Insists On Job-Killing Tax Hikes, Raising Debt Ceiling Without Spending Reform

In the wake of President Obama and U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) deficit spending binge in Washington, our national debt now stands at a record-high $14.3 trillion.  But rather than taking America’s debt and spending crisis seriously and getting Washington’s spending under control, Tester continues to stand with Obama in demanding job-killing tax hikes – even as more of his fellow Democrats join Republicans in demanding that job-killing tax hikes be taken off the table.

As Roll Call’s David Drucker noted just minutes ago, liberal Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson came out today against job-killing tax hikes saying “Debt reduction should focus on spending cuts..Raising taxes at a time when our economy remains fragile takes us in the wrong direction. That won’t create jobs in Nebraska.”

Meanwhile, as The Hill reported last week, “[West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe] Manchin, who is a top GOP target in next year’s elections, has said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without spending reforms, and sides with the Republicans on keeping tax raises off the table.  ‘I don’t believe in tax hikes,’ Manchin said. ‘We have to start living within our means in this country.’”

“Once again, Jon Tester is siding with President Obama against middle-class Montanans, demanding trillions of dollars in job-killing new tax hikes with national unemployment at 9.1 percent,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond.  “It’s outrageous that Tester wants to take more money from hardworking Montanans so he and President Obama can spend it on their liberal programs in Washington.”