mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman for yielding .  the preceding speaker on the republican side said we have got to pass this , we have got to continue the pro-growth policies .  she was talking specifically as she referenced capital gains and dividends .  well , the fact is the very tax cuts that she is talking about remain in place .  they are in existing law for 2006 , for 2007 , for 2008 .  doing nothing keeps the very provisions she was hyperventilating about just a moment ago .  but what is the matter then ?  if we got them and we got them through 2008 , why not kick them out through 2009 and 2010 ?  this is the reason .  this is the national debt .  this fall it went north of $ 8 trillion .  i brought this chart to illustrate what a huge burden we are racking up for our children .  this averages out to $ 27 , 000 of debt per person .  and in this environment , the majority in bringing this bill to the floor today after yesterday 's vote will be passing $ 87 billion in additional tax cuts that are not paid for .  alan greenspan has got some words of caution on this .  he was quoted in november saying , we should not be cutting taxes by borrowing .  well , when they do not pay for their tax cuts , they are basically borrowing , leaving the debt to our children to offset the funding of these tax cuts , just what greenspan warns against .  earlier in the month of december , just last week , he says , an expected deficit casts an ever larger shadow over the growth of living standards .  in the end , the consequences for the u.s. economy could be severe .  the dirty little secret in this budget reconciliation plan is that it increases borrowing authority for this country nearly $ 1 trillion , from 750 to $ 780 billion of additional debt they will be authorizing to fund the tax cuts that they want to commence .  as they talk about growth , do n't believe it .  they would not have to increase the borrowing limit to this country if this all worked .  they are adding to the debt to pass tax cuts disproportionately for the wealthiest .  