Sean's Six Steps for a Fiscally Responsible Future

Step 1: Freeze government spending at the 2008 levels.

Since 2008, non-defense discretionary spending has risen 84 percent. Returning non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels would save up to $925 billion.
 
Step 2: Cancel unspent stimulus and TARP funds and use them to help reduce the deficit.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates canceling TARP funds would save $16 billion. Rescinding all unobligated stimulus funds would save up to $266 billion.
 
Step 3: Commit to passing a budget every year.

We can't successfully get our government house in order if a budget isn't created as a starting point.
 
Step 4: End all bailouts.

Bailouts are only providing more uncertainty, not the stability we need. Furthermore, like the stimulus funds, bailout money is primarily going to government jobs. Less than 1 percent of stimulus funds went to small businesses.
　
Step 5: Put a DNR (do not resuscitate) designation on the Cap-and-Trade Bill.

The Obama Administration already admitted that this bill could cost American
families up to $1,700 a year with higher electric bills and more expensive products.
 
Step 6: Stop the Democrats tax increases coming in January 2011 to encourage job growth.

Democrats are planning to increase taxes by $3.8 trillion in 2011 by charging higher rates, bringing back the marriage penalty, cutting the child tax credit in half, increasing the Alternative Minimum Tax and increasing the Death Tax to 55 percent. The Congressional Budget Office reports that a full repeal of the Death Tax could create 1.5 million jobs and increase small business investment capital by more than $1.6 trillion each year.