Issue of Budget and Economy

Budget:

I would support a Balance Budget Amendment, which would require state and local governments to balance out the budget to reduce the dependence of taxes to stimulate spending. For years we have seen those in power forget what its like to manage a budget with restrictions. Ask the everyday family and they will give you their restrictions on their budget. If the families of this state and for this country are forced to manage their budget to make ends meet, so should our elected officials. A balanced budget amendment would secure and guarantee that the budget would not carry any deficit and reduce the debt that has been created through wasteful spending. A revaluation of welfare would also be a priority of mine, to assure the tax payers money is being put to work. If welfare continues to go with corruption then the program would have to be eliminated but quickly replaced with a none corrupt program.

A lime item veto would be a beneficial thing to have when dealing with the state and executive budget. A lime item veto would be a sufficient way to obtain check and balances on the budget. Unlike Gov. Ed Rendell we need to make some limitations to this veto so that is doesn’t get abused. Such limitations would be, veto can be override by a public vote (meaning by election by the people), supreme court, and if the majority of our legislature overrides it (both houses with 65% not just a majority) could limit the powers of this veto. So quickly, I would support balance budget amendment, lime item veto, revaluation of the welfare program, and cut spending deficits through both programs and budget amendments.

Economy:

Our economy has been in dark waters for along time now, only now care to notice. We can not, and should not allow for a bailout to pass through. A bailout will not help our cause and only would put a band aid on the problem. We need to re-evaluate the fundamentals of our economy, and fix what’s wrong with it. Wall Street will rebound soon as trust in government is returned. A good economy is one with strength and trust. Again finding the problems with the economy eliminating them, and then forcing corruption out would restore some faith in our economy. I would appoint an unpartisan and unbiased committee to investigate this situation. We also need to have to maintain spending caps for the future, so we don’t get to ahead of ourselves. These caps will show us our limitations, so we can show constraint towards our economy.

Restore jobs by providing a fair and much organized unemployment program that would be sufficient in finding work for all people. I would create a position that would work closely with the department of unemployment to make sure that all the needs of the people are respected. Never to cut jobs for economic reasons is an oath I promise to make. If our economy in decline we must not put the burden on the work force. Jobs are the backbone of our economy without them we can not expect our economy to grow.

Overall we must do everything we can do to stimulate the economy and balance the budget.