Excessive Spending, Outrageous Deficits
Washington politicians are on a dangerous spending spree. A combination of wasteful pork projects, multiple bailouts, the so-called stimulus, and new government programs have pushed the deficit for 2009 to a record-breaking $1.6 trillion. This waste and deficit will cause long-term damage the economy.Economic growth is the answer to many ills of society. Faster economic growth will allow companies to better compensate workers, government to more rapidly balance the budget, and citizens to more easily provide for healthy families and cleaner neighborhoods.
Economic growth is created over the long run by a labor force which possesses the incentive to work and produce, and by entrepreneurs who have incentives to invest. Excessive spending by the government crowds out investment and job growth, lowers government revenues and expands the deficit. Excessive spending reduces jobs and hurts workers.
Excessive spending results from (1) the belief that that governments, not people are best able to solve problems and (2) an excessive appetite for power.
Unlike the incumbent, I believe people are the solution, not government bailouts and wasteful stimulus bills. Unlike my opponent, I will not be voting to fund government at twice the rate of inflation and I will not be voting for healthcare plans that add to the deficit and diminish your choices for healthcare. This level of spending is not sustainable and will cost jobs and reduce growth.
Among the many problems with all of this spending is that politicians make spending decisions based on their own political interests - not on the economic needs of the country. That’s how American taxpayers ended up paying for a tea pot museum in North Carolina, and fancy vacations for workers of bailed out companies. Excessive political spending breeds waste, corruption, and a lack of transparency.
Unlike the incumbent, I do not have an excessive appetite for power. I will not be blowing up the deficit by voting for new entitlements and earmarks to build greater voter dependency on the Federal government. Unlike the career incumbent, I believe in term limits and will limit my service in Congress to three terms.