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Spending Revolt has consistently claimed we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. In an op-ed in today’s News-Leader.com, coalition partner Bev Ehlen of Concerned Women for America discusses the out of control spending that leads to high deficits year after year:

“Two combined forces create a strong formula for endless deficits. First, politicians want to keep their jobs, so they continue to bring home goodies for constituents. That means choosing spending over spending reductions. And to help make sure they keep their jobs, politicians always promise not to raise taxes. The result is systemic deficits.

On its present course, Congress would need to double income tax rates to meet the obligations they have made on our behalf. Yet all we see is continued deficit spending and Washington’s refusal to take the hard steps to staunch the problem. There is an alternative to sudden and dramatic increases in taxes. The government can cut back on spending and adopt policies to increase economic activity. A faster-growing economy will generate more revenue with unchanged or even lower tax rates. But this takes time.

Ask any business person how to be fiscally prudent and he or she will give you a simple rule: you don’t spend what you don’t have and if you do, you are in trouble. Even families know that basic economic principle. The intricacies and precision needed to run a household demand careful fiscal acumen. Parents know what a budget means — you can’t spend what you don’t have and if you do, you are in trouble.

We need responsible government now. Our hard-won vote still means something if we work together to make it count. Our spending is solvable unless Washington refuses to hear us. Let’s make them listen.”