Newt’s Solution to the Stimulus Bill

Sunday Paper - February 15th, 2009

Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker, whose “Contract with America” led the Republican Party to its first victory in 40 years in 1994, is like many of us, skeptical of the new administratoin.  In speaking to a group or local Republicans in Virginia Wednesday night Gingrich offered sharp criticism saying

“I didn’t set out a month ago to find myself this consistently critical of the new administration,” Gingrich said. “…What you are watching, no matter how pleasant the president may be, no matter how much he talks about bipartisanship, is the most systematically deliberate partisan, one-sided operation in modern American history since Richard Nixon left the White House.“

It was under the leadership of Gingrich where Congress passed the first tax cuts seen in 16 years, passed welfare reform, and gave Americans a balanced budget for the first time in a genereation.   As a leading mind on such topics, Newt is unsurprisingly not a supporter of President Obama’s $789 billion stimulus package.  As a man of action, Newt offers his 12 American Solutions for Jobs and Prosperity (for more detail log onto the http://www.americansolutions.com).  These are the ideas we need to share with our family, friends, and congressmen to put America back on course.

1. Payroll Tax Stimulus.  With a temporary new tax credit to offset 50% of the payroll tax, every small business would have more money, and all Americans would take home more of what they earn.    
2. Real Middle-Income Tax Relief. Reduce the marginal tax rate of 25% down to 15%, in effect establishing a flat-rate tax of 15% for close to 9 out of 10 American workers.   
3. Reduce the Business Tax Rate.  Match Ireland’s rate of 12.5% to keep more jobs in America.   
4. Homeowner’s Assistance. Provide tax credit incentives to responsible home buyers so they can keep their homes.   
5. Control Spending So We Can Move to a Balanced Budget.  This begins with eliminating Congressional earmarks and wasteful pork-barrel spending.    
6. No State Aid Without Protection From Fraud.  Require state governments to adopt anti-fraud and anti-theft policies before giving them more money.   
7. More American Energy Now. Explore for more American oil and gas and invest in affordable energy for the future, including clean coal, ethanol, nuclear power and renewable fuels.   
8. Abolish Taxes on Capital Gains. Match China, Singapore and many other competitors. More investment in America means more jobs in America.   
9. Protect the Rights of American Workers. We must protect a worker’s right to decide by secret ballot whether to join a union, and the worker’s right to freely negotiate. Forced unionism will kill jobs in America at a time when we can’t afford to lose them.   
10. Replace Sarbanes-Oxley.  This failed law is crippling entrepreneurial startups.  Replace it with affordable rules that help create jobs, not destroy them.   
11. Abolish the Death Tax. Americans should work for their families, not for Washington.   
12. Invest in Energy and Transportation Infrastructure. This includes a new, expanded electric power grid and a 21st century air traffic control system that will reduce delays in air travel and save passengers, employees and airlines billions of dollars per year.

This from StaffordCountySun.com - February 13th, 2009

http://www.staffordcountysun.com/scs/news/local/article/newt_ginrich_speaks_to_stafford_republicans/29941/

This from American Solutions

http://www.americansolutions.com/General/?Page=574a786c-c57f-407c-ba8e-de14d74ba407

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