The return of tax and spend

Written by Joe Pitts on June 17, 2009, 10:40 PM

For the first time in 16 years, Democrats control the entire federal government with big majorities in the House and Senate.  The “tax and spend” policies we used to complain about have returned on steroids.  This year, Washington will borrow 46 cents for every dollar it spends.  But that’s just the beginning.  An ill-conceived health bill is coming that has a price tag of $1.6 trillion.  An energy bill is coming that could also cost more than $1 trillion.  (How much is a $1 trillion?  If you spent $1 million a day from the day Jesus was born until now, you still would not yet have spent that much!)  Both bills would be paid for by raising your taxes by thousands and borrowing hundreds of billions from the Chinese. I serve on the congressional committee that is responsible for both of these bills, and I am in the thick of the fight on both of them.  I’m running for Congress again because I am in a unique position to provide an effective check and balance on the excesses of the Nancy Pelosi Congress.