Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.
Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.
I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.
The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.
There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.
Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.
Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.
Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and working families.