“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money” Alexis de Tocqueviille 1835
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Last night, the $819 billion “Stimulus” Package passed a vote in the house, but the Republicans in the House of Representatives took a big step in regaining their fiscally responsible brand as all GOP members of Congress who voted said 'no' to bigger government, more debt, and wasteful giveaway programs. In addition, 11 courageous Democrats took a stand for fiscal sanity in the face of a menacing Democrat leadership.
We're gearing up for a spirited fight in the Senate next week, but we need your help. Go to www.NOStimulus.com and join the growing army of taxpayers saying NO by signing Americans for Prosperity’s petition to stop this disastrous trillion-dollar debt scheme, known as the “Stimulus Package.”
AFP released the following statement today:
For Immediate Release – Thursday, January 29, 2009
Contact: Phil Kerpen, (202) 349-5880
Americans for Prosperity Regrets Passage of So-Called Stimulus Bill,
Applauds Bipartisan Rejection
House Republicans and 11 Democrats took strong stance on fiscal responsibility
WASHINGTON─ Grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity hailed the bipartisan rejection of the so-called stimulus bill, an astonishing trillion-dollar plus borrow-and-spend plan for dramatically expanding big government, which was passed in the House last night on a party-line vote.
In regards to the passage of the $819 billion economic stimulus package, President of Americans for Prosperity Tim Phillips released the following statement:
"The 320,000 members of Americans for Prosperity are organized and energized to stop this bill. We've seen an outpouring of opposition because Americans know the path to prosperity is not a nearly trillion dollar big-government giveaway that takes our nation even deeper into debt. Tonight's final vote shows why American citizens give Congress the lowest favorable ratings in American history."
"Tonight, the Republicans in the House of Representatives took a big step in regaining their fiscally responsible brand as all GOP members of Congress who voted said 'no' to bigger government, more debt, and wasteful giveaway programs. In addition, 11 courageous Democrats took a stand for fiscal sanity in the face of a menacing Democrat leadership. Americans for Prosperity applauds these freedom fighters and pledges to work with them in coming months to protect our economic freedoms.”
"Despite a President basking in post-inaugural popularity and mainstream media acclaim, at Americans for Prosperity we see a growing grassroots fire against the so-called Stimulus scheme. Just last week, we launched NoStimulus.com with no advertising and little notice. Already, well over 11,000 folks from across the nation signed our petition telling Congress to stop this wasteful spending spree."
"This bill includes everything on the big-government wish list from government health care rationing, to net neutrality Internet regulations, to earmarks for global warming computer modeling-- and nothing that would actually stimulate economic growth. We're gearing up for a spirited fight in the Senate next week, and firmly believe that enough members of both parties will put the country's fiscal health above personal power and political patronage and put this beast to a merciful death."
Last week, AFP launched a website and online petition in an aggressive grassroots campaign against the stimulus package. Nearly 11,000 citizens have already signed the petition, telling Congress to stop this wasteful spending spree.
The online petition can be viewed at http://www.nostimulus.com./
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Thanks for all your help in fighting this important battle,
Tim Phillips
President, Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is the nation’s premier grassroots organization committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and scope of government is the best safeguard to ensuring individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens in support of restraining state and federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits.
For more information, visit http://www.americansforprosperity.org/
Wilson Statement on Democrat Spending Package
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a nearly $1 trillion spending package. Congressman Wilson offered an amendment to the bill that would have stripped out wasteful spending while maintaining funding for military construction, maintenance of our Veterans facilities, homeland security, construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, as well as tax relief for millions of American families and small businesses. The majority refused to consider Congressman Wilson’s amendment on the Floor of the House of Representatives.
“At a time when our nation faces tremendous economic uncertainty, Congress has the obligation to craft a stimulus package that will create jobs and provide relief for American families and small businesses. House Republicans have offered commonsense solutions that will fuel job creation in the private sector, not the public sector. We have proposed fiscally responsible assistance for small businesses and for homeowners and homebuyers. Most importantly, our proposals recognize what history has long taught us: the American people, not the federal government, know best how to spend money to create jobs and prosperity.
“What we find in today’s House Democrat Leadership bill is the same, old, tired big spending agenda. It passes massive debt onto our children and could mean future tax increases on hardworking Americans as well as hyperinflation. While there are parts of this bill that would normally receive bipartisan support, this is neither the time nor the place to be considering spending money if it will not create jobs and grow the economy in the near future. After all, this was supposed to be an infrastructure focused, tax relief stimulus package that would put Americans back to work fixing things like roads and bridges. It is telling that the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure did not even hold one markup of the legislation in question.
“President Obama has told the American people that he seeks a bipartisan solution to our economic crisis. House Democrats have ignored the call for bipartisanship in crafting their bill, and they have ignored the lessons of history that relief for individuals and small businesses, not bloated government spending, are what drive job creation.”