WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Mark Sanford released the following statement regarding the proposed budget agreement:
“Coming to any sort of agreement is never easy in Washington, and accordingly I want to thank Chairman (Paul) Ryan and Senator (Patty) Murray for all they did in preparing this deal,” said Sanford.
“While I appreciate that change in politics comes by degree, I think this deal comes up short. It sets federal spending levels for the next two years at just over $1 trillion per year – an increase of $63 billion from the levels Congress passed into law in 2011. Then it goes on to offset that higher spending by raising taxes,” Sanford continued. “For instance, fees for airline travel will more than double from the current $5 per round trip to $11.20 per round trip. This provision, along with others, results in $63 billion in increased revenues for the government – which most of us would call $63 billion in higher taxes, given that it’s a transfer of money from the taxpayer’s pocket to Washington.”
“It doesn’t need to be this way, given that as recently as October the $967 billion level of funding that was set by the 2011 Budget Control Act was widely accepted in Washington. With that in mind, I joined 32 other conservatives in sending a letter written by fellow South Carolina Representative Mick Mulvaney expressing our preference for a “clean” budget agreement, or one that simply upholds current law,” added Sanford. “I believe Congress needs to preserve the small victories it has already made for financial discipline – not add $63 billion in higher spending and increased taxes with only future promises of savings to show for it.”
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16 comments
So,he’s upset that his trips to Argentina will cost him more.
Probably. She is going to have to stay in USA and be a dutiful wife and help Mark save his money.
Seems as though MBC is on board thus far with his austerity measures. They went to some Argentine embassy event celebrating 30 years of democracy and stayed 30 minutes to eat the free food and then skedaddled before too many questions were asked!
I’t will cost both of them more. You know Mark is not paying for her fare.
Thank you Mr. Sanford. Those of us that work barely have enough time to take care of ourselves and the other 53% of the population that doesn’t work, appreciate your dutiful service of watching that commies and liberals steal as little out of our pockets as possible.
Congratulations and Kudos. Have a great day. You are a patriot. Thank you.
No one will miss you when you’re dead,
Maybe.
Was it the “commies and liberals” who took us into two unnecessary and unwinnable wars that have thus far drained over a trillion dollars “out of our pockets.”, not to mention the human loss? No, it was the right-wing neocons.
Negative. Exactly who I said. Republicrats and Demlicans are to blame.
Commies usually kill their resident opposition first then they go on to other countries. And liberal Obama is still perpetuating and contributing to the instability of the so-called conflicts overseas.
Hell, I’ve been supporting Sanfraud for 20 years. He takes and takes and takes. How about giving up some of salary and taxpayer perks you have. Over a million in his back pocket to date at the expense of the taxpayer.
Why do all these Teanuts like their government check and government health care so much?
SC-1 constituents are the only people still listening to this cake-eater. Naturally he is gonna say what they want to hear to stay on the payroll. Gets to be pretty cookbook after awhile. 2014 is not that far away.
So Sanford has an alternate budget plan that he can theoretically pass through both chambers of Congress and get Obama to sign that is any better?
No, of course not. Sanford is perfectly fine with the Tea Drinkers Anonymous plan of shutting down fucking everything until his demands are met and making zero concessions whatsoever, because that is what the baby Jeebus of Second Chances(tm) and, more importantly, his puppet master millionaire donors, want.
Just kidding, Sanford really does care about saving taxpayer money. Someone has to buy his plane tickets when he needs a new mistress, after all.
The drowning pool.
When we listen to anything this lying taxpayer defrauding moron has to say we might as well
Accept that our state is forever flucked.
Would it be too much to ask, any time an article is published about SANFRAUD, accompany it with some pictures of his Argentinian gold-digger?