With the federal government running record deficits, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans out of work, Congressman Boehner argues in the Troy Daily News that “it’s time to put a stop to all this wasteful government spending” so we can create new jobs and get our economy moving again. Boehner writes:
“Our economy will ultimately recover, but it will do so because of the hard work and entrepreneurship of the American people, not more wasteful Washington spending. Republicans are offering better solutions to the challenges our nation faces.
“Our alternative financial regulation bill would end the taxpayer bailouts once and for all, and hold Wall Street, along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accountable for its actions. And our jobs plan would get control of government spending, while tearing down all the new taxes and regulations that are keeping small businesses today from investing and hiring.”
These are the kinds of smart, pro-growth policies we need to get Ohio and our country back on track. And remember, a group of 222 distinguished economists wrote Boehner and Congressional leaders arguing that cutting government spending is the way to create new jobs.
Republicans and economists aren’t the only ones sounding the alarm over the fiscal ditch Democrats have driven us into. Bloomberg News reports that “Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, a top outside adviser to President Barack Obama, said time is ‘growing short’” for the United States to get control of its budget. And according to The Hill, the International Monetary Fund issued a startling report indicating that “The U.S. national debt will soon reach 100 percent of GDP.”
And yet, Democrats still have no plan to cut spending.
Boehner has repeatedly offered and backed ways to curb spending – today – to help create new jobs, including proposals to:
>> Shut down TARP and using the remaining funds for deficit reduction;
>> Freeze all non-defense, non-veterans’ health care spending for five years, and then allow it grow modestly after that;
>> Stop the bailouts and reforming Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac;
>> Ban on all pork-barrel earmarks;
>>Start cutting spending now by using the president’s rescissions authority; and more.
Congressman Boehner is fighting for better solutions that will help small businesses create new jobs here in Ohio by curbing government spending, not raising taxes and creating more government bureaucracy. If you’d like to get involved in his fight, click here and become a Boehner Campaigner today!
READ MORE:
- Boehner: Dem Policies Are “Making Matters Worse” for Ohio (5/18/10)
- Democrats May Skip Passing a Budget While Ohio Families Struggle With 11% Unemployment (5/11/10)
- Permanent Bailouts Will Hurt Local Banks – and the Small Businesses That Depend on Them (4/28/10)
- Boehner: Stop the Bailouts and Reform Fannie & Freddie (4/22/10)
- Boehner: Dems’ Bailout Bill Protects Wall Street, Hurts Small Banks (4/14/10)
