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Budget
When I was named the
Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, I made a commitment to hold congress fiscally accountable and prevent government from wasting our tax dollars. So, I wrote a budget alternative that does not raise taxes, balances the budget by 2012 and ends the raid on Social Security. It is also my responsibility to point out the severe problems that lie ahead if we do not reform our entitlements – Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. These programs continue to take up a larger portion of our budget each year and threaten to crowd out other government spending and hurt our economy if left unaddressed. To address these problems, I have put forward legislation, “A Roadmap to America’s Future” which includes solutions to the challenges facing the future of health care, Medicare and Social Security. It also provides a flatter, simpler system for taxpayers to pay their income taxes and levels the playing field for American-made products to compete against foreign competitors making it easier for American manufacturers to keep jobs in the U.S. Additionally, inspired by efforts of the late Senator William E. Proxmire, I recently unveiled the
“Budget
Boondoggle Award” in order to highlight examples of wasteful spending. For the
inaugural
award, I, along with other Budget Committee members, chose one example from each of the twelve fiscal year 2008 appropriations bills passed by the House of Representatives. I will continue to expose the worst examples of government waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
For more information on this
subject, please see my Budget Issue Paper.
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