Pence: 2010 Ends with Massive Deficit, 2011 Begins with No Budget

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Pence: 2010 Ends with Massive Deficit, 2011 Begins with No Budget

U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement today, the final day of the federal government's 2010 fiscal year:

"Washington's spending is out of control. This year's deficit will exceed $1.3 trillion and Democrats didn't even propose a budget plan for the fiscal year that begins at midnight.

"American families and small business owners are sacrificing and making hard choices to make ends meet during the worst economy in my lifetime. But when they look to Washington, they see a government that spent almost $6 trillion in the first 20 months of the Obama presidency, that has no budget plan for the next 12 months, and that is poised to impose a massive, job-killing tax increase on the American people in less than 100 days.

"The American people have said, "Enough is enough.' They want a sensible federal budget, an immediate end to tax increases for families and job creators, and leaders who are more concerned about creating new jobs than they are about campaigning to save their own jobs."

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