Washington, DC – Congressman Todd Akin, (R-Mo) has voiced his opposition to nearly a trillion additional dollars in government spending being proposed by the Obama Administration and the Democrat majority in their economic stimulus plan.

"This bill places an additional $800 Billion on top of historic levels of debt, and without the realistic promise of actual job creation," said Congressman Todd Akin. "As a fiscal conservative I opposed the $700 Billion bailout of Wall Street that was proposed during the Bush Administration, so I can assure you my opposition is not motivated by partisanship."

"If government spending was the answer to our problems, we would have a booming economy," said Akin. "With our current levels of spending I am concerned that we may end up crashing our economy in the long term, and creating levels of debt that we may find impossible to afford."

"If this bill is passed on top of the $700 Billion in bailout funds that was authorized just months ago, we are in uncharted waters of deficit spending," stated Akin. "As a nation we have never been here before, and never before in history, have so many, owed so much, because of so few.