If last summer was the summer of recovery, then shouldn’t this summer have been one of expansion?  The reality is that there was no recovery last summer, or this summer for that matter.  The tax, spend, and borrow addiction that has stricken Washington, D.C. has squashed any hopes of economic relief.

As the summer winds down and we head in to Labor Day weekend, it will take more than holiday retail deals to increase consumer spending and confidence.  These past few months could be remembered as the summer of economic disaster.    

During the month of August, consumer confidence sank to its lowest level in two years and ZERO net jobs were created.   Unemployment remains above nine percent.  America’s credit rating has been lowered for the first time in history. And the country nearly defaulted on its debt without the President laying out a single plan for avoidance. 

America cannot spend and borrow its way to a recovery.  The only solution is to get the government under control and out of the way of the most innovative workforce on the planet.  Rolling back the spending, regulations, and cutting taxes will allow our small businesses to expand and create the jobs needed to get our economy moving again.

Washington could learn a thing or two from what we have done in the State of Indiana.  While I served as a State Representative, we went from a $1 Billion deficit to a $2 Billion surplus over a short period.  We did so without tax increases and only with balanced budgets.  This earned us a Triple A Credit rating as a state, something we now lack as a country.

The American people are crying out for real and proven leadership; not fancy rhetoric followed by more broken promises.

Jackie Walorski