We sent him to cut spending, cut the size of Government, and cut its intrusiveness as well. Already, Frank and his staff are putting things into place to try to keep his promise: to be the peoples’ Representative.
He completed one item – he voted to repeal the deficit inducing / Government Growing / Liberty killing Obamacare:
“I repeatedly told the people of New Hampshire last fall that I would vote against this misguided piece of legislation, and today I delivered on it…It exceeds the limits of the Constitution, places unfair and unrealistic burdens on small business owners, inserts the government into your relationship with your family doctor, and sinks Washington even deeper into debt.”
An associated item that Obamacare does is accelerates the growth of the Debt Ceiling (remember, it was sold on 10 years of revenue but only 6 years of spending – TILT!). We are now over $14 Trillion in debt and the Obama Administration is on track to add another $1.3 Trillion this year – 3 years of Trillion+ dollar deficits! The problem is that Obama is framing this as an all or nothing venture – either we keep spending at that rate or the Government shuts down.
Nonsense – they could do what my family does or when I ran a small biz when money got tight – line up the bills, schedule them as needed, pay those on time, and cut the rest. Certainly, Obama could do the same thing; just ask yourself -> when it snows in DC, why are all non-essential US Govt workers told to stay home – and then DC looks like a ghost town? If they are non-essential then, why have them the rest of the time? If the jobs they do are not absolutely necessary (want, not need), isn’t that a sign that Govt is doing too much with too many at too high of a cost?
In this case, Frank is looking input:
- Vote a higher debt ceiling?
- Shut it all down?
- A better answer?
Frank and his staff have reached out to GraniteGrok and asked us to spread the word – he wants to know what you think and how YOU would handle the problem in a typical NH common sense way. We’ve asked, however, that if you do send in your ideas and suggestions, that he list them so you can see yours and your fellow NH citizens’ ideas. You can be sure that the ‘Grok will be doing the same!
The request:
Many Americans are watching the calendar with an anxious eye. Sometime this spring, Washington will run out of money, months before the new fiscal year starts on October 1. Unless something changes, the federal government will be forced to default on its loans for the first time in American history. Economists say that would likely trigger a severe negative reaction in the world’s financial markets, seriously hurting our already weak economy and causing a new wave of job losses.
Some people in Washington want Congress to raise the national debt ceiling, which would allow the government to borrow additional money. That would produce an even bigger federal debt.
Congressman Frank Guinta is a fiscal conservative. He is working to put our nation’s finances back on a sound footing. He also wants to avoid getting our country into a financial crisis that would leave even more Granite Staters out of work. He is spending his first weeks in Congress examining possible solutions that could prevent the government from defaulting on its debts without raising the debt ceiling.
Congressman Guinta wants to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Please message him at his website, www.guinta.house.gov, or call his Washington, DC office at (202) 225-5456.
Heck – send them to us as well. Send your emails to SendFrankDebtIdeas@GraniteGrok.com; we’ll post them up!
