In the years following the recession of 2007, families across our country have had to tighten up their budgets to make ends meet. And while today’s economic forecast may be brighter for some, many hardworking taxpayers continue to deal with the challenging reality that jobs and opportunity are not returning.

The sad irony of the past 10 years is that while American families have been forced to cut back on expenses to pay their bills, the federal government has grown at an alarming rate, with seemingly no end in sight. In the past seven years alone, under President Obama’s leadership, our national debt has doubled to nearly $20 trillion.