[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BIGGER BUDGET BLUNDERS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, unemployment is still at 
double digits across the country; and in my home State of South 
Carolina, it is at a record high of 12.6 percent. Families are hurting, 
loosing jobs. With this dismal backdrop, why would the administration 
propose a budget that will increase taxes by more than $2 trillion over 
10 years, killing jobs? The budget is more spending, more taxes, and 
more borrowing.
  Media across the country are even calling this budget bluff. In the 
San Francisco Chronicle, liberal economists question the deficit 
reduction measures. Economist Isabel Sawhill called such measures 
``totally depressing,'' saying it is ``depressing'' to see the 
administration abandon even the goal of a balanced budget. The 
Associated Press reports it as a deficit commission ``without teeth.'' 
Politico reports it is ``betting heavily on the symbolism of'' a 
spending freeze filled with loopholes and is already being undercut by 
Washington Democrats.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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