Bob McCarty Writes

While attending President Barack Obama’s so-called “Fiscal Responsibility Conference” in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, liberal Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) made some boneheaded comments on CSPAN. Shown in the video above, he appears to have no qualms about burdening future generations of Americans (i.e., “Missouri kids and grandkids”) with record levels of debt.

Under the headline, Nixon: Missourians are entitled to stimulus money, the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader reported the Show-Me State’s governor as saying the following:

“Missourian’s paid their taxes, and if there’s debt, Missouri kids and grandkids will pay that debt off,” Nixon said Sunday morning on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal…

…The governor very cavalierly dismissed this fiscal responsibility argument as a non-issue.

“My golly, this is chance to transform our economy, this is a chance to balance our budget, this is a chance to move forward,” Nixon said.

Nixon later repeated his earlier argument that “the debt” the country “may have” as a result of the bill will get paid off by people’s “kids and grandkids.”

If Governor Nixon wants to burden his kids and grandkids with mountains of debt, that’s fine.  But most Americans don’t want their descendants to be burdened that way.

See also: Saint Louis Tea Party Set for Friday Morning

Hat tip:  Gateway Pundit

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