Diaz-Balart: the candidate of ‘Hope and Change' has become the President of divide and deceive

Washington, D.C.– Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) issued the following statement in response to the third anniversary of President Obama’s failed $1.2 trillion ‘stimulus’ bill. Diaz-Balart comments:

“A recap of the past three years: over $800 billion borrowed and spent, 12 million Americans still looking for work, unemployment above 8 percent, and 3.5 promised jobs are still M.I.A. The facts speak for themselves, the ‘stimulus’ has been a dismal failure. Promises made to the American people can officially be declared broken, if not shattered. The spending frenzy has left Obama with no jobs record of his own and consequently, has resorted to politics of envy and division. He went from being the candidate of ‘Hope and Change,’ to the President of division through class warfare rhetoric, and deception through recycled gimmicks in his budget.

“If anything, the past three years is a lesson to President Obama and all who voted for the ‘stimulus’ on what NOT to do during a recession. While most seem to have learned, President Obama insists on the same recipe by offering another budget that spends too much and imposes a large tax hike on small businesses and families. Mr. President, the American people are asking for a new recipe, new results – it is time you listen. House Republicans have even started you off by passing more than 20 bipartisan jobs bills that will get Americans back to work, all you have to do is tell Senator Harry Reid to stop blocking the bills.”