Op-Eds
By: Sen. Jeff Sessions
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that the greatest threat facing our nation is our debt. To get out of this crisis we will need a serious, responsible budget that cuts back on bloated federal spending, which now controls nearly 25% of our entire economy.Two months ago, the president submitted his formal budget to Congress as required by law. It was a plan that would raise taxes $1.7 trillion while doubling our nation's gross debt in 10 years and producing annual deficits that never once fall below $748 billion. It is the most irresponsible spending plan any president has ever put forward.
By: Sen. Jeff Sessions
Last Friday, the Congressional Budget Office scored President Obama’s ten-year budget plan. Their findings underscore a painful truth: The president is failing to engage in the kind of honest dialogue necessary to rally the country behind needed action.His budget — widely criticized for growing our gross debt by $13 trillion, swelling our bloated bureaucracy, and ignoring our surging entitlements — is so filled with gimmicks and manipulations that the CBO found an additional $2.3 trillion in deficits beyond what the White House projected.
