Democrats' War on Jobs: First Session of 110th Congress "Just the Beginning of Americans' Pain"
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial Affirms New Year Will Not Bring an End to the Democrats' War on American Jobs
Washington,
Jan 3, 2008 -
In just their first year in the Majority, congressional Democrats made 2007 a rough 12 months for American families and small businesses alike. They passed bills raising taxes by more than $200 billion and proposed tax hikes that threaten more than 16 million jobs. They asked taxpayers and small businesses to bankroll nearly $180 billion in new entitlement spending and pork-barrel projects like a hippie museum in Woodstock, New York. And they opened new doors for job-killing litigation and regulation on businesses of all sizes.
An editorial in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review spotlights this undeclared War on American Jobs:
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“After an estimated $200 billion in tax hikes secured by congressional Democrats, 2007 wasn’t exactly a banner year for businesses or middle-income families, which will see their disposable income shrink. And that’s just the beginning of Americans’ pain.
“Under an ‘08 agenda for still higher taxes, union coddling and business regulation, the party of Big Government is on pace to threaten 16 million jobs and boost taxes by $3.5 trillion over 10 years, according to House Republicans.
“Their report, ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts: Democrats’ War on American Jobs,’ has raised the ire of more than a few Democrats.
“House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, says it’s an outrageous title that fails to properly consider the Democrats’ ‘pay-as-you-go’ fiscal policies. Except that ‘pay-go’ in the Democrats’ parlance means paying more for government expansion rather that cutting waste, fraud and abuse.” |
Indeed, with costs of energy, health care, college, retirement, housing, and taxes spiraling out of control, American families and business owners are feeling the strain. But, as the Tribune-Review notes, this Congress has only worked to compound their concerns through a reckless, tax-and-spend agenda.
In less than two weeks, the second legislative session of the 110th Congress will commence, and based on the track record of the Democratic Majority, American families and businesses almost certainly can expect more of the same on Capitol Hill. That means even more tax hikes, even more runaway federal spending, and even more costly and unworkable mandates on small businesses.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. After wasting 2007 on their “go-it-alone” approach to legislating, the Majority this year will face a choice: finally work with Republicans to secure bipartisan victories on behalf of all American families and small businesses or continue their cynical, destructive pattern of putting politics before the country.
