Real help for Nevada

uncertainty of mandates and taxes.  While taxpayer-funded mailings describe future benefits, health care consumers are dealing with a different reality.  In our state’s capitol, Carson City, one member of a senior citizen’s center told me Thursday how simultaneously his doctor visits have increased by $10 while his Medicare Part B monthly premium was boosted by $12. This is meaningful for people on low fixed incomes.  These seniors know that Medicare cuts in the bill and the program’s insolvency, ignored in this bill, will only mean worse to come.

Nevadans also see the economic consequences of the failure to deal with illegal immigration.  A poor economy means decreased revenue and our state faces an $850 million dollar shortfall over its two year budget cycle.  Over that period, the estimated cost to taxpayers for illegal immigrants is $700 million.  The inevitable result of these failed policies is pressure for ever higher taxes.  Once again, the push for amnesty by Senator Reid compounds the problem by attempting to make a bad situation permanent.

Real help for Nevada will only come when the current majority in Congress is replaced by those who understand that true economic recovery will come from lowering the tax burden, giving some certainty to our business community, reducing our staggering debt and promoting policies that recognize government cannot create wealth but only create a climate that helps true wealth-creators in our private sector.  I look forward to joining many other new members of Congress next year in implementing those policies.