Dewhurst Denounces Budget Proposal from President Obama

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst today criticized President Barack Obama's budget proposal, calling the plan more of the same tax-and-spend policies that have driven America further into the current debt crisis. Dewhurst strongly opposes President Obama's reckless budget, and proposes that Washington significantly cut spending to get the deficit under control.

President Obama made a pledge to the American people that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. With his newly proposed budget, the projected deficit for 2012 is $1.33 trillion, marking four consecutive years the deficit has surpassed $1 trillion. Under President Obama's tenure, the national debt has increased more than $5 trillion.

"The budget proposal from President Obama is another reckless tax, spend and borrow scheme," said Dewhurst. "The current proposal is not a serious solution to getting our debt crisis under control and is not a legitimate attempt to rein in federal spending. President Obama just keeps digging our ditch deeper and deeper, increasing the mortgage on our children's future."

Noting that it has been more than 1,000 days since the U.S. Senate last passed a budget, Dewhurst continued, "Texans and the American people deserve proven conservative leadership in Washington, which is opposite what President Obama has proposed with his budget."

In his campaign for U.S. Senate, Dewhurst has proposed reducing the national deficit by repealing ObamaCare, capping federal spending at 18% of the GDP, permanently extending the Bush-era tax cuts, and reforming entitlements. Dewhurst has also proposed dramatically cutting federal spending and making cuts to our corporate and personal income tax rates to jumpstart the U.S. economy. You can read more about his proposals to fix Washington here.