The Speaker’s First Step on the Journey Toward “Saving the American Dream”

David S. Addington / May 10, 2011

Conservatives have a clear objective: to drive down government spending and debt, protect America, and balance the budget without raising taxes. In New York City last night, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (R–OH) outlined in remarks about the debt limit a useful first step to take. But, as the Speaker’s remarks indicated, Congress must take many more such steps in the journey toward that objective. The Heritage Foundation has set forth the rest of the steps on the road to that objective with its plan released today: “Saving the American Dream: The Heritage Plan to Fix the Debt, Cut Spending, and Restore Prosperity.”

Speaker Boehner spoke bluntly to many of the nation’s economic leaders assembled at the New York Economic Club:

My message to you tonight is that we will not succeed in balancing the federal budget and overcoming the challenges of our debt until we commit ourselves to government policies that will let our economy achieve long-term growth. (more…)