Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

Issue Position: Budget

America, we must have a balanced budget! Check the U.S. Debt Clock and you will find that the U.S. tax revenue is over $2 trillion. However, Congress is spending over $3 trillion. Our total debt is over $14 trillion, while the interest alone is over $203 billion.

We as the American taxpayers owe $177,000.00 each to pay down the debt. I know I could not afford that, could you? And if we can't, then who will… your children, and their children?

Recently we heard from the government that they were no longer spending, but now they're investing. Investing, which is the same as spending, the money is still going out and we the taxpayers are stuck with the bill.... Was the $50 billion dollar bailout to GM, $14.3 billion to Chrysler, $17.2 billion to GMAC an investment? In addition, reported in the New York Times, G.E. claimed profits of $14.2 billion and a tax benefit of $3.2 billion. So not only was G.E., the recipient of federal contracts and bailout money, they did not pay taxes. We paid them the $3.2 billion!

Personally when I invest, I expect a return. Are we getting a return from these investments? The answer is NO!!!

When you stand with Jim Pirtle and elect him in 2012 to the U.S. House of Representatives our voices will be heard. It will say, "ENOUGH! Balance the budget!" Yes, there will have to be some belt-tightening. But working with both sides of the House, we can develop a "WIN/WIN" solution.

We don't have to cut programs. Using a variable entitlement and spending program, as the U.S. experiences an overrun in the budget, each program would have to shed a little to make up the difference. When the budget is balanced, the entitlements and spending can return to normal. Part of each fiscal budget, however, must include a line-item to pay down the national debt.

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