 |
| Steve Pearce |
The federal government’s thinking simply doesn’t match its wallet. Washington continues to act as though it just got a paycheck, spending more and more, buying into every program that seems like a good idea. Meanwhile, payday is a long way off, and our credit cards are all maxed out. If you knew someone so out of touch with reality, you would call him irresponsible, even foolish. But in Washington, it’s the norm.
As a result, New Mexico suffers. Our small businesses can’t survive, because every new program comes with new regulations, new taxes, and new ways to choke off productivity. Our people struggle to make ends meet as prices rise and government promises fail. The President recently joked that “shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected.” But to New Mexicans out of work, broken promises are no laughing matter. In 2009, the President promised that by spending even more taxpayer money, he could keep unemployment below 8 percent. Unemployment is now 9.2%.
![]()
Knowing how desperately our state needs job creation, I proposed legislation earlier this year to help put New Mexicans back to work. Overbearing restrictions have killed over 20,000 logging jobs nationwide. So, I introduced a simple, two-page bill that says the government should get out the way and let American businesses create the timber jobs that once drove local communities. Common sense ideas like these can create hundreds of thousands of jobs in America. 
Instead, Washington has tried for over two years to spend our way out of recession, and we’ve seen the results. We’ve lost 1.9 million jobs, 13 million more Americans are on food stamps, our gas prices have doubled, health insurance is more expensive, home values have fallen, and the federal debt has risen to record levels—a back breaking share of $46,000 for each American. Isn’t it time we try a new approach?
New Mexicans want real solutions. This is why I voted against H.R. 1, the House’s lukewarm budget proposal, earlier this year. The bill simply didn’t show that Washington is listening. It didn’t demonstrate the real change we need: change in the way we spend, the way we operate, even the way we think. We must promote policies that allow businesses to put Americans back to work. We must stop spending money we don’t have on programs we cannot afford. Increasing our debt limit doesn’t fix the problem. So, when the President asked Congress earlier this month to write him another blank check, I said no. 
Americans made their voices heard last November, and they are continuing to do so. We are tired of our money being wasted on programs we don’t need and can’t afford. We are afraid for the futures of our children and grandchildren. We are tired of struggling to pay our bills while we watch Congress continue to rack up more debt. We are tired of Washington politicians not making tough decisions and standing firm. It is time to stop kicking the can down the road. It is time for real, serious solutions to our national debt. I am ready to tell Washington, “Enough is enough.” I will continue to stand against Washington’s wasteful spending, and demand that we face our nation’s debt crisis.
Posts
3 comments:
There are a growing number of us that don't buy into this dooms day mentality if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Baloney! The country will make it's interest payments regardless of whether or not a deal is reached. The most irresponsible thing to do would be to give in and allow this president to continue to blow money. Let the deadline pass if the democrats don't capitulate on raising taxes and refuse to cut entitlement spending. The sun will rise and set every single day after the deadline passes. Let the political chips fall where they may. The voters will blame the spenders and not the fiscally responsible. Call their bluff.
The Constitution allows for Congress to spend:
1) in order to pay the debts
2) to provide for the common Defence (sic)
3) to provide for the general Welfare
What people seem to ignore are the objects of these expenditures.
For each of these spending areas, the Constitution restricts the expenditure to
"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". This restriction means the expenditure ABSOLUTELY MUST be for something that affects/effects THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. No expenditure for local projects is Constitutional. No welfare (corporate to individual) is Constitutional. No disaster aid is Constitutional. The power to spend is for the entire geographical area, known as the United States.
Question: How many individual welfares must be counted to become the general welfare of the
entire United States? 1, 100, 1,000,000, 300,000,000+ ?
How many State welfares must be included to be the general welfare of the United States? 1, 10, 50?
The restrictions of the federal government are important. If the feds would simply adhere to the limited authority of the Constitution, we would all be paying much, much lower taxes. But then THEY would have much, much less power over our lives. No, Congress will never get it right because EVERYONE in Congress is there for the rush of power. Not one of them is there with honor and integrity intact. And IMNSHO, NONE of them know anything about the Constitution whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone want to bet on which political party is FIRST to threaten non-payment of SS checks? Such a threat is VERY RISKY. In theory, the money is supposed to already be there and not a part of the budget. It's a "trust" fund, remember? The first question will be, "who spent it?" The party of "SPEND", of course.
Post a Comment