Guest Blogger: Winning the Future, Rhetoric vs. Reality

Rep. Cynthia Lummis / February 17, 2011

Is the President’s new “winning the future” slogan about America succeeding, or is it about his 2012 campaign hopes? President Obama’s FY2012 budget proposal makes it clear that he did indeed punt on making the difficult choices our country badly needs. He even failed to use the recommendations of his bipartisan deficit commission, instead deferring to some future bipartisan dialogue.

Mr. Bowles and Mr. Simpson laid a platter of solutions in front of the President. The President turned his back on his commission’s recommendations and chose instead to present a budget that offered none.

The number one threat to our country’s future is our staggering debt. Admiral Mike Mullen, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Armed Forces, has shared that troubling news on multiple occasions. It is not difficult to see why he made this assessment. Our national debt has surpassed 14 trillion dollars and continues to climb. Meanwhile, foreign countries like China are keeping our country afloat as the federal government borrows nearly 40 cents of every dollar it spends. (more…)