Club Denounces FY08 Budget
Democrats Live Up to Tax-and-Spend Name
Club for Growth Denounces Democratic Budget and Urges Bush Veto
Washington – If there was any doubt about whether the Democratic leadership was going to shed its tax-and-spend name, all doubts were put to rest yesterday when the Democratic Congress, save 13 Democratic representatives, passed a $2.9 trillion budget, along with the largest tax hike in U.S. history. Once a tax-and-spender, always a tax-and-spender.
The Democratic leadership claims it is not raising taxes, but it might want to explain to American taxpayers why the budget contains a minimum of $217 billion in tax increases. While the leadership is at it, it might also want to explain why the Democratic budget increases spending by a whopping $23 billion over the President’s request.
“The 2001 and 2003 tax cuts played a crucial role in the economic growth that the country has experienced over the past several years,” Club for Growth President Pat Toomey said. “So what do the Democrats do? They let the tax cuts expire. Republicans were booted from power, in part, because they got greedy with taxpayer dollars. So what do the Democrats do? They get even greedier.”
“The Democratic budget is a slap in the faces of taxpayers across America, and the Democratic leaders don’t even have the guts to admit it up front,” Mr. Toomey continued. “We urge President Bush to veto the spending bills contained in the budget and tell the Democratic Congress they can’t treat taxpayers this way.”
The Club for Growth’s 2007 congressional rating will award bonus points for those representatives who sign the Campbell-Ryan letter pledging to support the President’s veto of any fiscal 2008 appropriations bills.
