Congressman Boehner is leading the charge to cut government spending in an effort to help create new jobs. That’s why, in a press conference today, Boehner called Democrats’ failure to pass a budget this year a “colossal failure of leadership.” Watch Boehner here:
Boehner wrote a post for The Hill website hammering home the importance of a budget and arguing that “the ideology of Washington Democrats” is to “just keep spending taxpayers’ money — with no plan, no discipline and no accountability”:
“[E]very American family knows what Washington Democrats can’t seem to grasp: In tough times it’s more important — not less — to have a budget, to set priorities and to live within your means. …
“This year alone, Washington will spend a record $3.6 trillion. That’s $31,000 per household, or one out of every four dollars made in America. But instead of cutting spending to create jobs, out-of-touch Democrats are doubling down. In fact, since last year, the president has signed into law $1.8 trillion in new government spending and $670 billion in new job-killing tax increases, which has exploded the deficit and pushed the national debt over the $13 trillion mark, a number that will hit nearly $20 trillion by 2015.”
And all of Democrats’ spending, taxing, and borrowing is only making matters worse – in Ohio and across the country. In fact, the Washington Post reported today that the Democrat agenda is dampening economic growth and causing crippling uncertainty for private sector employers:
“The chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of top corporate executives that has been President Obama’s closest ally in the business community, accused the president and Democratic lawmakers Tuesday of creating an ‘increasingly hostile environment for investment and job creation.’
“Ivan G. Seidenberg, chief executive of Verizon Communications, said that Democrats in Washington are pursuing tax increases, policy changes and regulatory actions that together threaten to dampen economic growth and ‘harm our ability . . . to grow private-sector jobs in the U.S.’”
The Democrats running Washington don’t get it and aren’t listening. If you want to help Boehner fight to curb government spending, get control of the debt, and help small businesses create new jobs, click here to become a Boehner Campaigner today!
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- 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)
So I suppose all those off-budget war funding bills you supported were a mistake, eh? Why weren’t you bitching about this when Bush was in office, John?
Both parties are spending taxpayer money like there is no tomorrow and the only way to get some sense in Washington is to relieve BOTH parties of their leadership, including you, John.
Let’s get rid of the hacks and elect some real leaders who actually care about the people instead of only their own reelections.
Bill, huh? John WAS “bitching about this when Bush was in office.” Just because you weren’t paying attention (probably too busy bitching about fighting al Qaeda yourself) or Rachel Maddow told you otherwise doesn’t make it so. John’s one of the only guys who doesn’t do earmarks and who has actual experience with cutting spending and reforming entitlement programs. And come on, Obama has added almost as much to the debt in less than two years then Bush did in 8 … and Democrats controlled the Senate or both the House and Senate for four of those.