Obama and House Democrats’ Plan: Never Balance the Budget

March 11, 2013

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Ron Barber (AZ-02), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), John Garamendi (CA-03), Ami Bera (CA-07), Jim Costa (CA-16), Lois Capps (CA-24), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Scott Peters (CA-52), Jim Himes (CT-04), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Joe Garcia (FL-26), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Bill Foster (IL-11), Bill Enyart (IL-12), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Dave Loebsack (IA-02), John Tierney (MA-06), Bill Keating (MA-09), Tim Walz (MN-01), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Rick Nolan (MN-08), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Mike McIntyre (NC-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Steve Israel (NY-03), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), Bill Owens (NY-21), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Pete Gallego (TX-23), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Nick Rahall (WV-03).

Kirkpatrick wants to continue reckless spending binge, destroying jobs and hurting the economy

WASHINGTON – Arizona families know that if we’re ever going to create more jobs, Washington needs to do the same thing they’ve done in their own homes: Balance the budget. But Ann Kirkpatrick’s plan would never balance the budget, adding more money to our national debt and raising taxes for even more spending. Kirkpatrick and President Obama’s reckless spending proposals are stifling job creation, skyrocketing our country’s deficit and sending thousands of American jobs overseas.

“With our national debt rapidly approaching $17 trillion, President Obama and Ann Kirkpatrick owe Arizona families an explanation as to why their plan would never, ever balance our nation’s budget,” said NRCC Communications Director Andrea Bozek. “It’s clear that Kirkpatrick and Washington Democrats are content to let millions of Americans foot the bill for their wild and irresponsible spending habits, destroying jobs and hurting our economy.”

The national debt is more than $16 trillion. (TreasuryDirect.gov, 3/6/2013)

President Obama has not released a budget this year. (Jeremy Herb, “Obama budget delayed until April.” The Hill, 3/8/13)

Over the next 10 years, the current plan in place won’t even come close to balancing our nation’s budgets. (Congressional Budget Office, CBO.gov, 3/4/13).