By ALAN J. ORTBALS
When Congress approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act last month - legislation commonly referred to as the Wall Street bailout package - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello and Republican U.S. Rep. John Shimkus voted against the plan. The nay votes were cast, both say, in part because there was no revenue to pay for the expenditure and all of the money would need to be borrowed - pushing the national debt over $10 trillion, an all-time high.
“The national debt has doubled in the past eight years,” Costello said. “It’s gone from $5 trillion to over $10 trillion
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