On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
I rise today to speak about something that is enormously important, and that is tax policy and the economy. Over the most recent break, I had the opportunity to go out across the State of Nebraska. I traveled throughout the State and I conducted 14 townhall meetings. I listened to a lot of concerns, but there was one issue that dominated all of the discussion and that was the state of our Nation's economy. Nebraskans, like all Americans, are wondering when the economy will turn around. They are wondering when this administration is going to actually take action to support job creators instead of just talking about it. A recent CNN poll shows that 57 percent of Americans disapprove of the President's handling of the economy. The President's job agenda to date has simply failed to produce the results that were promised. Take a look at the economic stimulus that cost taxpayers $862 billion--$1 trillion if you add interest--and it has come up short. Instead of more government spending that fails to create jobs, we need to create a progrowth environment that fosters job creation that is so desperately needed in every part of this great Nation. In order to do so, we must first and foremost give individuals and businesses some degree of certainty about the future. Unfortunately, the health care bill and the financial bill are doing exactly the opposite.
