Fellow Utahn,
Congress passed yet another bailout — this time $26 billion for fiscally irresponsible state governments.
The same old tax-and-spend Washington mentality that drove our economy into the ditch is now encouraging the states to follow their overspending ways.
This timely Wall Street Journal editorial provides some background on the issue and largely echoes what Senator Hatch has been saying about the bill:
“To treat Washington’s spending addiction, the November elections are the taxpayer’s best chance to stage an intervention. But until then, President Obama and the Democratic Congress are determined to keep pushing strung-out state governments to take one more fix. …
“So in the name of still another ‘stimulus,’ Democrats are rewarding their own political funders, putting the most fiscally responsible states into even greater distress, and postponing the day of reckoning for spendthrift states.” (Editorial, “Stimulus Pushers,” Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2010)
This is the exact opposite of what we need in Washington.
We need to start cutting spending and forcing Washington to live within its means. That’s why I am leading the fight to pass a Balanced Budget Amendment that will do exactly that.
Thank you for your support, and we hope you have a good weekend.
Sincerely,
Orrin
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