This obnoxious spending bill must be stopped. This ‘Omnibus’ spending bill is wrong on priorities; wrong in funding the unconstitutional, harmful government takeover of our healthcare; wrong in its excessive spending; and wrong for the people of Virginia and America.
After three years of rapidly escalating federal spending, our government cannot go into even greater dangerous debt.
The Washington liberals must be prevented from loading our children with more debt and diminishing their opportunities in life. It is immoral to cause such harm to the good men, women and children of our country.
This irresponsible spending fiasco fortifies my long-held view that the federal government needs to be reined in with a Constitutional requirement of a Balanced Budget and Presidential Line Item veto authority.
As House Republican Leader John Boehner has identified, here are some facts about the approximately 2,000 page, $1.1 trillion ‘Omnibus’ spending bill:
- 6,600: Total number of earmarks in the Senate Democrats’ pork-laden omnibus spending bill. (The Hill, 12/14/10)
- $78 Billion: Amount of taxpayer money that would be saved if Congress would adopt the Republicans’ plan to cut spending back to pre-‘stimulus,’ pre-bailout levels as outlined in the Pledge to America. (Pledge to America, Accessed 12/15/10)
- $1 Billion: Funding included in the omnibus bill for the implementation of Democrats’ job-killing health care law, including $176 million to implement Medicare Advantage cuts. (The Hill, 12/14/10)
- 20,785: Number of earmarks President Obama signed into law his first two years in office. (Taxpayers for Common Sense, 2/17/10)
- 84 Percent: Increase in non-defense discretionary government spending since President Obama took office. (House Budget Republicans, 6/4/10)
- $3.22 Trillion: Amount added to the debt on President Obama and Washington Democrats’ watch. (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Accessed 12/15/10)
- 0: Number of budgets passed by Democrats this year.
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