Roy Blunt: “Well, I am pleased to have the time on the floor today to talk about these issues: the attack on small business, and the…”

“Well, I am pleased to have the time on the floor today to talk about these issues: the attack on small business, and the idea that the private sector is doing fine, that we just need more government jobs. I just do not find anybody in America who believes that is the reality of the world we live in today. The reluctance of the Senate to take votes--Mr. Wicker, who has served in the House of Representatives with Mr. Isakson and I, said we should have amendments; we should take votes; we should say what we are for; and we should not wait until after the election to say what we are for. The reports that are out are consistent with the President's view in 2010 when he said we should not do anything to change tax policy because the economy was struggling. By any measure of the economy, it is struggling more now than it was in 2010. Growth in the economy is about half what it was when the President said: With this kind of economy, we should not raise taxes. So he agreed to extend the current tax policies for 2 more years. But the minute we did that, we made exactly the same mistake we had made the previous 2 years: We created a big question mark out there for the American people as to what tax policies were going to be. We already have the tax increases with the President's health care plan. It raises the top rate to about 43 percent. The top rate goes up automatically with the President's health care plan to about 43 percent.…”