Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2012
Floor Speech
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Mr. RIBBLE. Mr. Chairman, as a member of the House Budget Committee and former small business owner, I rise today in strong support of the Budget Committee's 2012 budget resolution.
I would like to begin today with a quote from a famous American:
"At what point can we have a serious conversation about Medicare and its long-term liability, or a serious conversation about Social Security or serious conversation about budget and debt where we aren't simply trying to position ourselves politically? That's what I'm committed to doing.''
Mr. Chairman, that was President Barack Obama just last year. As we debate this budget, I would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to heed the words of our President. Let's stop the demagoguery and the political jockeying and actually work toward a solution together. Our children--my grandchildren--deserve no less.
Even most Democrats agree that our current spending is on an unsustainable trajectory. So wouldn't you agree that finger-pointing and making false claims to scare seniors while offering no solutions of your own is counterproductive?
This budget has real solutions and real ideas. We cut spending by $6.2 trillion and shrink the size of government to historically normal--historically normal--levels. We start to get our deficits under control and put our budget on a path to prosperity.
As a small business owner, I know what high taxes mean to job creators in this country. That's why our budget calls for a flatter, fairer tax--now wait for it--that closes loopholes and increases the incentives of corporations to keep jobs right here in America.
I know what small businesses look for when they look to spend and invest. They look for certainty. And this budget, more than anything else, puts our country back on a certain path of sustainability. Job creators and business owners will stand up and cheer when they see real ideas like this put forth.
There are many more ideas of merit in this budget, and we all want a vigorous debate. But I hope it will be a debate on policy differences, not political maneuvering.
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