The Winston-Salem Journal editorial board agrees with me on something.  When it comes to the so-called “stimulus” plan (better known as the borrow and spend plan), it seems like we share some common ground. 

Today the Journal writes:

Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of the 5th District, who voted against the House bill, said, “There is a time and a place to discuss the merits of additional funding for federal programs. In the meantime, putting a pile of new and expansive government spending into a bill that is supposed to help the economy is very misguided.”

She’s right. The Senate should examine each of these domestic-spending proposals and remove or scale down those that most economists agree will not create jobs within the next year to 18 months.

While the Journal editorial board and I don’t always see eye to eye (ok, almost never), on this one we agree.  Let’s cut out the hundreds of billions in spending in the “stimulus” that does nothing to create jobs. Instead Congress should pass targeted tax cuts that help working families and small businesses get back on their feet.

Last week a bill that I authored to keep down the cost of the federal government was signed into law. 
 
It’s called the Electronic Pay Stub Act and it directs the federal government to give all federal employees the option of receiving their pay stub electronically. 
 
Not only does this legislation have the potential to save millions of taxpayer dollars and reduce the government’s paper consumption by thousands of pounds each year, it will also make paystub delivery faster and more secure for federal employees. 
 
This kind of common sense legislation helps keep the government nimble, lean and out of taxpayers’ wallets.  I will continue to champion legislation to make the federal government more efficient so you can keep more of your hard-earned money.  After all, keeping the federal government accountable to taxpayers is one of my priorities as your representative.