Wilson: “Our greatest ally in the pursuit of job creation, economic vitality, better schools, health care, and energy is the American people.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2009
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today as the House of Representatives debated the budget for Fiscal Year 2010.
“The Democrat budget is a blueprint for massive increases in spending, increased borrowing, and higher taxes. It does not invest in the American people so much as it invests in government and passes the bill on to Americans of this generation and generations to come. It takes more money out of the pockets of American consumers, business owners, investors, and uses those hard-earned dollars to pay for an unprecedented expansion in the scope of government influence. Such size and influence and the tax-burden that invariably comes with it would replace the proven creativity and job creating power of the individual and the private sector – a power that President John F. Kennedy believed in when he cut taxes and promoted free market solutions to emerge from recession.
“The Republican budget, on the other hand, recognizes that our greatest ally in the pursuit of job creation, economic vitality, better schools, health care, and energy is the American people. Our budget does not relinquish greater control and freedom to Washington bureaucrats. It empowers individuals, entrepreneurs, and small businesses – those who create the majority of jobs in America. It does not exploit a time of tough economic challenges to rapidly expand government; it applies the historical lessons learned from massive borrowing and stifling tax increases to make the same tough choices we see American families making all across this country.
“Republicans believe the federal government should share the burden of these tough economic times by instituting some fiscal sanity into our budgetary process and maintain the promises this government has made to the American people. That is why our budget makes a conscience effort to reform entitlements, simplify the tax code, stop the damage done to the American dollar by evermore borrowing, and promote necessary reforms in areas such as health care and energy.”
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