Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
The next President will spend......a lot!
By Mary Lazich
Wednesday, Feb 13 2008, 02:59 PM
True fiscal conservatives are justified in their concern about the Presidential election.
The National Taxpayer’s Union Foundation (NTUF) studied the spending proposals of the eight front-running Presidential candidates (some candidates have dropped out since) and found that they would increase the Federal Budget anywhere from $7 billion to $287 billion.
Here are some of the NTUF’s findings:
- The top-tier GOP candidates often portrayed as "conservative" (Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee) actually called for significantly larger spending hikes ($19.5 billion and $54.2 billion, respectively), than the so-called "moderate conservative" (John McCain, $6.9 billion).
- Among Democrats, Barack Obama, often described as ideologically more "moderate" than Hillary Clinton, actually has the larger agenda of the two ($287.0 billion vs. $218.2 billion).
It appears all candidates are prepared to continue the economically dangerous trend of spending beyond our means.
Here’s the NTUF report.
