George Phillips Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address
George Phillips, candidate for Congress in New York’s 22nd district, released the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union address on January 28, 2010.
“President Obama’s State of the Union address was delivered in his typical, eloquent fashion, and it is encouraging to hear that he has finally realized what so many Americans have known for some time. The real concerns of our citizens today are the need to stimulate job growth and reign in the reckless spending we’ve witnessed during this administration thus far. Unfortunately, a temporary spending freeze which affects such a tiny portion of the budget is a small step in the correct direction. While saving $250B over ten years is a nice idea, it fails to carry much weight in an environment where Congress is running up a roughly $200B deficit each and every month. The President simply failed to offer a bold enough vision to rein in spending and create jobs. The real solution is to be found in broad tax cuts for small businesses and individual Americans which will get this country going again.
“The President touched on many other subjects, several of which seemed geared toward appeasing his liberal base, and it is unfortunate that he still seems determined to attempt some sort of government takeover of the health care system. One of the most important areas Barack Obama spoke of is education.Sadly, he still fails to realize that the path to improving America’s educational system will be found in offering real choice in schools to parents and building a competitive environment where good teachers are rewarded and successful schools prosper, attracting more students.
“Jobs, fiscal discipline and substantive improvements in our educational system are some of the chief goals I will be working toward in Congress. Unfortunately, we are going to continue to face a situation where billions of dollars are needlessly drained from small town America and wasted by Washington bureaucrats. Last night’s speech demonstrated that the current administration and their Democrat allies in Congress have not yet come to grips with these issues in any meaningful way.”
