In 2009, Senator Brown joined President Obama in passing a $825 billion “stimulus” that failed to create the promised jobs. In 2010, Brown joined President Obama in passing a $2.5 trillion government health care bill that mandates every American to buy a health care plan. Two weeks ago President Obama proposed yet another $400 billion in new “stimulus” spending and again Brown was there supporting the President’s failed economic agenda.
- SHERROD BROWN: “The President outlined a plan that will create and protect jobs and ensure that Ohio workers take home more of their pay. There are no excuses for inaction, as all components of his plan have had bipartisan support and will not add to the deficit.” (Sen. Brown, Press Release, 9/8/11)
And today, President Obama proposed the largest tax hike in U.S. history –a $1.5 trillion tax increase on investors and small businesses that he says is needed to pay for their reckless spending agenda which has driven the federal debt past $14.6 trillion.
- As a reminder, it was only nine months ago that Sherrod Brown was saying that we couldn’t raise taxes in the middle of a recession, but now that Barack Obama is calling for a massive tax increase, Brown – who votes with Obama over 96 percent of the time – is once again embracing the President’s job-killing economic agenda.
“Under the Obama-Brown economic record, Ohio has lost over 87,000 jobs, the federal debt has skyrocketed past $14.6 trillion, government spending has grown to record levels, and the response from Barack Obama and Sherrod Brown is to pass a record tax increase on the backs of Ohio small businesses,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox said today. “It’s painfully clear that President Obama and Senator Brown simply don’t get it, but Ohioans will have an opportunity to restore common-sense and fiscal discipline to Washington by electing a pro-growth, pro-jobs individual to the U.S. Senate next year.”
MUST WATCH FLASHBACK
Barack Obama In 2009:
“You Don’t Raise Taxes In A Recession”
