During last night’s House debate over the Cut, Cap and Balance plan, Congressman Sandy Levin said, “The Republicans are trying to repeal the second half of the 20th century.” Clearly, his Macomb County counterpart, Congresswoman Candy Miller, had a much different view.
Here’s her floor statement:
“Mr. Speaker, after years, literally years, of growing government and increasing spending beyond all reason it is now long past time to bring fiscal sanity to Washington and to put America on a path to prosperity. Today our national debt has increased and it’s exceeded now $14 trillion. Our debt has increased by almost $4 trillion, which is more than $120 billion a month in new debt, just since President Obama has been in office. $120 billion dollars each and every month with this new president. Government has grown so large that it now spends nearly 25 percant of our annual economic output – a level not seen since World War II. This has crowded out private sector growth and the new jobs and opportunities the American people need and are demanding.
“This plan puts forward real cuts to spending – no smoke and mirrors. It enforces discipline with real caps on spending and with a balanced budget amendment. And it gives the President the increase in the debt limit he is seeking if the balanced budget amendment is sent to the states. Mr. Speaker, I would urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this common sense reform.”
So Levin wants to tax and spend us into oblivion and Miller wants to make real spending cuts and force fiscal discipline on Washington. Hmmmm??? I will take Miller all day long. Sandy Levin seems to be the one stranded in the last century.
What a joke. Does Miller even know this piece of Republican boilerplate trash was put out with her name on it? Miller should explain why she supported borrowing money for war wotout a plan to pay for it. She was a huge part of the spend,spen,spend ways of the Bush era Republican controlled Washington. She helped create the economy that Obama has tried to dig us out of. She and her fellow Republicans are just taking care of their big money donor friends while they throw seniors and common working people under the bus to solve our economic problems. Why aren't Republicans solving the crisis with their successful "You Cut" program that Miller supported? She should go around the district and answer for her actions in congress in person. Unfortunately she only has the courage to send her political hacks and lackeys out among the great unwashed.