April 3, 2009
Dear Friends,
This week I continued to stand up for the taxpayers in my district by voting against President Obama’s and Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion a year budget. Unfortunately, it passed. Over the next five years it will double the national debt. Over ten years it will triple our debt and raise taxes by $1.4 trillion. I encourage you to visit my new website, where you can see how quickly our debt is adding up, and view my speech on the House floor before yesterday’s vote.
I voted for an alternative to this massive spending bill called The Path to American Prosperity. It’s a blueprint for economic recovery that keeps spending and debt under control, keeps taxes low, and still addresses the country’s core needs. The Republican plan:
- Spends $4.8 trillion less than the Democrats’ budget over 10 years
- Brings spending back down to 20.7% of GDP, in line with the historical average, instead of climbing to 24.5% of GDP as proposed in the Obama budget
- Freezes non-defense/non-veterans spending, instead of increasing non-defense spending by more than 9% as proposed in the Obama budget
- Borrows $3.6 trillion less than the Obama budget over 10 years
- Increases the Defense budget by $5 billion over the cuts in the Obama budget
- Increases Veterans funding by $540 million over the President’s budget
- Institutes pro-growth tax cuts instead of $1.5 trillion in tax increases on small businesses and families as proposed in the Obama budget
- Creates 2.1 million more Jobs than the Democrats’ Budget
- Suspends capital gains taxes through 2010 instead of increasing taxes on investment
- Institutes needed entitlement reforms to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare
Today I am heading back home for the April District Work Period. Over the next two weeks I hope to see many of you as I travel the 10th District to discuss our economic situation, and continue to offer solutions.
Rep. McCaul with Capt. Daniel Moran, USMC, at a groundbreaking for Capt. Moran’s donated home in Cypress. Click here to learn more about Capt. Moran, who was severely wounded and burned in Iraq and this week underwent his 31st surgery.
Rep. McCaul with Grant McClure (McCallum High School) and Katherine Thayer (McNeil High School) of Austin, winners of the Be an American Essay contest.
Rep. McCaul meets with student leadership from the Univ. of Texas and Texas Tech.
Rep. McCaul meets with members of the American Bankers Association from CD10.
Free Taxpayer Seminars!
Congressman McCaul will be hosting Taxpayer Seminars on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Representatives from the IRS will be available to answer your tax questions in Tomball and Pflugerville. There will be presentations on the IRS resources available to you and an opportunity for you to get your general tax questions answered. Please contact our Austin district office at (512) 473-2357 for more information.
Tomball 6:30-7:30pm
Community Library at Lone Star College, Building 9
30555 Tomball Parkway
Click here for a campus map.
Pflugerville 7:30-8:30pm
Pflugerville Public Library
102 S 10th St
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE!
The address is the same: http://www.house.gov/mccaul.
We are proud of our new communication tool The objective is to give you more ways to be in contact with me, and more ways for me to hear what’s important to you. Government is all about serving the people, and this new technological tool we have will help us do a better job. Our new features include:
- News stories featuring my work on big issues are more accessible
- Floor speeches and hearing video are readily available
- A Survey and Blog will give you a new opportunity to voice your opinion and generate discussions
- National Debt Clock
I wish you and your family a great weekend, and a Happy Easter and Passover.
With best regards,
Michael T. McCaul
Member of Congress
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