Recently, the Senate began debate on an economic stimulus package that is intended to get our economy back on track and help Americans who are suffering through these difficult times. Unfortunately, the proposal on the table is big on the giveaways for the special interests and corporate high rollers, yet short on help for ordinary working Americans. I cannot and do not support the package on the table from the Democrats and the Obama Administration. Our country does not need just another spending bill, particularly not one that will load future generations with the burden of massive debt. We need a short term stimulus bill that will directly help people, create jobs, and provide a jolt to our economy.
I believe we need to evaluate every bit of spending in this stimulus proposal with one important criteria - does it really stimulate the economy and help create jobs - if the answer is no, it does not belong in a so-called stimulus package. Furthermore, the stimulus must include significant direct relief to American workers in the form of payroll tax cuts and programs to help homeowners keep their homes. Finally, we need an end game to this stimulus so that when our economy recovers, these spending programs do not remain permanent and saddle our children with a skyrocketing national debt.
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I appreciate the discussions President Obama is having with my Republican colleagues, but the time for talking has come to an end and we must now begin some serious negotiation. But as of yet, Republicans have not been given the opportunity to be involved. The House of Representatives passed a stimulus bill without a single Republican supporting it. In the Senate, the Democrat leadership is trying to jam the existing proposal through regardless of reservations from a number of members. With so much at stake, the last thing we need is partisanship driving our attempts to turn the economy around.
I have long been a fighter against wasteful spending in Washington and long an advocate for a balanced budget -- that will never change. I realize we face extraordinary challenges with our economy today, but that is not an excuse for more irresponsibly from Washington. I hope you will join me in saying no to this stimulus package as it currently exists by signing this petition.
Sincerely,
John McCain
Chair, Country First PAC
2 comments:
Good ideas. The staffer who wrote the letter needs to review some basic grammar rules regarding number agreement of noun and modifier, however: if the modifier is "one," the noun must be "criterion," not "criteria." There are also a few too many "buts" and run-on sentences -- not appropriate for formal composition. The hubby gave me a grammar book for Christmas -- can you tell?
Let's be clear on this: McCain is correct on the Democratic package, but is still playing "soft" conservatism on the package he is promoting. It attempts to solve the problems with government intervention in the mortgage business, leading to NINJA loans and an economic tsunami, by proposing price controls on mortgages! Ask anyone alive during the Carter and Nixon years if those ever worked. We are supposed to support this absurdity because 1) it is ONLY $445 Billion; 2)nothing goes to Hollywood or ACORN; 3) we need a stimulus. Let's tell the old man to buy some Viagra if he needs a stimulus. We don't need the debt or the monopoly money it will produce. Once he starts down the "bipartisan" path, we have lost.
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