By Whitney Burdette, Charleston Daily Mail

Members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation didn’t mince words when responding to President Barack Obama’s budget plans.

The president released his proposed budget Monday, which totals nearly $4 trillion. While the president focused on funding things like transportation and improving the country’s infrastructure, it could mean doing away with across-the-board spending cuts implemented four years ago, as well as new taxes — an idea that didn’t sit well with West Virginia’s elected officials.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., took to Twitter to air his frustrations.

“Obama offers no solutions for the debt in #2016Budget — just taxes to pay for more spending programs,” he tweeted. “Americans deserve better.”

Also on Twitter, McKinley pointed out at this rate the U.S. deficit will reach $20 trillion in 2017.

“The #2016Budget sets us on path to pay $5.6 trillion in interest on that debt over next decade. (Average) $560 billion a year to creditors,” he tweeted.

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Republicans are expected to offer their own budget in the coming months, and the legislative and executive branches will work to establish one budget for fiscal year 2016.
 

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