ALG blasts House passage of payroll tax holiday, unemployment extensions

Feb. 17, 2012, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement condemning House adoption of a deal to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits, and the "doc fix" for another year without paying for it:

"This legislation the House has passed will add $165 billion to the debt over the next three years. This is simply inexcusable. They are promising partial pay-for's down the road, such that the ten year cost will supposedly be brought down to $89 billion. That's still too much. Republicans took a majority in the House promising to reduce the debt. This bill speeds up the bankruptcy of Social Security, adds significantly to the debt, and betrays the voters who demanded fiscal responsibility in 2010.

"The economy is beleaguered by excessive debt, both public and private, and we will not work our way out of this malaise with yet more debt. This legislation is counterproductive and denies the growing body of evidence that too much debt has become severely detrimental to economic growth. The spenders in Washington, D.C. are completely clueless to what ails our economy. We need new leadership."

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Americans for Limited Government is a non-partisan, nationwide network committed to advancing free market reforms, private property rights and core American liberties. For more information on ALG please call us at 703-383-0880 or visit our website at www.GetLiberty.org.

ALG - Time to End Emergency Unemployment Benefits

Feb. 3, 2012, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today issued the following statement on the latest unemployment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

"Today's announcement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that approximately 240,000 jobs were created by the engine of the U.S. economy, America's private sector businesses and entrepreneurs.  These job creators are moving forward because they trust that the Republican led House of Representatives will stop Obama's threatened tax increases that would suck the very money that they are using to create jobs out of the economy and into Washington, D.C.

"The private sector job creation also vindicates Republicans who are seeking to end the emergency extensions of unemployment benefits from the normal 27 weeks to the current 99 weeks.  With jobs being created, there is no longer any excuse to further extend these cuts that are estimated to cost $44 billion for the rest of the federal 2012 fiscal year.  It is time for the American taxpayer to get a jobs dividend by ending these extended jobless benefits.

"The downside of the unemployment report is that the percentage of working age eligible people who participate in the job market has continued a free fall down to 63.7 percent.  Since Obama took office fully 2 percent of Americans who are eligible to work have dropped out of the economy – a stunning 4.7 million people.   That loss of hope is Obama's true jobs legacy."

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Americans for Limited Government is a non-partisan, nationwide network committed to advancing free market reforms, private property rights and core American liberties. For more information on ALG please call us at 703-383-0880 or visit our website at www.GetLiberty.org.

U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta statement on CBO Director's testimony about annual budget & economic outlook

“Another Year of a Trillion Dollar Deficit Is Unacceptable;

Four Straight Years Are Inexcusable.”

(Washington, DC – February 1, 2012)    Representative Frank Guinta (R, NH-01) issued the following statement after Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf’s testimony at today’s House Budget Committee hearing. The CBO released its annual Budget and Economic Outlook yesterday.   Representative Guinta is a member of the House Budget Committee.

The new report projects the federal government’s budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row.  With the national debt on pace to grow to unsustainable levels in the years ahead, the CBO estimates that economic growth will remain sluggish and the unemployment rate will exceed 9 percent in both 2013 and 2014. (Click here to view the report).

“Another year of a trillion dollar deficit is unacceptable; four straight years are inexcusable. This new report underscores an undeniable fact: the fiscal disaster of crushing debt and ballooning deficits are no longer a problem on the horizon for future years; they’re now today’s problem.  If we don’t reverse course from the failed policies of out of control spending, the country we will leave to our children and grandchildren will be far different from the one we know today.  Politicians from both parties are responsible for creating our national debt, and it will take both parties to get us out of it. 

“We must work together to solve this problem.  For that to happen, the Senate needs to finally join the House in passing a federal budget, and the Obama Administration must reverse course and embrace the pro-jobs policies Americans are demanding.”

AFPNH - New Year, New Fights for Economic Freedom

Granite State Gatherings January 3 – Jon Huntsman with Governor Tom Ridge at Peterborough Town Hall- 1 Grove Street at 6PM. Click here for more information. January 4 – Rick Santorum at Rockingham County Republican Monthly Meeting at Rockingham County Nursing Home Complex at 7PM. Click here for more information. January 5 – Gingrich family event at Everything Sweet, 85 Water Street in Exeter, from 2-4 PM. January 5 – Rick Santorum at Southern NH 9.12 Town Hall Meeting at Windham Town Hall at 7PM. Click here for more information. January 5 – Jon Huntsman at Newport Town Hall at Newport Recreation Department at 7PM. Click here for more information. January 5 – Nashua Republican City Committee Meeting in the Trafalgar Room of the Crowne Plaza at 7PM. Click here for more information. January 6 – Newt Gingrich, Fred Karger, Buddy Roemer and Rick Santorum at Hillsborough County 2012 Primary Gala at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua, Reception at 5PM, Dinner at 7PM. Click here for more information. January 7 – Sullivan County GOP Committee Debate Watch Party at 12 Main Street in Newport at 7:30PM. Click here for more information.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas and New Years with family and friends. With the presidential primary a week from today and the start of the legislative session in Concord tomorrow, AFP-NH is prepared for another very active year. First, we will bring the fight for economic freedom to Concord with an aggressive advocacy plan. The issues we plan to follow this session include: healthcare reform, pension reform, reforming the Bureau of Tax and Land Appeals, RGGI Repeal, Right-To-Work and the Supermajority Legislation with regard to tax increases in the state. We will also be following pieces of legislation that could reduce taxes on businesses like HB 593, which would allow for the expansion of gaming in New Hampshire.  These issues will form the basis of our 2012 Legislative Score Card. Tomorrow we will kick things off by hosting a breakfast for state legislators to provide them with information on HB 1560, regarding Healthcare Compacts. We are pleased to begin the year with a discussion on this important piece of legislation and proud to announce that Charlie Arlinghaus, President of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy will make a presentation during the breakfast on the merits of the healthcare compact. We look forward to the discussion and debate of this issue and many others during this session. For more information on the healthcare compact, please click here. Second, as the new year and new session commence, we want to welcome Wendy Warcholik, the new Executive Director of Cornerstone. We look forward to continuing our work with Cornerstone and the state’s many other conservative organizations in the months ahead to advance the cause of liberty in New Hampshire. Finally, I look forward to seeing many of you at events around the state this year and would welcome the opportunity to speak at one of your group’s upcoming meetings. Please reach out to Joy King, who will be happy to schedule any request. Thank you for all of your previous support. I look forward to working with you again this year and could not advance our goals of lower taxes, smaller government and less regulation without your help! Sincerely, Corey R. Lewandowski State Director Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire P.S. Please take the time to check out our website, Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter or make an online donation to our efforts.

The Daily Newt: Wicked Good Jobs

Donuts: The Breakfast of an Entrepreneur Team NewtHampshire hopes you are enjoying not just happy holidays, but wicked good holidays. You might be reading this email already back on the job. If that is so, we hope you have a wicked good job. (We send a special thank-you if you created your own job or have created jobs for fellow Granite Staters and Americans.) (Click here for the story of Ian's Wicked Good Donuts!) Last week, Newt met Ian Hill, a young Northfield resident with an old-fashioned work ethic. Here’s a wicked good blog by Ian about his business, Ian’s Wicked Good Donuts, which he started at age 11! This week, Newt begins a Jobs and Growth Tour. Newt will share his Jobs and Growth Plan with other entrepreneurs and hard workers. Do you work for, or know of, another wicked good New Hampshire business primed to prosper under Newt’s Jobs and Growth Plan? Reply to this email and let us know!