Spending Your Tax Dollars Wisely
Our country continues to face serious economic and fiscal challenges. Our nation’s debt is currently approaching $16 trillion, with a budget deficit in excess of $1.1 trillion this year alone. Our entitlement programs are heading towards bankruptcy. The uncertainty being created by Washington’s irresponsible spending habits is threatening job creation. And unfortunately, instead of agreeing to stop spending money we don’t have, President Obama and his allies in the Democratic-controlled Senate continue to advocate more ‘stimulus’ spending, threatening to make our economy even worse.
The House Republican budget offers a clear choice of two futures. The American people understand that the government has to stop spending money we don’t have. My colleagues and I have presented the only budget in Washington that reflects this common-sense principle, providing a plan to ensure taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and effectively. At least the president bothered to offer a budget, which is more than can be said of his fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate, which hasn’t put forth a budget in three years. Some Washington insiders say Americans don’t care about this. But from listening to people in our district and across the country, I know Americans do care. The failure to pass a budget means missing an opportunity to rein in government spending, which means missing an opportunity to provide the fiscal discipline economists say is needed to create jobs and grow the economy. The American people understand this, and it makes them angry that the Senate is shirking this responsibility. The Senate’s failure to do a real budget is an inexcusable failure to lead. The American people expect us to do our jobs. That’s why my colleagues and I offered and passed our Path to Prosperity budget. Related Documents:
Weekly Column
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Weekly Republican Address: Speaker Boehner on Averting the Fiscal Cliff
12.22.2012
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Sounding off on pork
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