DAVID BOSSIE: Congressional Republicans Need To Stick Together At All Costs
At the time of the presidential election in 1980, over the course of many decades taxes had gotten way too high, government had grown far too big, inflation had become unbearable and Americans were facing an energy…
At the time of the presidential election in 1980, over the course of many decades taxes had gotten way too high, government had grown far too big, inflation had become unbearable and Americans were facing an energy crisis.
The burden on hardworking families was just too much to shoulder and something had to change. So, the American people fired Jimmy Carter and hired Ronald Reagan, along with a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate and a Democrat majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to solve the problems.
Throughout the early part of 1981, a divided Congress debated President Reagan’s economic recovery proposal, which included big tax cuts and budget cuts to spur job creation, grow the economy, and shrink the bloated federal government.
The 1981 Reagan budget was the most dramatic set of reforms passed in a generation, and it paved the way for an amazing period of economic prosperity. And it became a reality only because Republicans and Democrats alike listened to voters who said it was high time for America to make a desperately needed comeback.
Fast-forward to today and the bitter realization that it took President Joe Biden only four years to drive America into a dire economic predicament like the one we were facing in 1980. In the historic election of 2024, the American people re-elected President Donald Trump with an overwhelming mandate to fix the mess, but this time they decided to send a Republican majority in both the House and Senate to help him deliver on his campaign promises.
Make no mistake about it, the coming weeks are the best opportunity for Congress to pass pro-growth economic reforms of this significance in nearly 45 years. A monumental bill to cut taxes, gut wasteful, fraudulent and abusive government spending, secure the border, unleash American energy dominance and rebuild our national defense is finally within reach.
The coming budget reconciliation package will dramatically lower the tax burden on the American people by extending the successful Trump tax cuts and enacting other long overdue pro-growth tax reforms. This will provide job creators, entrepreneurs and businesses large and small with much needed — and deserved — certainty to plan for a more successful and prosperous future.