It is no secret that the size and scope of the Federal Government has grown tremendously under the watchful eye of President Obama. Whether it is the governmental seizure of the healthcare industry, the Administration’s recent attempts to censor the Internet or the fact that Barack Obama hands out “Czar” positions like candy to trick-or-treaters, never before have we seen such blatant ‘power grabs’ by our nation’s Chief Executive.

There is one thing that the Obama Administration has not managed to grow, however, and that is the American economy. Since graciously allowing the American taxpayer to foot the bill for his miserably failed $787 billion stimulus program, Barack Obama has continued to max out America’s credit cards. In fact, by the end of his first term in the White House, President Obama will have accumulated more debt than each of the previous 43 presidents – combined.

As any successful businessperson will tell you, growth in the private sector comes in spite of the government, not because of it. Burdensome overregulation, reckless taxation and public sector favoritism have become big government staples of the Obama Administration, and have left the American economic engine sputtering. Quite frankly, the Obama economy has had a more adverse effect on the health of America’s financial system than anything else since the Great Depression.

The fact of the matter is that we are at a critical crossroads in our nation. When voters take to the polls in November, they will be presented with two very different options: four more years of a growing government, a shrinking private sector and an inexplicable disdain for successful Americans, or a return to the economic principles that made our country great – free and open markets, an empowered private sector, the right-to-work and the will to succeed.

The Republican Party is ready to get our country back on track; I hope you will join us in making America great again.