The only way to keep them from abusing religious freedom is to give them no choice. Which is why, whether its Murfreesboro, Tennessee or Lower Manhattan or any of that--it's the only thing. If you don't tie our hands, we'll take away your religious freedom.
Ultimately I agreed with Perriello that if you do not legislate something, the government will continue to take without restriction. He was clearly talking about other members in congress and then he referred to congress as a collective "we". Likewise with religious freedom, pardon me if I don't trust you when you say that the First Amendment does not protect non-Christian religions, but you will guarantee them freedom anyway. The last three years have proven that this is not the case.
Um so uh…Social Security and Medicare are being in the red. I think the question of whether these things can be managed successfully, obviously part of what has happened with Social Security and Medicare is that when they were set up life expectancy was such that people weren’t expecting to be on it for two or three years, not fifteen or twenty years. That, that is good news obviously that we are healthier. It is also in trouble, because politicians raided the cookie jar over and over again. That’s a problem. If there is one thing that I have learned since I have been up here, and I didn’t need to come up here to learn it. It’s the only way to get Congress to balance the budget, it’s to give them no choice. The only way to keep them out of the cookie jar is to give them no choice. Which is why, whether it's a balanced budget acts or pay as you go legislation or any of that — it's the only thing. If you don't tie our hands, we will keep stealing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GmQwXMfW4
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