“Three (debt-ceiling) increases in three years is an unmistakable admission of an economic debacle…now after realizing that there’s not enough money to pay for it all, they’re turning to the American workers to foot the bill…I believe its immoral to cast such a huge debt on the next generation of Americans.”
-Congressman Robert Menendez, 11/19/04
Today the United States marks a devastating milestone – the national debt now stands at $16 Trillion. Back in 2004, Congressman Bob Menendez seemed to understand the devastating nature of the debt on the middle class as he railed and voted against increasing the debt ceiling to $8.18 Trillion. He said it was wrong because it would be left to the American middle class to foot the bill. He was right. Unfortunately for the middle class, by 2010 Senator Menendez was casting his FIFTH vote in THREE years to do the opposite.
What changed to inspire such a change of heart? Nothing, but the size of the debt increase and the political affiliation of those asking for it. In fact, since 2009 Bob Menendez has voted to increase the debt by over $4 Trillion, leaving the middle class he pretends to fight for and future generations to foot the bill through increased taxes and lost jobs. For voting against principle and with his party, he has earned the Outrage of the Week.
“Time and again, Bob Menendez puts politics ahead of people regardless of the consequences to the American middle class. Bob Menendez said it was wrong when the Republicans increased the debt, but remained silent and went along with his party when they increased it. It's beyond outrageous,” said Kyrillos Campaign Manager Chapin Fay.
“Four trillion is a huge debt to cast on future generations and it’s wrong that Bob Menendez would force the American middle class to pay for it. Clearly Bob Menendez ain’t fighting for them.”
Background:
In June 2008, Menendez Voted To Raise The Debt Limit To $10.615 Trillion.
(S. Con. Res. 70, CQ Vote #142: 6/4/08, Menendez Voted Yea)
In October 2008, Menendez Voted To Raise The Debt Limit To $11.3 Trillion.
(H.R. 1424, CQ Vote #213: 10/1/08, Menendez Voted Yea)
In February 2009, Menendez Voted to Raise The Debt Limit To $12.104 Trillion.
(H.R. 1, CQ Vote #64: 2/13/09, Menendez Voted Yea)
In December 2009, Menendez voted to Raise the Debt Limit to $12.4 Trillion
(H.R. 4314, CQ Vote #397: 12/24/09, Menendez Voted Yea)
In 2010 Menendez voted to Raise the Debt limit to $14.29 Trillion
(H. J. Res. 45, CQ Vote #14, 1/28/10, Menendez Voted Yea)
Please stop with your faux overblown outraged moral indignation routine. You are no better than Bobby which is to say you are both awful.
this debate was already had and a politician i would vote for should find a way to fix the debt issue without holding the us economy hostage. enough of the partisan rhetoric on both sides. taking the governments check writing ability does nothing to solve the debts that have already been created. instead it just kills jobs.
We also need to audit the Federal Reserve and determine just what they actually DO behind closed doors. Remember, rehab, the Federal Reserve is NOT a government agency. It's a private bank cartel. My opinion doesn't matter with you anyway. You are for Obama and his tax scam called "Obamacare" -- and that tax is nothing more than a payment to the very private banks that make up the Federal Reserve. People like you are amazing -- you support enslaving Americans to private banks through income taxes and now you want them saddled with ANOTHER income tax: Obamacare. Amazing.
New Flash Ric: Joe Kyrillos is a STATE SENATOR. Please explain how his opinion as a STATE SENATOR influenced then-President George Bush? BTW -- if the war was so bad, why didn't Obama recall the troops? Using your logic, Obama = Bush when it comes to foreign conflict. (I do not, and never did support this insanity in Iraq and Afghanistan. But hey, how could I possibly convince you since you are such a die-hard Obama supporter.)
Thank you.
I agree that Ryan's $4 Trillon spending cut sholuld be more lik $15 Trillion to balance the budget. 1.Would you consider a flat tax? 2. How about outlawing Public Pensions? They are mathematically all insolvent and do nothing to reduce state and federal deficits? 3. What would you cut to balance the federal government budget? 4. How about returning the power to the state to handle most issues and seriously reducing the size of the federal government? Can you answer these?
And what do Republicans want? They want Wall St. that badly & greedily misbehaved that greatly contributed to the Near Collapse of the Economy, The Republicans want to Lift President Obama's regulations placed on Wall St to make sure their Greed doesn't help produce another Near Economic Collapse.
Let's stop with the bullying and have a constructive conversation!
KRYILLOS 2012