Thursday, 28 January 2010

Congressman Bret Guthrie Responds to SOTU Address

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I came across Guthrie's response to last night's State of the Union address and found this important quote.

“I liked the fact that he is beginning to look at the freeze on spending. I think that is just a first, very small step. The problem is, since I was elected, I voted against the stimulus bill, the omnibus spending bill, and most of the appropriations bills, because they have increased spending 67 percent.
“So, it’s increased spending 67 percent, and now we are freezing it at the increase. We should go back and fund at previous levels.

I am glad he is my congressman! Guthrie highlights the disingenuous of Obama's promise to "freeze spending". He and his fellow Democrats who have controlled Congress since 2006 have dramatically increased spending. Now the want to "freeze" spending so they can look like they are doing something about run-a-way spending after they already spent like a drunken sailor. Big deal. Let's put this in perspective. Let's say that normally government spending might grow 20% over 5 years. What the Democrats did was grow it 30% in one year and now want to put a freeze in for a couple of years. Even with the "freeze" government is much larger and spends considerably more than it would have under normal growth.

Now if we can get more congressmen like Guthrie in office we might actually be able to reduce spending and reduce the size of government.