Wilson Statement on Democrat Budget
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after House Democrats passed H.Con.Res. 312, a bloated and wasteful budget resolution.
"This Democrat Budget is nothing more than a continuation of the woeful tax and spend policies we have come to expect from this majority," said Rep. Wilson. "The American people deserve better than a government that takes more of their hard-earned money to pay for an out-of-control and wasteful bureaucracy. The record $683 billion dollars in tax increases this budget will impose on everyday Americans is an irresponsible burden on those who are already feeling the pinch from credit card debt, rising gas prices, and increased food and health care costs."
"Despite the rhetoric we hear from the other side of the aisle, this budget fails to provide any sort of entitlement or earmark reform to get the nation back on a strong fiscal footing. I am proud to have joined some of my colleagues including House Republican Leader John Boehner in leading by example to implement a self-imposed moratorium on earmarks. Congress will never be able to fix our large entitlement spending problems if we cannot muster the courage to first cut back on the wasteful pork projects that strain our budget and drain the confidence of the American people."
NOTE: House Republicans submitted an amendment to H.Con.Res. 312 which would have scrapped the high tax, high spend Democrat budget and replaced it with a commonsense, fiscally responsible plan focused on the needs and not the wallets of the American people. The House Republican budget provides a balanced budget by 2012 without raising taxes; imposes a one-year moratorium on congressional earmarks; provides $1 billion more than the Democrat budget for Veterans healthcare to meet the needs of our troops; and, provides necessary reforms to Medicare and Medicaid to avoid a financial crisis.