On the recordMarch 28, 2012
I thank the chairman for allowing me to be here tonight to help in this effort. Mr. Chairman, the President's economic agenda has failed the American people. The President's economic agenda has failed our job creators, our seniors, and future generations. The President's policies have failed and are making the economy worse. The President's budget calls for more failed attempts to tax, spend, borrow, and bail out our way to job creation. I'd like to read a quote from a third party that addresses this issue. Bernie Marcus, former chairman and CEO of Home Depot: If we don't lower spending, and if we don't deal with paying down the debt, we are going to have to raise taxes. Even brain-dead economists understand that when you raise taxes, you cost jobs. {time} 1910 Because the President cannot stand on his record, he has regrettably turned to the politics of envy and division. There is nothing fair about making our children and our grandchildren pay the bills for what the President's own fiscal commission cochairs called ``the most predictable economic crisis in our history.'' I have a couple of more quotes, and these aren't from conservative publications, mind you. USA Today: ``Obama's budget plan leaves debt bomb ticking.'' The Boston Herald: President Barack Obama has apparently decided that he is not going to be part of the solution to the Nation's enormous deficit, which would make him, yes, part of the problem. Mr.…
