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The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.

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Social Security is something that we need to deal with, because people who are working today, who will retire in the future, people who are retired today, they have a right - and it's part of the compact that they can depend on their benefits. We should fix the long-term funding problem of Social Security because that's the right thing to do.

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We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

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We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the president's budget is a comprehensive and responsible plan that will put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the next few years - a down payment toward tackling our challenges in the long term.

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In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

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There's a lot of trust being built up. I think we have a lot of work ahead of us.

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We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

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Congress should get the job done.

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I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

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The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: August 29th, 1955

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