Kevin Bryant

For the entire 2007 fiscal year, the federal deficit was $160 billion. Today, under President Obama’s “leadership” we borrow that much nearly every month. In fact, Washington borrows nearly half of all the money it spends.

That’s not just unsustainable. It’s delusional.

Even worse, as economists, budget experts, and credit rating agencies warned that Washington must spend less, President Obama ignored them. He defied their advice and called for higher taxes, more spending, and a bigger government. He also threatened to veto the only plan that would actually cut spending, cap spending, and balance our budget: the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act.

That failure of leadership and defiance of good advice is inexcusable under any circumstances. It’s particularly galling coming from a president who only four years earlier chided Washington for “shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.”

Unfortunately, we have now seen what delusional spending levels and the defiance of common sense has gotten us: a downgrade in our credit rating. And no matter where President Obama tries to lay blame, his big-spending record is what it is.

That’s why we are working so hard to put an end to his policies of delusion, defiance, and downgrade in the next election. But to change things in the election next year, we need to raise money now. So, please help out by making a donation of as little as $50 or as much as $2,500.

Thank you again for all that you are doing to help us change the way Washington does business. With your help, we can fix things. To read more click here.

Sincerely,

Fellow Patriots:

You may have heard that President Obama is trying to blame conservative leaders for the downgrade of our nation’s credit rating. In fact, his top campaign advisor, David Axelrod, recently went on national television and labeled it the “Tea Party downgrade.”

The recent S&P downgrade of our AAA bond rating was a sober, yet not unexpected, warning of our nation’s fiscal problems — not a cheap way to score political points for the next election.

As you probably know, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) opposed the debt limit agreement that was passed earlier this month and predicted that it would not prevent a credit downgrade. Senator DeMint said, “This bill doesn’t guarantee our AAA rating; it puts it at further risk as the world sees Washington as incapable of cutting wasteful spending.”

DeMint stood strong and demanded a true solution that would cut spending and balance the federal budget. The President, however, never even proposed a plan to cut spending and originally asked for what he called a “clean” debt limit bill with no spending cuts at all.

The only plan that would have preserved our AAA rating was the “Cut, Cap, and Balance” proposal, which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate.

If we’re going to preserve America’s economic standing in the world, we need immediate spending cuts, caps on future spending, and a constitutional amendment that forces Congress to balance the budget without raising taxes. That’s what our country needs and that’s what Jim DeMint is fighting for.

We expect many more misleading attacks on conservatives as the election season approaches. We won’t back down and plan to confront these false charges head-on.