George LeMieux Proposes Ideas to Reduce Federal Government

On Thursday, Florida TaxWatch released a piece by Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux in which he argues that the federal government needs to return to 2007 levels of spending and needs to be run more like a business.

To prevent the nation and the state of Florida from sliding further into a fiscal crisis and economic stagnation, Washington needs to embrace practical policy and financially sound initiatives that will rein in spending while promoting economic growth and incentivizing job creation in the private sector, wrote LeMieux. The implementation of the 2007 Solution would not only bring about a balanced, sound budget, but incentivize a new culture and way of thinking in Washington that would save taxpayers trillions. Floridas businesses and children are on the front line of turning our economy around and we can no longer afford to place the burden and uncertainty of our national debt on their backs. The option of continuing to do nothing is simply much too high.

The full piece can be read here.