How Much More Evidence Do Dems Need that Their Big-Government Policies Aren’t Working?

July 30, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Jeff Anderson (MN-08), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Ami Bera (CA-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Kathy Boockvar (PA-08), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), Tarryl Clark (MN-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Scott Ellington (AR-01), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Gene Jeffress (AR-04), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Larry Maggi (PA-18), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Hayden Rogers (NC-11), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Gene Stilp (PA-11), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Mark Takano (CA-41), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Manan Trivedi (PA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

How Much More Evidence Does Owens Need that His Big-Government Policies Aren’t Working?
Voters Want Focus on Jobs but Owens Wants to Tax the Job Creators

WASHINGTON — Bill Owens is ignoring what New York voters want as he prepares to further burden small business owners with another crushing tax hike in 2013. With news that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a crippling rate of 1.5 percent, will Owens abandon his unpopular, big-government policies in favor of pro-growth ones?

“Creating an environment for growth is clearly not a priority for Bill Owens and his fellow Washington Democrats,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “The party that thinks small businesses ‘didn’t build that’ doesn’t have the slightest clue about what drives this economy or how we can fix it. Americans have spoken – they want Democrats to abandon their war on American businesses and focus on getting America back to work – will Owens listen?”

The U.S. economy grew at a pathetic 1.5 percent as Washington Democrats continue to ruin any chance for small businesses to get the economy back on track:

“The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.5 percent from April through June, as Americans cut back sharply on spending. The slowest growth in a year adds to worries that the economy could be stalling three years after the recession ended.” (“Economic growth slowed to 1.5 percent rate in 2nd quarter, slowest in a year,” Associated Press, 7/27/2012)

However, Americans want President Obama to refocus his party’s agenda to one that promotes small business growth, not create more tax increases in a weak economy:

“Creating good jobs, reducing corruption in the federal government, and reducing the federal budget deficit score highest when Americans rate 12 issues as priorities for the next president to address. Americans assign much less importance to increasing taxes on wealthy Americans and dealing with environmental concerns.” (Jeffery M. Jones, “Americans Want Next President to Prioritize Jobs, Corruption,” Gallup, 7/30/2012)

President Obama insists that his party’s failed policies have ‘worked’:

“Just like we’ve tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That’s the difference.” (“Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event,” The White House, 7/24/2012)

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