TODAY MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE‏

February 17, 2009

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TODAY MARKS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE

Jason Levesque Comments on Failed Trillion Dollar Effort to Create Jobs

Auburn, Maine – One year ago President Obama signed into law the trillion dollar stimulus package. Voted on by Mike Michaud and his colleagues, the massive spending bill promised to save and create jobs.  One year later, Maine’s unemployment rate tops 8%.  2nd District Congressional Candidate Jason Levesque released the following statement on this anniversary

“On the promise of job creation, one year ago our President signed into law the famously failed trillion dollar stimulus bill.  The bill helped to create the historical debt we are in, and not only didn’t achieve its goal, but Maine is now home to some of the highest regional unemployment rates in the country.  Congressman Michaud’s own home area of Millinocket has a rate of 16%. The stimulus bill got the vote and blessing of Mike Michaud and now, after its clear failure, Congress wants to do it again with a Stimulus 2.  Maine families need jobs back and we cannot buy our way out of this jobs crisis.  We need Government to stop increasing the cost of doing business, stop putting future generations into debt and start finding real solutions to get Mainers back to work.  Let’s loosen the stranglehold of over-regulation and over-taxation.  This will allow shuttered companies to re-open and businesses to re-hire and grow. Let’s stop finding new ways to spend money we don’t have.  The fact we are so in debt is one of our biggest economic problems.  Yet, our Congressman voted not to curb spending, not to reduce the cost for tax payers, but instead, to increase the debt ceiling by nearly two trillion dollars.  The spending frenzy must stop and we must re-create a climate where businesses and thrive.
“We need to reduce the regulations on businesses and focus on ways we can help them, not hinder their abilities to expand. We can do better than what we are getting now.”





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