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Barrett: “Democrats Have Lost Their Faith In The American People” web posted February 14, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman J. Gresham Barrett gave the following speech from the floor of the United States House of Representatives regarding the Democrat Spending Bill on Friday. “I rise today in opposition to the Rule to this conference report between Democrats to H.R. 1. This backroom-written Democrat spending bill costs too much money, doesn’t fix the problem fast enough, and fails to make enough good jobs. “In the long run, Madame Speaker, this bill will cost working families over $1 trillion. After today, each American household will owe $100,000 to pay for government debt. What’s even scarier is in this conference report, Democrats took what little bit of tax relief that was in there away from families and small businesses so that they could increase spending on pet projects like $50 million to the National Endowment of the Arts and $300 million for green golf carts. “The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that less than half of the money in the Democrat stimulus plan will be spent in the next two years. Madame Speaker, folks in South Carolina and across this country are losing their jobs today. American families are struggling to make ends meet and cannot afford to wait two years to see a potential improvement in their economy. “The real problem is Democrats have lost their faith in the American people. They don’t see what I see. I look at people back home in South Carolina and I know they are the key to moving America forward. The barber shop on the corner, the hardware store down the street, they’re the driving force of the economy – not the bureaucrats in Washington. “And it’s because of my faith in the American people that I supported the House Republican Economy Recovery plan. This plan allows small businesses – the heart and soul of our economy – to take a tax deduction equal to 20% of their income – a deduction that will allow small businesses to hire new employees, to grow. In South Carolina this plan will create 34,000 more jobs than the Democrat plan and will cost half. “It is my sincere hope that this spending bill fails and we in Congress can debate a bill that won’t put a crushing tax burden on our children; won’t take two years to work; and will rely on our small business." Congressman Barrett voted no on the bill which passed with no Republican support and was joined by six Democrats opposing the bill showing a bipartisan vote against the bill and a partisan vote for its passage. © Copyright 2009
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