In the Game to Rebound Economy
By Tony Perkins
The new Chair of the Republican Study Committee is introducing his savings bill this week just as President Obama will try to rationalize spending more. Tough love. Thats how Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) describes his plans to chisel $2.5 trillion off the federal books.
But Rep. Jordan and his Senate counterpart Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) arent deterred. They say theyve never seen the American people more receptive to the need to cut back. Like Rep. Kevin Bradys (R-Texas) bill Jordan aims to gouge liberal programs -- which are as American Spectator points out
so perfectly unrelated to the constitutional purpose of government that every federal dollar they spend is an affront to every taxpayer.
Among other things the legislation would pull the federal rug out from under the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR PBS) Title X Family Planning taxpayer-funded union activities by federal employees and subsidies to the U.N. panel on climate change.
The other savings would come from more than 100 specific program cuts a discretionary spending limit federal workforce reforms and pre-2009 budget levels. And before President Obama asks for another stimulus Congressman Jordan plans to repeal whats left of the one he passed.
More than $45 billion is sitting in the bank and House leaders will do what they can to make sure it stays there. (After all how many joke machines does one Congress need?)
As you can imagine none of this is sitting too well with the new minority. Rep. Chris Van Hollens (D-Md.) office called the ideas radical -- which is exactly what America needs.
