Carter: USA Needs Sustainable Job Growth, Not Budget Busting

    ATLANTA, GA, January 29, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Today leading Republican Congressional candidate Liz Carter challenged U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson on his call to spend TARP funds to "create jobs".

Carter said Johnson helped create our financial crisis by opposing reforms to home lending. He then opposed steps to shore up the housing market while proposing to use 'unspent' TARP money to create short-term jobs.

"He has created a recipe for long-term disaster," Carter said. "Even with the massive stimulus bill, Georgia saw 100,000 first-time applicants for unemployment in December.

"The $139 billion of remaining TARP funds would have little to no effect on the long-term health of the job market," Carter continued. "Congressman Johnson is creating an even larger deficit and debt burden that will be a drag on private-sector job growth for years to come. It is like giving a candy bar to a tired runner - they will feel great for 5 minutes, but then they crash and burn, being worse than they were before.

Carter said she is eager to apply her business acumen gained from 18 years of business management and owning her own consulting firm to create sustainable job growth for the American people.

"We need to stop all of these efforts to spend and regulate our way out of this recession," Carter said. "Small business owners will not add employees while Washington is creating legislation that will raise taxes and that creates more uncertainty. Business owners understand these spending schemes - eventually you run out of other people's money.

"The Fourth District needs a Representative that understands the real world and how to manage and grow, sustainable businesses - in the private sector," she added.

Liz Carter is a true conservative, running for the US Congress in the 2010 election to represent the people in Congressional District 4 in Georgia. For more information, please visit http://www.lizcarterforcongress.com

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