Issue Position: Economy & Jobs

Statement

We have the blueprint to build a booming economy. President Trump handed it to us. His America first policies worked and we all benefitted. Lowering taxes, cutting red tape, demanding fair trade deals, and investing in our military. We had record low unemployment, higher wages, stellar GDP growth, consumer confidence at all-time highs, the best markets in history, and list goes on. Now the Biden-Harris administration and their extreme left wing allies in Congress are reversing those policies, bending the knee to China, and threatening our children and grandchildren's economic future.

Operation Warp Speed was a historic success and now it's time to stop reckless Democrat spending and get our economy back to work.

Democrats lied to us by claiming their outrageous funding bills were about fighting the pandemic or building infrastructure. The truth is these bills only set aside a fraction of the combined $4 trillion for those purposes. What is the rest for? Well, instead of funding the most high-speed broadband projects, roads and bridges as possible, Democrats are funding their radical agenda to create more government dependence and less American independence.

The consequences are dire. Inflation is speeding up and consumer prices are rising at the fastest rate since 2008. Just look at gas prices today compared to a year ago -- they've skyrocketed. And after a year of fighting for survival in 2020, small businesses are now struggling to hire and keep their doors open because expanded unemployment benefits are disincentivizing work.

This can't continue. Let's get back to the policies that work and be both responsible and transparent with our spending.

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