'It's His Job' - Mike George, Founder of Strong America Now, Challenges President Obama's Criticism of Tea Parties

DALLAS, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The founder of Strong America Now, a grass roots advocacy organization dedicated to enlisting citizens to support only candidates who commit to balance the federal budget without raising taxes, criticized President Obama's call for the Tea Parties to identify where they would cut existing programs. "That's the President's job as Chief Executive," said Mike George who noted that while the Bush administration tolerated deficits of $400 billion, "Today, it's $1.3 trillion a year. This level of irresponsible spending puts our economy and way of life at risk."

"The President's criticism of the Tea Party patriots is what's 'misidentified.' They're sounding the alarm about the problem, and it's the Administration which adamantly refuses to propose any other solution except raising taxes," said George who noted that the President's chief economic advisor, Christina Romer, in July wrote that a one percent increase in taxes contracts the economy by three percent. "No wonder Ms. Romer left," George added, "The Administration couldn't tolerate one of their senior economists being honest with the American people."

"A Chief Executive lays out a vision. Good intentions and slushy slogans aren't going to cut it," said George, who was a pioneer in applying the Lean Six Sigma method to programs to reduce cost and increase quality. George's company helped the Department of Defense to be on track to cut spending by $100 Billion per year, according to Secretary Bob Gates. "If you apply this rigorous technique across each program and each agency, it amounts to about $1.5 trillion which will balance the budget with no new taxes" said George. "If the President wants to identify a specific strategy to get control of spending, I've got it for him on pages 5-13 of 'SOS: Our Economy is Sinking' free of charge on our website."

Strong America Now is a grass roots advocacy organization dedicated to enlisting citizens and explaining how financial spending can be reduced, the deficit eliminated and the budget balanced. Strong America Now believes they have the only proven method that will work across the aisle. The federal budget is not a Republican or Democrat issue, it is an American issue. Visit the website at www.strongamericanow.com

SOURCE Strong America Now