Scott Rigell U.S. Congress

Every working American understands that you cannot spend more than you earn without paying a price sooner or later. The 2010 federal budget calls for spending nearly 3.6 trillion dollars, much of which is for interest payments on the borrowed money for the Bank Bailout and Stimulus bill that recently passed. Meanwhile, the federal government will be collecting only 2.3 trillion dollars from citizens and businesses. The deficit of 1.4 trillion dollars is nearly three times the amount when Republicans last controlled the United States Congress; larger than the entire federal budget in 2001.

Recent audits reveal that a significant percentage of government programs are ineffective or cannot demonstrate tangible results. Additionally, federal agencies operate independent of one another, duplicating programs and wasting precious financial resources that could be better spent on Education, Defense and other needed expenditures. For example, 69 different federal programs administered by 10 different agencies are responsible for providing child care and educational services to children under the age of 5. Furthermore, nine different agencies operate 44 job training programs. It should be obvious that more taxes will not fix these problems, only responsible spending that is audited and accounted for can correct these terrible inefficiencies.