Fiscal and Economic
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House Chamber, Washington, D.C. March 17, 2009. M. Speaker: I have been asked to present more than 6,000 postcards generated by the Armstrong and Getty radio show to protest policies that can best be described by the new bumper sticker, “Honk if you’re paying my mortgage,” or today’s reprise, “Honk if you’re paying AIG’s bonuses.”
House Chamber, Washington, D.C. March 12, 2009. Mr. Speaker: Many people were quite relieved when President Obama promised to reduce taxes on 95 percent of Americans.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
March 5, 2009
Mr. Speaker:
We have all heard a great deal of rhetoric blaming the Bush administration for the nation’s economic woes, and I actually rise to join that chorus.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
March 3, 2009
M. Speaker:
The Laffer Curve is a simple but elegant method of demonstrating how increasing taxes reduces economic productivity until a point of equilibrium is reached when further tax hikes actually reduce revenue.
House Chamber, Washington D.C.
March 3, 2009
M. Speaker:
I’d like to offer a word of caution about the law of unintended consequences.
Last week, this house passed the Administration’s proposal to allow homeowners to force banks to reduce the size of their mortgages and interest rates.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2009
M. Speaker:
I rise again to urge the majority to consider very carefully the damage they are doing to our nation’s economy by passing this unprecedented spending measure.
February 10, 2009
Mme. Speaker:
Before we continue with a stimulus policy that has consistently failed to stimulate anything but government, I think the supporters of this program need to answer some very simple questions.
House Chamber, Washington D.C.
February 10, 2009
M. Speaker:
Benjamin Franklin warned us that “Passion governs, but she never governs wisely.”
As the Congress and the President rush to enact the latest in a long line of mega-spending bills, I think we would be well advised to spend a little more time on the dispassionate math of the matter.
House Chamber, Washington, D.C.
February 4, 2009
M. Speaker:
The mantra we hear from the Left is that government – rather than the productive sector – needs to create new jobs. According to our new President, the $825 billion spending bill will create 3 million new jobs.