Young: We Must Focus on Balanced and Responsible Budgets, Root Out Fraud and Waste in Washington

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David Young, candidate for congress in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, says when elected his priority in Washington will be to balance our budget and to comb through each agency and department's line item, rooting out waste, fraud, abuse and duplication.

For eight months on the campaign trail David has been talking about a need to bring common sense to the way Washington budgets. The Better Budget Principles he has laid out include:

* A balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

* Attaching a sunset provision to legislation so Congress is periodically forced to review a law's effectiveness

* Zero based budgeting, which would create a better atmosphere for identifying wasteful spending by forcing agencies to justify their spending requests before funds are appropriated, not after they are spent.

"We know waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement exists in Washington's bureaucracies and I'll get to work on day one to help get our finances under control," said Young. "Government has a role to play, but a solemn responsibility to guard our tax dollars, and it won't happen by itself. I intend to make the voice of Iowans heard."

"Washington's budgeting procedures currently protect the bureaucracies and not the taxpayers," Young said.

"These practices have no place in government. They are outdated and promote overspending and a lack of transparency and accountability."

"I'm not afraid to root out wasteful spending, because I know my bosses are the people of Central and Southwest Iowa, not the bureaucrats in D.C." said Young. "Smarter, sensible management of our resources is virtually non-existent in Washington, and I'm running to change that dynamic."

In contrast, Young's opponent is taking heat for her role in approving tax dollars for decorative flower pots in Des Moines, and additionally Young noted her past support for heated sidewalks at the state Capitol. This spending is out of touch with Iowa priorities and came on the eve of an economic recession in which Iowa's budget had to be bailed out with federal tax dollars.

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