Slade O'Brien Rips Into Debt Ceiling and Shutdown Agreement

On Thursday, the Florida state director of Americans for Prosperity, Slade OBrien, ripped into the agreement to raise the debt ceiling and end the federal shutdown.

Once again, hypocrisy and a lack of leadership reign supreme in Washington, D.C., OBrien said. Just as Obama has unilaterally changed provisions of the Affordable Care Act to suit his own agenda, Congress has now decided its just going to blow through the spending caps set forth by the Budget Control Act as if its just a suggestion and not the law of the land. Its no wonder that both the administration and Congress are suffering through historically low approval ratings. Americans are sick and tired of their elected leadership kicking our problems down the road. Its time for politicians from both parties to grow up, show up and start addressing our out-of-control spending habit and put the country back on track to financial sustainability.

In the months leading to the end of this deal and the negotiation for a new budget, our activists will be sending the message, loud and clear: Its time to stop the overspending, OBrien added.