Connie Mack: We Can't Afford Another Stimulus

Responding to a plan coming from President Barack Obama calling for an additional $50 billion in federal money to be spent on transportation projects, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, a Florida Republican, said on Wednesday that the nation did not need yet another stimulus package.

Once again, this administration continues to ignore the will of the American people and move forward with more big-government ideas ideas that will heap even more debt on our children and grandchildren, said Mack. We all saw how great the first stimulus plan worked: $800 billion added to our deficit and higher unemployment nationwide. Instead of allowing the private sector to create jobs and grow our economy, the administration continues to wrongly believe thats the role of the federal government.

I have said time and again that we cannot spend our way to prosperity, added Mack. When will President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress learn this simple concept?