WASHINGTON, D.C. – (March 13) U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 312, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2009.
“This budget resolution contains the highest tax hike in history totaling $683 billion over five years and would allow the unfunded liability in Medicare and Social Security to grow by $14 trillion,” Alexander said. “During this time of economic downturn, America needs a budget plan that will put us on the path to recovery, not one that pilfers taxpayers and ignores the problems facing these two critical programs. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to take a more sound approach to its budget resolution, so that Congress can work to reconcile a budget that steers America in the right direction.”
EDITOR'S NOTE: Pilfer is a derivative of the French word meaning booty and in modern usage means to steal.
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