here's what republicans had to say about the president's economic plan
Currently floating around the interwebs:
Republican Rep. Joel Hefley said: "It will raise your taxes, increase the deficit, and kill over one million jobs."
Republican Rep. John Kasich said: "This plan will not work...your economic program is a job killer."
Republican Newt Gingrich said: "I believe this will lead to a recession next year."
Republican Dick Armey said: "Clearly this is a job killer in the short run. The impact on job creation is going to be devastating."
Republican Phil Gramm said: "Hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose their jobs because of this bill, and the President will be one of them."
Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad said: The Democrats’ plan "will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit."
Republican Rep. Phil Crane said: It's "a recipe for economic and fiscal disaster."
Voice Over: The only problem is, all these Republican quotes were from 1993 after President Bill Clinton passed his budget without a single Republican vote. That budget led to the greatest economic boom in world history. Weren't you better off with Bill Clinton and the Democrats running the economy in the 1990s? The Republicans predictions could not have been more wrong. Yet they make almost word for word the same predictions again today about President Obama's economic programs. President Clinton left us with a projected $5 trillion surplus . . .