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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Posted by: John Campbell at 2:54 PM

I just gave a speech to the Budget Committee on my thoughts on the Democrat budget proposal.

Today’s Democratic budget is doing one thing, digging the spending hole we are already in, deeper. All the while maintaining the illusion that that this tax-and-spend plan is somehow doing Americans a great service.

This reminds me of a commercial by a man by the name of Matthew Lesko. This commercial was filmed right here on the west Front of the Capitol.

Mr. Lesko clearly makes a great living publishing books that tell people how to get their hands on government money. The commercial says. “Let Matthew Lesko be your guide to join the millions each year who get Free Money, Grants, Loans, Giant Contracts and Free Assistance from the Federal Government.

Here are some of his book titles:

Free Money for Business

Free Money for a Better Home

Free money to Pay your Bills…

…and my personal favorite, Free Money to Quit Your Job. But the direction perpetuated by this commercial – and once again furthered by this majority’s budget – is that the government’s money is free. Regardless of the fancy words we use in Washington to talk about our spending – like “baseline” and “pay-as-you-go” it’s the American taxpayer who gets stuck with the bill.

The Majority’s budget is a $683 billion tax hike – the largest in our nation’s history. Mr. Lasko may think that the money is free, and many Democrats believe that the money is free. But its not. Either someone pays with more taxes now, or someone pays with debt later; and we already are paying too much of both.

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Toby Welsh writes:	Wednesday, March, 05, 2008 3:35 PM
where is the money?
There is no such thing as "FREE MONEY", I am in the middle of the sub prime housing issues. I want to catch up and pay my way. I dont expect the goverment to come and bail me out. If I quit my job I don't think Mr Lesko is going to pay my bills and his books are just a scam due to his need for money as all of us do. Maybe Mr Obama will pay my bills? I hope not.
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deadpan writes:	Wednesday, March, 05, 2008 11:13 PM
I'm so glad
that I'm not the only one who'd like to shut that guy up! He's an offense to this nation and the thought that he may be right about all the money available from the government makes me ill. As long as Congress is free to buy votes with our taxes strikes me as as a major flaw in our system.
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Joe writes:	Wednesday, March, 05, 2008 11:14 PM
Republican budget? or democrat ?
Over the last few years after September 11, 2001, our spending went up by a lot, take a look at the Heritage Foundation Report. The first few years was justified, but afterwards, is time to quit playing democrat and balance the budget.
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About John Campbell

John Campbell is a member of the House Financial Services Committee, and has taken a leadership role in addressing the country's top economic issues. Campbell serves as a member of the Joint Economic Committee, and House Committee on the Budget. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UCLA and a Master's Degree in Taxation from USC.