Joins Who’s Who Of Washington Liberals To Demand Business As Usual
In a letter to President Barack Obama this week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) once again joined with the liberal wing of the Democrat party in Washington to express his strong opposition to capping the federal government’s runaway spending, which has now driven our national debt to a record-high $14.3 trillion.
Casey’s letter to President Obama, also signed by liberal Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), among others, clearly states that Casey and his fellow Senate liberals “strongly oppose emerging proposals to arbitrarily cap total federal spending.”
Since promising as a Senate candidate in 2006 to support a balanced budget in Washington, Casey’s big-spending record has consistently contradicted his election-cycle lip service to fiscal responsibility – with the latest example being that it has now been 772 days since Casey and the Senate Democrats performed their most basic duty and passed any budget, much less a balanced budget.
But with his missive to President Obama, Casey is finally admitting what Pennsylvanians have come to know by his tax-and-spend record in Washington – that Casey does not want to rein in Washington’s reckless spending and runaway debt, and in fact strongly opposes efforts to cap government spending at all.
“The most remarkable thing about Senator Casey’s decision to come out against capping government spending is that he’s finally admitting he never had any intention of keeping his many promises to be fiscally responsible in Washington,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond.
Background Information:
Casey Campaign Ad: “I Believe In A Balanced Budget. Government Should Live Within Its Means, Like Any Small Business.” MR. RUSSERT: “Let me find out how you would implement something that you’re promising the voters of Pennsylvania. Here’s a Casey campaign ad about our budget.” (Videotape, Bob Casey campaign ad): MR. CASEY: “I believe in a balanced budget. Government should live within its means, like any small business.” MR. RUSSERT: “How would you get a balanced budget?” MR. CASEY: “It’s not easy, Tim, but here are the steps we should take. First of all, when it comes to the budget, what’s missing principally is a lack of fiscal responsibility, you know that. We’ve gone from about two, 236 of, of surplus down to 296 in deficit. We need some fiscal discipline.” (2006 Pennsylvania Senate Debate, “Meet The Press,” 9/3/06)
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