NH GOP - Obama's Budget: Four Straight Years of Trillion-Dollar Deficits

While Continuing Path of Spending, Taxes & Debt, Obama Breaks Promise to Cut Deficit in Half by End of First Term

Concord, NH – New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Wayne MacDonald released the following statement after President Barack Obama announced his $3.8 trillion 2013 budget.

“New Hampshire voters should be alarmed by the fact that President Obama’s budget projects for the fourth straight year a deficit of $1,000,000,000,000.  On top of phony promises to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, taxpayers will now foot the bill for his trillion-dollar stimulus bill and his government-takeover of healthcare. 

“Our nation’s federal debt recently passed the $15 trillion mark, yet this White House seems to have no plans to slow the rate of spending or government growth that has helped pile up this enormous strain on our economy.  Obama’s deficit spending is not only holding back our economy, it is also impeding job creation and will result in more debt, more spending and higher taxes that will limit any positive growth we have.  The reality is that this budget shows that President Obama is continuing to push his party’s agenda, even though it means breaking a campaign pledge. 

“This is the type of hypocrisy that frustrates New Hampshire voters.  We’ll continue to remind Granite Staters of President Obama’s broken promise when it comes to the deficit and our nation’s debt.  Come November, we’ll send a message to the president that ‘enough is enough.’  We simply cannot continue on this fiscally irresponsible path of trillion-dollar deficits, and that’s why we need a Republican president in the White House in 2013.”

The Washington Post's Ezra Klein: "The Obama Administration Is Officially Breaking Its Promise To Halve The Deficit By The End Of Their First Term." (Ezra Klein, "Wonkbook: 5 Things To Watch In Obama's 2013 Budget," The Washington Post’s Wonkbook , 2/13/12)

The New York Times: Obama's Budget "Will Show Mr. Obama Has Failed To Meet His Pledge To Cut The Deficit In Half By The End Of His First Term." "But the document's numbers will show Mr. Obama has failed to meet his pledge to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, and for Republicans, that will be the bottom line." (Jackie Calmes, "Obama's Budget To Focus On Cutting Deficit And Adding Jobs," The New York Times, 2/10/12)

U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta statement on Pres. Obama's budget proposal - "Like a bad movie you've seen too many times"

GUINTA STATEMENT ON OBAMA AMINISTRATION’S

FY 2013 BUDGET PROPOSAL

It’s “like a bad movie you’ve seen too many times”

(Washington, DC – February 13, 2012)    Representative Frank Guinta (R, NH-01) issued the following statement today in response to the Obama Administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2013.  Congressman Guinta serves on the House Budget Committee.

“President Obama’s budget proposal is like a bad movie you’ve seen too many times.  It’s just more of the same: more spending, more deficits, more taxes.  If this sounds familiar, it’s because you heard it in the budgets he proposed in 2009, 2010 and 2011.  This new one projects $3.8 trillion in spending, including billions for yet another round of short-term Stimulus-style spending instead of a serious plan for long-term job creation, a deficit of nearly $1 trillion, and seeks to impose at least $1.5 trillion in new taxes on small businesses and families over the next decade.” 

US Rep Bass: 1,000 Days and We're Still Waiting on a Budget from the Senate

WASHINGTON – Congressman Charles F. Bass (NH-02) today called on the Senate Democratic Leadership to do their job and pass a budget this year.  Today marks the 1,000^th day since Democrats in the Senate last passed a budget. 

Bass said:

“Last year, the House did its job and passed a budget in April, setting a blueprint for our nation’s spending priorities.  Unfortunately, we have yet to see the same commitment to fiscal responsibility from the Senate Democratic Leadership, who have punted their responsibility to the American people for 1,000 days.  This is unacceptable.  It’s important that both chambers complete a budget so we set a responsible and accountable spending plan for our nation.  As any family or business knows, it’s impossible to constrain unnecessary or wasteful spending if you don’t have a budget plan.

“As the budget process moves forward over the next few months for the next fiscal year, I hope the Senate will do its job this year and pass a budget.  The American people expect nothing less.”

http://bass.house.gov

WFI Responds To House Appropriations Committee 2012 Labor, Health & Human Services Funding Bill

Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2011) – The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today released the following statement in response to the House Appropriations Committee’s 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill:

 

“The House Appropriations Committee’s funding bill sends a strong message to President Obama that the U.S. Congress will not stand by and allow his labor board to pursue policies that kill jobs and hurt American workers,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI).  “Both the decrease in funding and provisions intend to prohibit the NLRB from instituting forced unionization through the formation of micro-units, elimination of the secret ballot, introduction of ambush election and establishment of electronic voting.  This funding bill disallows Obama’s labor board from punishing small businesses with excessive and burdensome regulations, and merits the support of both houses of Congress.”   

 

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