Republicans Point To Mile-Wide Gap Between McCaskill’s 2006 Rhetoric Versus 2012 Record
Despite campaigning on the promise of fiscal responsibility, President Obama and Senate Democrats including Missouri’s Claire McCaskill, have added an additional $4.7 trillion to the national debt in just the last three years – bringing America’s total debt to over $15.3 trillion. Yet, instead of reversing course on their failed economic policies, President Obama and Claire McCaskill are doubling-down on their call for higher taxes, more Washington spending and an even bigger federal debt.
The President today introduced his annual budget which includes $1.5 trillion in new taxes, much of which has previously been endorsed by Senator McCaskill, while ensuring a fourth straight year of trillion-dollar-plus deficits. What’s worse – Senator McCaskill and her fellow Senate Democrats have said they do not even intend to pass a budget for the third straight year, clearly recognizing the political peril of their tax-and-spend policies.
“The national debt now exceeds the U.S. GDP, and yet the answer from President Obama and Senate Democrats is to tax more, spend more, and charge more to the credit card of future generations,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover said today. “And if Missourians want to see how five years in Washington has changed Claire McCaskill then they don’t need to look any further than to recall her campaign rhetoric in 2006 versus her record of voting in lockstep with President Obama on every big government initiative.”
“The Obama-McCaskill budget and their call for higher taxes and even more spending is yet another defining difference in this year’s election, and one that they will be held accountable for this November,” Trover concluded.
Background…
When Asked Why She Could Beat An Incumbent, McCaskill Said Missourians Have A Laundry List, Which Included “Incredible Overspending” And “Blowing The Deficit Out Of Control.” “MATTHEWS: “Welcome back to Hardball. . . . Why do you think you can beat an incumbent U.S. senator, Claire McCaskill?” MCCASKILL: “Well I just think Missourians frankly and I think most Americans have — there’s kind of a laundry list. I mean, you can start with incredible overspending, blowing the deficit out of control.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 6/28/06)
BUT IT’S BEEN OVER 1,000 DAYS SINCE MCCASKILL & HER DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES HAVE PASSED A BUDGET
APRIL 29, 2009: The Senate has passed the President’s budget by a vote of 53-43. (Brian Beutler, The Budget Passes Both Houses, TPM, 04/29/09)
WHICH IS LONGER THAN IT TOOK TO BUILD THE GATEWAY ARCH
“Construction of the Gateway Arch began February 12, 1963 and the last section of the Arch was put into place on October 28, 1965.” (The Gateway Arch, Fun Facts, Accessed 01/23/12)
