On Friday (15), House Budget Committee member Jason Smith, a Missouri Republican, sent a letter to Ted Kaufman, head of the Biden transition team, questioning the Biden team’s first budget proposal, which shows a tax hike on working-class Americans.
Smith tweeted on the 15th that, as the ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, he intends to find answers for working-class Americans who do not want their taxes raised to grow the government or fund the unrealistic promises it made in its campaign.
To that end, Smith sent a letter specifically to Kaufman, noting that the new administration’s budget exposes its plans to raise taxes, a key issue for which he hopes the Biden team will respond as soon as possible.
In his letter, Smith specifically noted that the Biden team’s budget proposal will be the first opportunity to give the American people the chance to truly recognize them. Americans will see how the Biden administration has paid for its campaign promises and raised taxes dramatically on working-class Americans to meet the costly expenses necessary to meet its agenda.
As the highest-ranking Republican on the Budget Committee, Smith strongly opposes the removal of Democratic budget limits on government spending and the implementation of so-called pay-as-you-go (or PAYGO) provisions that would allow Democrats to further increase spending on climate change proposals such as the Green New Deal.
“Such provisions are designed as a mechanism to force through the Green New Deal and other socialist policies that are designed to hurt American workers, families and farmers.” Smith added.
“The day after the 117th Congress was sworn in, House Democrats sought to deny Americans the transparency of information they deserve by aggressively promoting an expensive radical wish list.” Smith said.
In his letter, Smith also clarified false reports in the left media that the Trump administration was refusing to provide staff and resources to help the incoming new administration’s spending plans. Smith said Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has strongly refuted the accusations.
In a December letter to Kaufman, Vought said, “Our system of government has one president and one government at a time.” In his letter, Smith also reiterated that OMB fully complied with the law in advising the Biden transition team.
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