give him an NAT-controlled Senate and Assembly, we're just asking for more stimuluses and bail-outs and tax increases."
McCulvie pointed out that the bail-out and stimulus packages of 2009 were passed with Conservative support, including DeBoor's fellow Remmington senator, Curt Blaisek, who helped reach an agreement on the $315 billion stimulus.
"Well I like Curt, and I think he meant well when he voted for the stimulus. He was trying to reach a compromise and trying to reach across party lines to make an agreement that all sides could be happy with. But I disagree that spending money is going to get us out of this economic rut," DeBoor said, of the stimulus and bail-out.
DeBoor ridiculed a proposal from some Nationalists for a second stimulus, telling McCulvie the NAT's only strategy is tax-and-spend.
"That's all they've got. That's their only idea, to just keep taxing the people of this country and spending and hoping that if they spend enough money, they'll finally start earning some back. That is not a real solution."
Manning declined to support the proposal for a second stimulus, but did say the NAT will cut spending, something DeBoor laughed at.
"I'm very serious when I say that [Senate Majority Leader] John Morandi and [Assembly Minority Leader] Allison McGint and Brenton Menuhaeo are going to go through the budget and find areas where we can cut back. But what they will not do is make cuts to services and programs that are vital to working-class Grassadellians in exchange for tax breaks and pay-offs for the super rich. And they will not burden our children and seniors and low-income citizens while cutting deals with corporations and the big oil companies," Manning said, a clear slight at DeBoor.
DeBoor ended the segment by telling McCulvie that jobs, not rhetoric, is what the people want.
"The best thing you can do for the working class people of this country is to get them jobs again. No more broken promises, just a paycheck. That's what the people of this country want."
Stephanie Manning, a Nationalist from Lial, told Weekend Glance host Ed McCulvie the NAT party needs a majority in both houses of Congress before it can "lead the country out of an economic drought."
"The only way we can bring this country out of this economic dry spell is to elect an NAT majority in the Senate and the National Assembly," Manning said on the morning political news program.
She was rebutted by Remmington's freshman Conservative senator, Pete DeBoor, a former oil executive.
"Electing an NAT majority in Congress is the last thing this country needs," DeBoor said. "We already have a Nationalist president who doesn't know how to handle the economy. If we give him an NAT-controlled Senate and Assembly, we're just asking for more stimuluses and bail-outs and tax increases."
McCulvie pointed out that the bail-out and stimulus packages of 2009 were passed with Conservative support, including DeBoor's fellow Remmington senator, Curt Blaisek, who helped reach an agreement on the $315 billion stimulus.
"Well I like Curt, and I think he meant well when he voted for the stimulus. He was trying to reach a compromise and trying to reach across party lines to make an agreement that all sides could be happy with. But I disagree that spending money is going to get us out of this economic rut," DeBoor said, of the stimulus and bail-out.
DeBoor ridiculed a proposal from some Nationalists for a second stimulus, telling McCulvie the NAT's only strategy is tax-and-spend.
"That's all they've got. That's their only idea, to just keep taxing the people of this country and spending and hoping that if they spend enough money, they'll finally start earning some back. That is not a real solution."
Manning declined to support the proposal for a second stimulus, but did say the NAT will cut spending, something DeBoor laughed at.
"I'm very serious when I say that [Senate Majority Leader] John Morandi and [Assembly Minority Leader] Allison McGint and Brenton Menuhaeo are going to go through the budget and find areas where we can cut back. But what they will not do is make cuts to services and programs that are vital to working-class Grassadellians in exchange for tax breaks and pay-offs for the super rich. And they will not burden our children and seniors and low-income citizens while cutting deals with corporations and the big oil companies," Manning said, a clear slight at DeBoor.
DeBoor ended the segment by telling McCulvie that jobs, not rhetoric, is what the people want.
"The best thing you can do for the working class people of this country is to get them jobs again. No more broken promises, just a paycheck. That's what the people of this country want."
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