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Boehner’s Bipartisan Plan to Cut Spending, Stop the Tax Hikes – Now

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Congressman Boehner was interviewed on Good Morning America (GMA) live from West Chester today and announced a two-point bipartisan plan for September aimed at ending some of the uncertainty facing small businesses and helping create new jobs: cut spending and stop the tax hikes.

Specifically, Boehner called on Democrats to join Republicans this month in:

>> CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING TO 2008 LEVELS: The Wall Street Journal says Boehner called for “cutting federal nonsecurity spending back to 2008 levels, prior to the stimulus spending that the Obama administration championed” – and prior to the bailouts and the takeovers. The Hill quotes Boehner saying this “would save $100 billion this year alone.”

>> FREEZING CURRENT TAX RATES FOR TWO YEARS: According to the Washington Times, Boehner said freezing tax rates “will help settle both jumpy consumers and wary small businesses” who are crippled with uncertainty. ABC News quotes Boehner saying “You can’t have a stronger economy if you’re raising taxes on the very people you expect to invest in our economy to begin hiring people again.”

Boehner’s two-point proposal could be implemented right now if Democrats are willing. It builds on the several solutions Boehner outlined in a recent speech that would help get the economy moving again. Watch Boehner’s interview on GMA here:

As Boehner said today, “if we’re able to do this together, I think we’ll show the American people that we understand what’s going on in the country and we’ll be able to get our economy moving again.”

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Obama Promotes More of the Same Failed “Stimulus” Spending

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

President Obama is traveling to Ohio tomorrow – following Congressman Boehner’s speech on how to get the economy moving again – to promote another massive round of “stimulus” spending.

Boehner has outlined five straightforward steps that would help create new jobs now including aggressively cutting government spending, stopping the tax hikes on small businesses, and more – steps backed by a group of 100 economists who are urging spending cuts to get the economy going.

The president, on the other hand, is pitching more of the same “stimulus” spending that hasn’t worked. In fact, since the trillion-dollar “stimulus” was enacted in February 2009, Ohio has lost more than 133,000 jobs and almost 3 million have been lost nationwide. Democrats said the “stimulus” would keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Today it’s 9.6 percent nationally and more than 10 percent throughout Ohio.

Despite the failure of the “stimulus,” and despite the fact that we’re more than $13 trillion in debt, President Obama insists that billions in additional “stimulus” spending will “create jobs immediately.” It won’t.

More “stimulus” spending will not get the economy going. And the Obama administration knows it. Despite the president’s promise, one “senior Obama administration official” says Obama’s spending plan “would not have an immediate impact on the economy” (except to drive us deeper into debt).

Officials also “declined to make predictions about how many job could be created” by spending more money we don’t have – perhaps because their previous estimates were so wildly inaccurate.

As Boehner said yesterday, “If we’ve learned anything from the past 18 months, it’s that we can’t spend our way to prosperity.”

Instead, Ohio needs leaders who are committed to creating new jobs – not growing government and adding to the debt. Check out Boehner’s “no cost” jobs plan, as well as his proposals for cutting government spending, reining in jobs-killing federal regulations, repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with common-sense reforms that lower costs and protect jobs, and more.

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Voters Want Less Spending, Not Higher Taxes, to Fuel Job Growth & Cut the Deficit

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Congressman Boehner argued in a major speech yesterday that, “We will not solve our fiscal challenges until we cut spending and have real economic growth – and we won’t have real economic growth if we keep raising taxes on small businesses.” Turns out a majority of voters in Ohio and elsewhere agree.

>> VOTERS WANT LESS SPENDING, NOT HIGHER TAXES: Reuters reports that “Americans want the deficit tackled through lower spending rather than through higher taxes.” In fact, “[n]early half of respondents, 49 percent” – a plurality – “said current tax rates should be maintained for all Americans.

>> A MAJORITY OF OHIOANS OPPOSE TAX HIKES: Michael Barone wrote in Real Clear Politics that “two-thirds of Ohio voters are dead set against tax increases.” The Dayton Daily News reported a similar finding this week, noting that “[s]ixty-two percent of Ohio likely voters” oppose raising taxes to fuel more government spending. Fifty-two percent of Ohioans oppose raising taxes on anybody.

In his speech, Boehner advocated for an “aggressive spending reduction program,” calling for a freeze on “federal spending at 2008 levels” and highlighting the fact that Republicans have “already identified $1.3 trillion in specific spending cuts that could be implemented immediately.” These steps are endorsed by a group of 100 distinguished economists who agree that spending cuts are needed to get our economy moving again.

Boehner was also clear as day on his opposition to tax hikes. He said, “Raising taxes on families and small businesses during a recession is a recipe for disaster — both for our economy and for the deficit. Period. End of story.’”

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Boehner: We Need a Fresh Start Focused on Unshackling Small Businesses

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Congressman Boehner delivered a major speech on jobs and the economy today where he outlined plans – including an “aggressive spending reduction” – to get our economy moving. You can watch Boehner’s full remarks here courtesy CSPAN.org.

The Associated Press quoted Boehner arguing that, “Endless spending sprees, entangled tax structures and bureaucracy run amok” are all “outgrowths of a tired, bloated and broken Washington.” Boehner believes that “employers are afraid to invest in an economy stalled by the president’s economic stimulus package and hamstrung by uncertainty,” and that “‘[t]he prospect of higher taxes, stricter rules and more regulations has employers sitting on their hands…’”

Part of the solution, Boehner says, is “a fresh start focused on unshackling small businesses, unleashing the entrepreneurship of our people and helping families across this great nation realize the American Dream.” Boehner then outlined five key steps President Obama can take to help get our economy going and creating new jobs:

#1: CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING TO HELP CREATE NEW JOBS

>> “House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to fire Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and top economic adviser Larry Summers, extend the Bush-era tax cuts and commit to an ‘aggressive spending reduction program.’” (Boehner Calls on Obama to Commit to ‘Aggressive Spending Reduction’, Roll Call, 8/24/10)

>> “Boehner, the House minority leader, called on the Obama administration once again to extend Bush-era tax cuts and freeze federal spending at 2008 levels.” (Boehner: Fire Geithner and Summers, Politico, 8/24/10)

>> “‘Republicans on the House Budget Committee, led by Congressman Paul Ryan, have already identified $1.3 trillion in specific spending cuts that could be implemented immediately. These are common-sense steps – like canceling unspent ’stimulus’ and TARP bailout funds – that put the brakes on Washington’s out-of-control spending spree. Republicans have also proposed establishing strict budget caps to limit federal spending on an annual basis. If we reduce spending from current levels and impose a hard cap on future growth, we can save taxpayers more than $340 billion and we can make sure this is the last Washington spending spree of its kind.’” (John Boehner at City Club: Fire the Obama economic team, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/24/10)

#2: STOP THE TAX HIKES ON FAMILIES & SMALL BUSINESSES

>> “‘One of President Obama’s predecessors once said that ‘an economy constrained by high tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance the budget, just as it will never create enough jobs,” Boehner said. ‘That president was John F. Kennedy. So let me be clear: Raising taxes on families and small businesses during a recession is a recipe for disaster — both for our economy and for the deficit. Period. End of story.’” (Boehner to Obama: Don’t raise taxes, The Hill, 8/24/10)

>> “An excerpt … ‘We will not solve our fiscal challenges until we cut spending and have real economic growth – and we won’t have real economic growth if we keep raising taxes on small businesses.’” (Boehner: ‘19 months of government-as-community organizer have failed’, Human Events, 8/24/10)

#3: VETO JOBS-KILLING BILLS PASSED DURING THE “LAME DUCK” SESSION OF CONGRESS

>> “Boehner, who could become House speaker if the GOP recaptures a majority this November, also urged Obama not to let Democrats use a post-election, lame-duck session of Congress to ram through controversial measures. Those could include a carbon-tax scheme that would drive up energy costs, Boehner said, and a union-election system that could deprive workers a right to vote on union membership in private.” (John Boehner at City Club: Fire the Obama economic team, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/24/10)

#4: STOP OBSTRUCTING GOP ATTEMPTS TO REPEAL HARMFUL OBAMACARE MANDATES

>> “Boehner is also calling for elimination of the so-called 1099 mandate, which would require some employers to disclose anything they buy in excess of $600. ‘What is the point of making employers and entrepreneurs spend $17 billion to send all this paperwork to Washington, where it’s going to cost about $10 billion to log it in and file it away?’ Boehner plans to say. ‘Talk about overhead.’ (John Boehner: Fire Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers, Politico, 8/24/10)

>> “Boehner also asks Obama to urge Congressional Democratic leaders to stop obstructing GOP attempts to repeal what he calls the new health care law’s ‘job killing’ mandate and calls on the president to submit an ‘aggressive spending reduction package’ to Congress. (Boehner calls for Obama to fire Geithner, CNN, 8/24/10)

#5: ASK FOR & ACCEPT THE RESIGNATIONS OF WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC TEAM

>> “In a speech in Cleveland this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner calls for their resignations. Going right for the top, too, he says: ‘We’ve tried 19 months of government-as-community organizer.  It hasn’t worked.  Our fresh start needs to begin now.’” (Summers & Geithner Should Go, National Review, 8/24/10)

>> “Although they rejected Boehner’s suggestion, Van Hollen and Levin stopped short of a full-throated endorsement for Geithner and Summers, reflecting the fact that both have come under criticism from Democrats as well as Republicans. In a hard-hitting speech in Cleveland, Boehner criticized Obama’s economic team as lacking ‘real-world, hands-on experience.’ He said that while ousting Geithner and Summers was not a substitute for creating jobs, ‘we do not have the luxury of waiting months for the president to pick scapegoats for his failing ‘stimulus’ policies.’” (Senior House Dems stand by Obama economic team, The Hill, 8/24/10)

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Boehner to Obama: How Will Raising Taxes Create Jobs in Ohio?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

President Obama is in Columbus today (where workers got kicked off the job when Obama kicked off “Recovery Summer,” and where “stimulus” dollars went to high-end hotels, banquet centers, and El Salvador) to tout his “stimulus” that didn’t work – even as he pushes for higher taxes on small businesses.

Congressman Boehner greeted the president with an op-ed in the Troy Daily News asking a simple question: “How will raising taxes put Ohioans back to work?” Boehner wrote:

“The administration claims that these tax increases will only affect a small number of Americans, but according to an analysis by the non-partisan Committee on Joint Taxation, Congress’s official tax scorekeeper, half of small business income in America will face higher taxes under the president’s plan. The very threat of these tax hikes, combined with the new health care law and the hundreds of new rules and mandates coming out of the Obama Administration, are freezing employers with uncertainty at a time when we need them to invest in their growth.

“House Republicans are listening to the Americans who are fed up with Washington Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda and offering better solutions to help small businesses create new jobs. Over the past year we’ve presented President Obama a ‘no-cost’ jobs plan and a proposal to immediately cut $1.3 trillion in government spending. This common-sense plan would put the nation back on a path to fiscal discipline by ending TARP, reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and enacting strict caps to limit government spending on an annual basis.”

Read Boehner’s full op-ed here.

Remember, the president and top Democrats are determined to raise taxes on job creators to fuel their drive for more government spending. Boehner argues that more spending won’t fix our economy, and even told President Obama at the White House that his tax hike “will hurt small businesses, many of which pay income taxes as if they are a household.” But Democrats aren’t listening – and Ohio is paying the price.

Weapons of Mass Discussion blog quoted Boehner today saying, “More than 130,000 Ohioans have lost their jobs since February 2009, and the states’ unemployment rate remains at a painfully-high 10.5 percent. … More waste, more debt, and fewer jobs. That’s not the picture of a recovery. It’s the epitome of failure.”

That’s why Boehner is taking his fight directly to voters, promoting plans to help small businesses create new jobs by cutting government spending, reining in jobs-killing federal regulations, repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with common-sense reforms that lower costs and protect jobs, and more.

And we need your help.

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Boehner: How will raising taxes put Ohioans back to work?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

KEY QUOTE: “The very threat of these tax hikes, combined with the new health care law and the hundreds of new rules and mandates coming out of the Obama Administration, are freezing employers with uncertainty at a time when we need them to invest in their growth.”

How will raising taxes put Ohioans back to work?
John Boehner
Troy Daily News
August 18, 2010

Disappointed Ohioans are asking “where are the jobs?” as President Obama returned Tuesday to Columbus – the city where he kicked off his “Recovery Summer” tour back in June – following a week of troubling news on the economy.

New jobless claims rose to the highest levels in six months. A July shortfall put our budget on pace to exceed an already jaw-dropping $1.47 trillion deficit this year. Foreclosures rose 9 percent from June.

These were the headlines that came as terrible news for the 14.6 million Americans looking for jobs and countless others struggling to make ends meet, and further confirmation that the administration’s “stimulus” policies have not created jobs “immediately” and held unemployment under 8 percent as the president promised. Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the unemployment rate has grown to 9.5 percent. In Ohio, and across much of the Eighth Congressional District, the unemployment rate is a full point higher.

Unfortunately, President Obama and his team have decided it is easier to attack me and my fellow Republicans than it is to change course and scrap the failed “stimulus” policies that are hurting our economy and stifling job growth. Just last week the vice president’s chief economist went so far as to accuse me of “want[ing] a lot of people to lose their jobs” for suggesting that unspent “stimulus” dollars be returned.

Never mind that this is an idea worthy of consideration in the wake of the Strickland administration’s “Rebate-Gate,” which resulted in “stimulus” dollars being used to outsource work to El Salvador, the simple fact of the matter is that a nation in our fiscal condition should be spending less, not more. No one wants to see more job losses, which is why we must heed the advice of more than 100 economists and act immediately to cut government spending now and prevent the administration’s plans for a massive tax hike on American families and small businesses from going into effect at the end of the year.

The administration claims that these tax increases will only affect a small number of Americans, but according to an analysis by the non-partisan Committee on Joint Taxation, Congress’s official tax scorekeeper, half of small business income in America will face higher taxes under the president’s plan. The very threat of these tax hikes, combined with the new health care law and the hundreds of new rules and mandates coming out of the Obama Administration, are freezing employers with uncertainty at a time when we need them to invest in their growth.

House Republicans are listening to the Americans who are fed up with Washington Democrats’ tax-and-spend agenda and offering better solutions to help small businesses create new jobs. Over the past year we’ve presented President Obama a “no-cost” jobs plan and a proposal to immediately cut $1.3 trillion in government spending. This common-sense plan would put the nation back on a path to fiscal discipline by ending TARP, reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and enacting strict caps to limit government spending on an annual basis.

We’ve also launched an America Speaking Out project to engage every day Americans in building a new policy agenda for the nation. Already hundreds of thousands have logged on to submit their ideas and discuss other common-sense proposals to get our economy moving again.

Our economy will recover, but it will do so because of the hard work and entrepreneurship of the American people, not more wasteful Washington spending. Visit AmericaSpeakingOut.com today, and join us in building a more responsive and less costly government focused squarely on putting people back to work.

John Boehner represents Ohio’s 8th District, which includes all of Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, most of Butler and Mercer counties, and the northeastern corner of Montgomery County. He was first elected to Congress in 1990.

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Boehner Demands Full Account from Obama on Jobs-Killing Federal Rules

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Congressman Boehner is taking proactive steps to help private employers hire new works and get our economy moving again. This week, National Review says Boehner wrote a letter to President Obama “protesting billions in new federal rules small-businesses are facing” and demanded a full account of nearly 200 pending regulations that will have an enormous impact on American job creators:

>> BOEHNER DEMANDS ANSWERS ON COSTLY NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS: “Boehner formally requested the President provide Congress with a complete rundown of those rulemakings with a projected economic price tag of $1 billion or more.  ’The constant stream of new federal rules being handed down from Washington has created great uncertainty for American small businesses, and it’s one of the reasons our economy is not creating enough jobs,’ Boehner said in the letter. ‘The Obama Administration owes the American people a full accounting of the degree to which its policies may be negatively impacting job creation in our country.’” (Boehner Demands Accounting of Planned Federal Rules, Human Events, 8/16/10)

Boehner’s letter comes on the heels of new legislation by Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) designed to give lawmakers more oversight of unelected bureaucrats and the regulations they plan to impose:

>> BOEHNER, REPUBLICANS BACK MORE OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS: “The Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act would require Congressional approval for major regulatory changes, defined as those that would have an annual economic impact of $100 million or more. ‘It’s not anti-regulation, but it’s about creating more targeted regulation,’ Davis said. ‘It’s about bringing more oversight by Congress.’  … The REINS Act would subject major rules to closer scrutiny by the House and Senate. … The REINS Act was endorsed last month by House Minority Leader John Boehner of West Chester…” (Davis bill would rein in regulators, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8/15/10)

For the last 19 months, Democrats have written massive, sweeping legislation behind closed doors that’s increased spending (and made taxpayer-funded bailouts permanent), raised taxes, and expanded government. While their policies have already had a devastating impact on the economy, they’re poised to make things even worse:

>> DEMOCRATS’ JOBS-KILLING AGENDA CAUSING CRIPPLING UNCERTAINTY: “The [permanent bailouts] bill signed into law last month sets the stage for drawn-out studies, rulemaking and comment periods. It creates three new regulatory authorities that must be integrated with the existing hodgepodge of financial regulators. Anyone who’s seen how Washington deals with mammoth-size bills like this — health reform, for instance — rightly anticipates a long, messy period of sausage-making. For the fizzling economic recovery, the timing hardly could be worse. Coupled with doubts about federal tax policy and weakening public finances at the state and local level, the new legislation puts a drag on spending, hiring and investment. Uncertainty is up, confidence down.” (Years and years of Obama regulation would hurt the recovery, Chicago Tribune, 8/16/10)

In addition to his fight to stop the assault on employers by unelected bureaucrats, Congressman Boehner has also laid out a slew of common-sense plans for cutting government spending and helping small businesses create new jobs. His proposals will help wipe out the deficit and get Ohio’s economy back on track. Read more about them here and – if you want to help Boehner’s campaign for reform – join the Boehner Campaigners today.

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Boehner: More Spending Won’t Fix Our Economy

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Congressman Boehner argues in a new op-ed that the trillion-dollar “stimulus” has only given America “[m]ore government” and “fewer jobs.” In fact, since the bill passed, “our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs.”

John says this “isn’t the picture of recovery; it’s the epitome of failure.” That’s why Boehner is promoting a plan that would “boost the economy and put people back to work.” Here’s how:

>> “Stop the taxing-spending-and-borrowing-binge and cut Washington waste”: Boehner says Republicans “have already identified $1.3 trillion in specific spending cuts (like canceling unspent TARP funds) that could be implemented right now to make Washington do more with less.”

>> “Stop job-killing tax increases”: As Boehner explains, we “need to prevent job-killing tax hikes that are set to take effect in less than six months.” Democrats have already admitted that they’re considering raising taxes on the middle class to fuel even more spending, despite the president’s promise “not to raise taxes on any household that makes less than $250,000 per year.” We can’t allow that to happen.

>> “Provide small businesses with the certainty they need to get back on their feet”: The Democrats running Washington have caused nothing but uncertainty for small businesses – and ObamaCare is a marquee example. Boehner says “Republicans are fighting to repeal this government takeover of health care and replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.”

These three reforms would truly boost the economy without increasing spending or adding to the debt. And it’s not just Boehner who is pushing these common-sense reforms. Last month, John handed President Obama a “statement signed by more than 100 economists” who back this plan of action.

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Boehner: Spending spree won’t fix our ailing economy

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

KEY QUOTE: “More government, fewer jobs: This isn’t the picture of recovery; it’s the epitome of failure.”

U.S. Rep John Boehner: Spending spree won’t fix our ailing economy
July 15, 2010

When President Barack Obama speaks in Holland today, I hope that instead of trying to convince the people of a city suffering from 11.8 percent unemployment that our economy is “moving forward,” he will listen closely when they ask, “Where are the jobs?”

After all, Michigan is one of 48 states that have lost jobs since Obama signed the trillion-dollar “stimulus” into law amid promises it would create jobs “immediately” and keep unemployment below 8 percent. Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs.

More government, fewer jobs: This isn’t the picture of recovery; it’s the epitome of failure. To boost the economy and put people back to work, we need to stop the taxing-spending-and-borrowing-binge and cut Washington waste, stop job-killing tax increases, and provide small businesses with the certainty they need to get back on their feet. Last month, I handed the president a statement signed by more than 100 economists supporting this plan of action.

• Less spending, more jobs. Washington’s spending spree has gotten so out of control that Democrats have canceled the federal budget, an unprecedented failure of leadership. House Budget Committee Republicans have already identified $1.3 trillion in specific spending cuts (like canceling unspent TARP funds) that could be implemented right now to make Washington do more with less.

• Keeping taxes low. We also need to prevent job-killing tax hikes that are set to take effect in less than six months. Unfortunately, Democrats have indicated that that they intend to raise taxes on middle-class families — by how much, they won’t say, not until after the coming election. This abdication of leadership is a job-killer in and of itself: struggling small business owners can’t save or invest without knowing how much they will owe in taxes next year.

• Helping small businesses put people back to work. Having run a small business, I know the anxiety that comes with every burdensome mandate and tax hike handed down by Washington. President Obama’s new health care law is the granddaddy of them all. Here’s an example: The new law requires businesses to file a 1099 form for each and every purchase of goods or services of $600 or more per year from another entity. While large companies can afford to hire an army of lawyers to interpret these regulations and accountants to do all the paperwork, small businesses do not have the same luxury. Republicans are fighting to repeal this government takeover of health care and replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.

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Federal Deficit Tops $1 Trillion, Highlights Need to Cut Spending Now

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Associated Press reports that “with three months still to go in the budget year,” the “federal deficit has topped $1 trillion” for the second year in a row – an unsustainable pattern driven by “runaway government spending,” according to the Heritage Foundation’s Brian Riedl. Riedl explains:

“The fact is that rapidly increasing spending will cause 100% of rising long-term deficits.  … Using the budget baseline deficit of $13 trillion for the next decade as described above, CBO figures show spending surging to a peacetime record 26.5% of GDP by 2020 and also rising steeply thereafter. Putting this together, the budget deficit, historically 2.3% of GDP, is projected to leap to 8.3% of GDP by 2020 under current policies.”

Riedl notes that the massive “stimulus” spending bill is partly to blame for the “trillion-dollar deficits beginning in 2009.” But as economist Thomas Sowell argues, “the stimulus is not actually stimulating” and “the unemployment rate remains up near double-digit levels, despite all the spending…”

That’s why Congressman Boehner is fighting to cut government spending and help small businesses create new jobs. His goal is to implement reforms that boost our economy and help get control of the debt at the same time. Our 8th Congressional District – and Ohio overall – needs jobs, not more spending and more debt.

Unfortunately, the Democrats running Washington have no plan to create jobs and no plan to cut spending – they don’t even have a budget. Instead, they’re trying to deflect attention away from their failures by 1) attacking Boehner, 2) blaming Republicans for “stalling” their agenda (despite the massive Democrat majorities in both the House and the Senate), and 3) “planning an ambitious, lame-duck session to muscle through bills in December they don’t want to defend before November.”

But John’s not letting them get away with it. In a press conference today, Boehner explained that Democrats are in trouble because their jobs-killing agenda is “the opposite of the what the American have wanted”:

BOEHNER: “The president says we’re moving forward but the American people are asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’ Democrats say they’re focused on jobs but they can’t even fulfill the basic responsibilities of governing like doing a budget or passing a troop funding bill to take care of our troops.

“They’re going try to do everything they can to make this election about us because they don’t want it to be about them. But it is about them. They’re the ones who voted to increase taxes. They’re the ones who voted for these trillions of dollars in wasteful Washington spending. It was their majority that imposed ObamaCare on our country. You can’t take the focus off them. They can try all they want; they’ve got big majorities in the House and Senate, they have the White House, and the policies they’ve pursued have been the opposite of what the American people have wanted.”

With trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and a $13 trillion debt, it’s time to cut government spending now. If you want to get involved in Boehner’s campaign to cut spending and create jobs, click here to become a Boehner Campaigner today!

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