GUESS WHAT

are trying to change bankruptcy laws to make the common man more responsible.

HERE'S WHAT THEY SAY

Representative Scott McInnis, R-Colorado: "The bill represents another example of this Congress' efforts to encourage individual responsibility. We will re-notify people that they do need to be held accountable for their debts that they have accumulated. We will remind them about keeping their word. We will remind them about ' don't go out and spend money that you don't have.' If you can't afford it, don't buy it. It's not wrong in this country to say: Keep your word and pay your bills."

Representative George Gekas, R-Pennsylvania: "Debtors need to be yoked into bearing responsibility and I'm bored to tears by the argument that credit card companies are to blame for offering easy credit. For 20 years, fairness and personal responsibility have been undeniably devalued through bankruptcy. Personal responsibility has to be returned to our society through a change in the bakruptcy laws."

Representative Tim Roemer, D-Indiana: "Filing for bankruptcy should not be as convenient as going into a 7-Eleven."

Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Florida: "The measure would make it more difficult for people to file for bankruptcy and skirt their debts. People who can afford to pay it back ought to pay it back. That is the principle behind the bill. We need to put personal responsibility back into the equation."

Representative Bill Delahunt, R-Massachusetts: "We all know there are some individuals who abuse the bankruptcy system. And those who let their financial affairs get out of control should take responsibility for the consequences of their action."

Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. R-Tennessee: "Who pays for this? We are told that Americans are losing large sums of money because deadbeats are deadbeats, not paying their debts, and we have to crack down on this bill and make them pay their debts."

(The above are just samples)

Take a look at how your government thinks about bankrupting its own system --- the U.S. Treasury.

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Then check out the statement by Van Zeck, Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Debt.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines hypocrite as: "One who falsely professes to be virtuously or religiously inclined; one who pretends to have feelings or beliefs of a higher order than his real ones; hence generally, a dissembler, pretender."

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