House minority whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), on Meet the Press Sunday, tried to set the record straight, saying that his party had a stimulus plan that was ignored by an unfriendly press.
"Republicans will have a plan, we had a stimulus plan. You know, part of the problem with being in the minority, David, is that sometimes your colleagues in the press don't want to cover the ideas that the minority has," said Cantor. "We had a plan on the stimulus, it was tailored to small business tax relief."
Cantor went on to attack Obama's proposed budget, saying it does not focus on job creation and short-term problems. He said by placing new taxes on energy and manufacturers, the budget would amount to a $3,000 tax for a household of four, or "essentially, an $800 man, woman and child tax."
When NBC's David Gregory pressed the Virginia representative on his concern for spending, pointing out that Republicans weren't exactly thrifty during former President Bush's tenure, Cantor acknowledged the GOP "blew it" by not being fiscally conservative.
"But that doesn't give the Democrats in power in this town the right to go in and repeat the mistakes that perhaps we may have committed in the past," Cantor said.
Read on.
"Republicans will have a plan, we had a stimulus plan. You know, part of the problem with being in the minority, David, is that sometimes your colleagues in the press don't want to cover the ideas that the minority has," said Cantor. "We had a plan on the stimulus, it was tailored to small business tax relief."
Cantor went on to attack Obama's proposed budget, saying it does not focus on job creation and short-term problems. He said by placing new taxes on energy and manufacturers, the budget would amount to a $3,000 tax for a household of four, or "essentially, an $800 man, woman and child tax."
When NBC's David Gregory pressed the Virginia representative on his concern for spending, pointing out that Republicans weren't exactly thrifty during former President Bush's tenure, Cantor acknowledged the GOP "blew it" by not being fiscally conservative.
"But that doesn't give the Democrats in power in this town the right to go in and repeat the mistakes that perhaps we may have committed in the past," Cantor said.
Read on.
1 comment:
Baby Newt might think what if McCain/Palin had won nothing would chance from the Bush Policies which he called wrong but went along with them for 8 years. David is just as much a loser as Baby Newt Cantor. Cantor's poll numbers are very low he might want to go home and start campaigning or he will be at home watching the Hill on CNN with the rest of us.
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