Talking Points on the Budget

Talking Points on the Budget

MARCH 4, 2009

 

    The American people are hurting.
    Congress was right to take action to get this economy moving, but higher taxes and massive federal spending is not the cure for what ails this economy.
    The American people know we cannot tax and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy.
    Raising taxes during a recession - on almost every American - is a prescription for economic decline.
    More than half of the Americans paying higher rates under the Democrat plan are small business owners filing as individuals.
    Raising taxes on small businesses - where a majority of Americans go to work every day - will not put American families back to work.
    Raising utility rates on every household in America will place an undue burden on families struggling to make ends meet.
    Cutting deductions for charitable giving will harm higher education, scientific research and religious organizations struggling to stay afloat.
    Democrats are on the side of more government and more taxes.
    House Republicans are on the side of the American people.