Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.
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As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.
I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.
During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge.
If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren.
The institution of the family has very few friends in Washington. There are lobbyists in Washington for every possible entity, from the possum-growers of America to every kind of crazy thing. There's somebody in Washington paid to advance the cause of that particular business, but there's not a lot of support for the family.
Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.
Washington is dominated by big money.
Our workers, our American people who are already struggling, are going to continue to struggle until we can get somebody who can bring some business sense to Washington D.C., and I think that is the one thing I bring.
There is so much uncertainty out there, and the government in Washington doesn't seem to get it. What's needed is a new business environment.
What we need to do is to come together as a people and solve the problems facing our country. And unfortunately, Washington is just not doing enough of that these days.