GOP Weekly Address: Ind. Rep. Walorski on Balancing the Budget
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Douglas Graham/Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — President Obama this week submitted his plan for funding the government to Congress, but Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana is calling his budget anything but balanced.
In this week’s Republican address, Walorski tells Americans preparing their taxes that President Obama’s plan will only add stress to the process.
“If we were to implement the president’s budget, taxes would go up on just about every American, including middle-class families. Altogether, the president wants to impose more than $1 trillion in new taxes. That’s in addition to $1 trillion in new taxes from ObamaCare and the more than $600 billion in tax hikes the president secured in January. This isn’t what compromise looks like,” Walorski says in the address.
Walorski continues, saying that the Obama plan “not only ignores our nation’s spending problem — it makes things worse.”
“If his plan were to take effect, the government would spend $964 billion more of your hard-earned money than it is already planning to spend. Every household’s share of the national debt would increase by more than $60,000,” she says, warning that the president’s budget is not a fair compromise, but a “blank check for more spending” and added debt.
But Republicans are offering an alternative, says the congresswoman. With the GOP plan, Walorski says the budget will balance in 10 years.
All it takes, she says, is investment in energy projects like the Keystone XL pipeline and the repeal of Obamacare. She also says the GOP plan would simplify the tax code, lower tax rates and eliminate loopholes.
“These are good ideas and we’re ready to act on them,” she says.
“So instead of the same old take-it-or-leave-it approach, President Obama should work with Republicans to find common ground so we can balance our budget, grow our economy, and improve the lives of American families.”
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