Dahlkemper's Political Games (Jan 26, 2010)

Call for Spending Freeze is the Height of Hypocrisy

Meadville - Yesterday afternoon, in a letter to President Obama, Representative Dahlkemper called for a discretionary spending freeze in this year’s budget, noting that such a move could save taxpayers $20 billion.  What the letter didn’t mention is that Dahlkemper has been a leader of the tax, spend and borrow crowd in Congress for the past year.

Paul Huber, a candidate for Congress, said, “Kathy Dahlkemper has helped the most reckless-spending Congress in American history drive our nation further into debt.  In just the past year, she has voted for one wasteful spending bill after another.  Her call now for spending restraint has more to do with the political writing on the wall than it does with good policy”

Highlights from Rep. Dahlkemper’s reckless spending year include:

• Voted for a budget that increased spending by 16%, to a record $3.6 trillion while running a deficit of $1.2 trillion
• Voted for an $800 billion stimulus bill
• Voted against efforts to end the Wall Street bailout and the auto industry takeover
• Voted for a trillion dollar government takeover of the health care industry
• Voted to raise the debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion

“For Dahlkemper to now call for spending restraint is blatant hypocrisy and shows an arrogance that voters will forget her freshman spending spree,” said Huber.  “Congresswoman Dahlkemper should apologize for her reckless spending ways and admit that she was wrong to support the liberal tax and spend crowd in Congress. 

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