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Carefully crafted rhetoric instead of
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January 28, 2012 |
By U.S. Congressman Raul Labrador
This week marked a milestone as the United
States Senate passed the 1,000th day without a
budget and without a clue. Instead of passing a
budget, the Senate has passed Obamacare,
preferential industry bailouts and failed
stimulus packages ... saddling American
taxpayers with an additional $4 trillion in
debt.
Still, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his
Democratic colleagues seem uninterested in
making meaningful cuts to save this country’s
financial future. After all, if you don’t have a
budget, why would you care about debt?
If Idaho families must live on budgets each and
every day, why can’t the federal government? If
Idaho families must make prudent choices and
live within their means, why shouldn’t the
federal government? If Idaho families must plan
for their financial future, why doesn’t the
federal government?
On Tuesday, President Obama gave his annual
State of the Union address to Congress and the
nation.
President Obama would like Americans to forget
that he has been President for the past three
years. He’d rather them recall his lofty
speeches and empty promises, instead of his
failed policies and the continued absence of
results. During the State of the Union address,
President Obama reflected upon his achievements,
but his rhetoric doesn’t match up to reality.
Last year, President Obama said he would work
with us to ease America’s regulatory burden.
Instead, he tried to regulate farm dust. He
claimed that repairing infrastructure would be a
top priority. Instead, he halted the largest
infrastructure project in recent memory. He also
promised to expand energy production. Instead,
he blocked the Keystone XL Pipeline and stalled
domestic drilling.
President Obama proclaimed America must be
“built to last.” He also pledged to end
“bailouts,” “handouts” and “copouts.”
For yet another year, we heard carefully crafted
rhetoric instead of concrete solutions.
While I appreciate President Obama’s willingness
to talk about these things, I wish he would be
just as willing to act on them. |
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