WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) today made the following statement on the President’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015, which includes $56 billion in new spending this year and $791 billion in spending increases over the next decade, paid for with tax hikes on American families.
“With soaring annual deficits and nearly $18 trillion in debt hovering over our economy, our country is in need of serious budgeting that spends responsibly and reins in the heavy hand of government,” Johanns said. “Unfortunately, what the President proposed today isn’t serious at all. It’s merely an election-year political tool that spends more, taxes more and fails to address much-needed entitlement reforms. His proposal would be laughable if millions of American families weren’t struggling under the same tax-and-spend policies that have failed our country for the past five years.”
“I’ve always said I’m willing to work with anyone who is serious about fixing our budget crisis, but the President made clear today that he’s more interested in pandering to his political base than working on any real solutions
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