Stutzman Speaks At Chamber Forum
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Stutzman was the featured speaker at a forum sponsored by the Warsaw-Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce at the 2517 Restaurant.
Stutzman said Indiana is one of nine states that has a triple A credit rating, and said the state is in the black with a balanced budget.
“It goes to testify of our leadership and the type of people we have here in our state, and makes my job in Washington easier to say we have a balanced budget in Indiana,” Stutzman said.
He talked about the national debt, and said the federal government needs to cut spending.
“The situation we are in is not a Republican or Democrat problem,” Stutzman said. “It is an American problem and both sides have to work together, and face the facts to fix the problems we have.”
He said the U.S. crossed the $14 trillion in debt mark.
“For every dollar we are spending, we are borrowing 40 cents of that dollar, and we just closed the budget on a $1.6 trillion deficit,” Stutzman said.
He said what really needs to change is the tax code. He said the U.S. now has the highest tax rate in the industrialized world.
He spoke about the national debt, and said there needs to be a plan laid out to prioritize paying off the debt.
“For us to not have a plan is irresponsible. When there was a recession that hit us in 2008 we could see it coming, but it wasn’t as foreseeable as it is now,” Stutzman said. “We have to change the way the budgetary process works because there are too many hands in the cookie jar and not enough accountability.”
He said taxes should not be raised and spending control needs to be established.
Stutzman said it is a great opportunity to serve the orthopedic industry in Washington.
He said if government wants to kill a business, it regulates and taxes and makes it difficult to get new products to market.
He talked about gas prices, and said the U.S. is not drilling in its own resources, but if government would explore developing its own energy supply it would help gas prices.
“I am glad to represent Kosciusko County and the values that are in this district and I can tell those values are needed badly in Washington,” Stutzman said.
He said government needs to understand the strength of the private sector making and building the country rather than government running it.[[In-content Ad]]An audience member asked how constituents can make an impact on government.
“When I continually hear from people back home that say government has got to cut spending and get the government to back off of business regulations, that gives congress reinforcement to know we are doing the right thing,” Stutzman said.
An audience member asked about healthcare reform and asked if Kosciusko County should be concerned about the impact it has on the local orthopedics industry.
Stutzman said he is a co-author on the bill to repeal the excise tax for the orthopedic industry.
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Stutzman was the featured speaker at a forum sponsored by the Warsaw-Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce at the 2517 Restaurant.
Stutzman said Indiana is one of nine states that has a triple A credit rating, and said the state is in the black with a balanced budget.
“It goes to testify of our leadership and the type of people we have here in our state, and makes my job in Washington easier to say we have a balanced budget in Indiana,” Stutzman said.
He talked about the national debt, and said the federal government needs to cut spending.
“The situation we are in is not a Republican or Democrat problem,” Stutzman said. “It is an American problem and both sides have to work together, and face the facts to fix the problems we have.”
He said the U.S. crossed the $14 trillion in debt mark.
“For every dollar we are spending, we are borrowing 40 cents of that dollar, and we just closed the budget on a $1.6 trillion deficit,” Stutzman said.
He said what really needs to change is the tax code. He said the U.S. now has the highest tax rate in the industrialized world.
He spoke about the national debt, and said there needs to be a plan laid out to prioritize paying off the debt.
“For us to not have a plan is irresponsible. When there was a recession that hit us in 2008 we could see it coming, but it wasn’t as foreseeable as it is now,” Stutzman said. “We have to change the way the budgetary process works because there are too many hands in the cookie jar and not enough accountability.”
He said taxes should not be raised and spending control needs to be established.
Stutzman said it is a great opportunity to serve the orthopedic industry in Washington.
He said if government wants to kill a business, it regulates and taxes and makes it difficult to get new products to market.
He talked about gas prices, and said the U.S. is not drilling in its own resources, but if government would explore developing its own energy supply it would help gas prices.
“I am glad to represent Kosciusko County and the values that are in this district and I can tell those values are needed badly in Washington,” Stutzman said.
He said government needs to understand the strength of the private sector making and building the country rather than government running it.[[In-content Ad]]An audience member asked how constituents can make an impact on government.
“When I continually hear from people back home that say government has got to cut spending and get the government to back off of business regulations, that gives congress reinforcement to know we are doing the right thing,” Stutzman said.
An audience member asked about healthcare reform and asked if Kosciusko County should be concerned about the impact it has on the local orthopedics industry.
Stutzman said he is a co-author on the bill to repeal the excise tax for the orthopedic industry.
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