“It is with a sense of national relief and political disappointment that we
watch the end result of the fiscal cliff negotiations: an agreement in place
that raises taxes on all Americans, raises income taxes on some Americans, and
further raises anxiety about America’s spending problems. Increases to spending
that add trillions to the nation debt should not be the result of a negotiation
that was designed to address America’s ongoing deficit woes as well as our
spending problems.
“Tonight is not a congratulatory moment, nor is it a cause for celebration.
Instead, we watched collectively as a nation as we witnessed yet again the
failures from political stubbornness, a reality in status quo partisanship that
yields the low levels of confidence Americans have in government and even lower
approval ratings our countrymen give Congress today. The tone must change if we
are going to reverse the trends we face as a nation.
“I am disappointed that President Obama, equipped with the power of renewed
political capital by way of his November victory, was unable to commandeer a
long-term, bi-partisan solution. Creating situations where America and her
economic partners around the world will have more opportunities to watch beltway
bickering under another grueling deadline a few mere months away is not
leadership that instills confidence during rocky times, especially when the
threatening problems of spending and sequestration still loom on the immediate
horizon.
“Once again, we heard from President Obama a limiting vision, one that
focuses too much on economic investment and spending coming from the American
federal government, not from the innovative American people. We need legislative
solutions that empower both the American middle class through tax policy and our
private sector of potential innovators, future business leaders, and resource
investors through legislative encouragement so that we can turn around this
economy effectively. Policies that focus primarily on increased taxing and
spending simply will not be enough to defeat the economic crisis that everyday
Americans have faced for years now. We need policies that encourage investment
and innovation that stem from a diversity of sources, in a plethora of
arrangements and partnerships, which spans the diversity that makes us the
strongest and most talented nation the world has ever seen. If President Obama
is serious about moving forward (as his re-election campaign slogan suggested),
we must move past the notion in Washington that government will lead us out of
these economic woes through increased taxing and spending – and we must move
past this notion quickly for the sake of struggling Americans, working together
as one big team.
“Happy New Year to America with the hopes of doing better as a nation, from
Washington, DC to the four corners of the country. May God bless you and may He
bless the United States of America.”
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Political commentator and community advocate Lenny McAllister is the
“Working Man’s Conservative” currently seeking office in Illinois’ vacant 2nd
Congressional District seat.
For more information, go to LennyForCongress.com or call
773-492-0509.
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