Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. released the following statement Monday in response to President Obama's 2016 budget:
This budget would result in a nearly half-trillion dollar deficit next year alone, and our deficits and interest payments on the National debt would continue to go way up every year.
The most wasteful, least efficient way to spend money is to turn it over to the federal government. The best way to create more good jobs and keep the cost-of-living low is to decrease federal spending and leave more money in the hands of American families.
I strongly support tax cuts for the middle class. The president claims he is trying to help the middle class, but during his years in office, the gap between the wealthy and the middle class has grown faster than ever, primarily because of big government policies that help only big federal contractors and the federal bureaucracy.
Like all presidential budgets, it will undergo significant changes.