Washington DC Congressman Mac Thornberry (TX-13) today issued the following statement on President Obamas proposed $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011:
Doubling the debt while increasing spending and taxes to record levels is not what I call responsible budgeting especially during a recession with 10-percent unemployment. Thats exactly what the Presidents budget does. My approach would be the oppositecut spending lower taxes limit government and let people make their own decisions rather than Washington doing it for them.
In his State of the Union address the President talked about reducing the deficit but his budget will only send it higher. If it passes non-defense discretionary spending will have increased 84 percent in the last two years. We should start attacking the deficit right now not wait until the proposed spending freeze" takes effect in 2011.
A good starting point would be to reject more ineffective government stimulus spending like the $100 billion contained in this budget. Businesses create jobs not government and we must look for ways to encourage private job growth to get this economy back on track. Another cost-saving common-sense suggestion is to leave Guantanamo Bay open for both national security and economic reasons. President Obama proposes spending $500 million to buy a prison in Illinois and move the prisoners there. He can save taxpayers half a billion right off the bat just by leaving Guantanamo Bay open.
I also disagree with the tax increases in the budget because sending more money from working families individuals and small businesses to Washington isnt a realistic way to grow the economy either. For example the Presidents budget has a global warming tax that is even higher than the one he proposed last year and will increase energy costs for all Americans.
The government has important responsibilities but one of the most critical is to live within its means. This budget does not meet that responsibility. Hopefully in the next few months we can work with the President to balance the countrys real needs with the amount we can realistically spend to meet them."
Washington DC Congressman Mac Thornberry (TX-13) today issued the following statement on President Obamas proposed $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011:
Doubling the debt while increasing spending and taxes to record levels is not what I call responsible budgeting especially during a recession with 10-percent unemployment. Thats exactly what the Presidents budget does. My approach would be the oppositecut spending lower taxes limit government and let people make their own decisions rather than Washington doing it for them.
In his State of the Union address the President talked about reducing the deficit but his budget will only send it higher. If it passes non-defense discretionary spending will have increased 84 percent in the last two years. We should start attacking the deficit right now not wait until the proposed spending freeze" takes effect in 2011.
A good starting point would be to reject more ineffective government stimulus spending like the $100 billion contained in this budget. Businesses create jobs not government and we must look for ways to encourage private job growth to get this economy back on track. Another cost-saving common-sense suggestion is to leave Guantanamo Bay open for both national security and economic reasons. President Obama proposes spending $500 million to buy a prison in Illinois and move the prisoners there. He can save taxpayers half a billion right off the bat just by leaving Guantanamo Bay open.
I also disagree with the tax increases in the budget because sending more money from working families individuals and small businesses to Washington isnt a realistic way to grow the economy either. For example the Presidents budget has a global warming tax that is even higher than the one he proposed last year and will increase energy costs for all Americans.
The government has important responsibilities but one of the most critical is to live within its means. This budget does not meet that responsibility. Hopefully in the next few months we can work with the President to balance the countrys real needs with the amount we can realistically spend to meet them."
