Issue Position: Budgeting Responsibly

Issue Position

Reducing our debt and annual deficits is a goal on which we can all agree, but we cannot do so on the backs of our seniors, disabled, poor, and veterans. That is what a new budget, offered by the House Republicans and President Trump, aims to do. You can read more about their plan in this report from Politico http://tiny.cc/PaulTonkoBudget

Budgets should reflect our values: innovation, compassion, ingenuity, and helping our most vulnerable friends and neighbors when they are struggling. We must allow our moral compass to be our guide in this endeavor and avoid short-sighted, irresponsible budgeting tactics that kill jobs and harm those in need.

I support an ambitious budget that invests where we must and cuts where we can. Unfortunately, plans being offered by leading Republicans and President Trump only serve to cut taxes for the wealthiest among us -- paid for by taking a sledgehammer to programs that benefit the sick, poor and those who fought for our country.

Washington must move away from political theater and budget fights that lead to government shutdowns. That is no way to solve our problems. Instead, we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work -- toward a responsible budgeting process that focuses on economic growth and ensures billionaires, major corporations and the well-connected pay their fair share.

Reducing our debt and annual deficits is a goal on which we can all agree, but we cannot do so on the backs of our seniors, disabled, poor, and veterans. That is what a new budget, offered by the House Republicans and President Trump, aims to do. You can read more about their plan in this report from Politico. http://tiny.cc/PaulTonkoBudget

Budgets should reflect our values: innovation, compassion, ingenuity, and helping our most vulnerable friends and neighbors when they are struggling. We must allow our moral compass to be our guide in this endeavor and avoid short-sighted, irresponsible budgeting tactics that kill jobs and harm those in need.

I support an ambitious budget that invests where we must and cuts where we can. Unfortunately, plans being offered by leading Republicans and President Trump only serve to cut taxes for the wealthiest among us -- paid for by taking a sledgehammer to programs that benefit the sick, poor and those who fought for our country.

Washington must move away from political theater and budget fights that lead to government shutdowns. That is no way to solve our problems. Instead, we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work -- toward a responsible budgeting process that focuses on economic growth and ensures billionaires, major corporations and the well-connected pay their fair share.

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