Taxpayers are already struggling under the weight of a $13 trillion national debt and the Democrats’ unwillingness to pass a budget that cuts spending. They don’t need to be paying for the disaster BP created in the Gulf too. That’s why Boehner called on the White House to make sure “not a dime of taxpayer money” is used to clean up BP’s mess.

Boehner made his point crystal clear last month when it was reported that he said:

“We must stop the leaking oil, and help the Gulf recover, but we also need to know how it happened, who is responsible, and how we can prevent future incidents. The White House must ensure that BP bears the entire financial burden to clean up this disaster. Not a dime of taxpayer money should be used to clean up their mess.”

In a press conference today, Boehner reiterated that the first priority is to get the flow of oil stopped and then address the laws to make sure such a failure of oversight doesn’t happen again. From The Hill:

“‘Why don’t we get the oil stopped, figure out what the hell went wrong, and then have the hearings and get the damn law fixed,’ Boehner said at his weekly press conference on Thursday.”

Boehner has been clear that “British Petroleum is responsible; they and their sub-contractors are going to be responsible for cleaning up this mess,” but he’s also been critical of the federal government’s role in the disaster. On The Hugh Hewitt Show, Boehner said, “it’s pretty clear the government’s failed, in this case, the MMS, the Minerals Management Service, just like the government failed in Katrina, just like the government failed in the financial meltdown that occurred a year and a half ago.”

But that’s not all – Boehner also today gave the president a letter signed by 100 economists urging Congress to cut government spending to help create new jobs. US News & World Report has the story:

“Nearly 100 prominent U.S. economists including former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ohio University’s Richard Vedder, and James C. Miller, III, who headed up the White House Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, are telling President Barack Obama that his economic stimulus has failed and that ‘immediate action is needed to rein in federal spending.’ …

“‘To support real economic growth and provide the spark needed to support creation of private-sector jobs,’ the letter, which was made public Thursday by House Republican Leader John Boehner, says ‘immediate action is needed to rein in federal spending, prevent job-killing tax hikes through the expiration of current tax rates, and reverse the harmful effects of the health care law on small businesses, the engine of job creation in our economy.’”

Boehner is leading the way on proposals designed to curb spending – proposals that would stop the bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the mortgage giants that helped cause our financial crisis), cancel unspent “stimulus” money, and more. Read more about them here.

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READ MORE:

• Reckless Spending & Massive Debt Are “A Massive Drag on Our Economy” (6/9/10)
• “Terrible” Jobs Report Highlights Need to Cut Spending, Repeal ObamaCare (6/3/10)
• Debt Hits $13,000,000,000,000, $42K for Every American (6/3/10)
• Boehner Pushes Spending Cuts As Democrats Add to the Deficit (6/2/10)
• Harvard Study: Earmarks Hurt Job Growth, Harm Local Communities (5/28/10)

Tags: deficit, environment, jobs, spending

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