February 2009

What Exactly Does Our Party Stand For?

By Jon Huey, on February 22, 2009

Rep. McClintock gave the following speech to the California Republican Party Convention, Februrary 21, 2009.

When the Virginia Legislature invited Churchill to address them, he said, “Do you not think you are running some risk (by) inviting me to give you my faithful counsel on this occasion?  … I might easily, for instance, blurt out a lot of things, which people know in their hearts are true, but are a bit shy of saying in public, and this might cause a regular commotion and get you all into trouble.”

Do No Harm

By Jon Huey, on February 13, 2009

Rep. McClintock gave the following floor speech on Februrary 12, 2009.

M. Speaker:

I rise again to urge the majority to consider very carefully the damage they are doing to our nation’s economy by passing this unprecedented spending measure.

There is still time to heed the warnings from economists across the nation that this bill will do long-term damage to the growth of our nation’s economy for many years to come.

This is not mere economic theory: it is the consistent effect every time and everywhere that governments have tried to spend their way to prosperity.

A Policy that Doesn’t Work

By Jon Huey, on February 10, 2009

The following floor speech was giving by Rep. McClintock on February 10, 2009.

M. Speaker:

Benjamin Franklin warned us that “Passion governs, but she never governs wisely.”

As the Congress and the President rush to enact the latest in a long line of mega-spending bills, I think we would be well advised to spend a little more time on the dispassionate math of the matter.

Where Do We Borrow It From?

By Jon Huey, on February 5, 2009

Mr. Speaker:

When we speak of running up a $2 trillion debt to pay for this year of unprecedented spending, where does that money come from?

We don’t have it, and so we borrow it.

Where do we borrow it from?  We will borrow that $2 trillion from the same pool of funds that would otherwise have been available for businesses seeking to add jobs, or homebuyers seeking to buy homes or consumers seeking to buy new cars or appliances.