Run Dave, Run!

Democrats have overwhelming, single-party control of elected government in Washington. They’re using their unprecedented level of power to reshape America in the form of socialism, and rolling up debt for our children and grandchildren that is $12 trillion and growing each second.

The road to putting adults in charge of the purse strings travels directly through the 17th Congressional District. State Senator Dave Argall is the only person who can defeat Tim Holden – a pawn of Nancy Pelosi – and help put America back on a path to economic and fiscal health. Run, Dave, Run!!

Top 10 Reasons Dave Argall Should Run for Congress

1. S.O.S. (SAVE OUR SEAT!)

Every 10 years, following the federal census, the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are re-allocated among the 50 states according to the population of each state. The larger a state’s population, the more seats it gets. The process is known is as “reapportionment.” Meanwhile, the boundary lines of each individual district are re-drawn; this process is known as “redistricting.”

Pennsylvania only a few decades ago had as many as 35 U.S. House seats. Today, we are down to 19. Because our population growth continues to be stagnant, we will lose another seat after the next reapportionment, which will happen in 2011, taking us down to 18.

As for the re-drawing of each district’ boundary lines (re-districting), this is a completely political process handled at the state level. In Pennsylvania, re-districting is controlled by a panel of political appointees selected by the majority party in the state House and Senate, respectively, and the Governor. Republicans control the state Senate and are expected to win the Governor’s race in 2010, giving them – at a minimum – decisive two-thirds control of the redistricting process. This is bad news for Schuylkill County; if our Congressman is a Democrat, i.e. Tim Holden, Schuylkill County will be split into pieces.

If, however, the 17^th District is held by a Republican, i.e. Dave Argall, the Republican-controlled redistricting panel will be gracious and leave Schuylkill County “whole.”

Thus, it’s crucial for Schuylkill County that Tim Holden honor his support of term limits and pass the torch to Dave Argall. Run, Dave, Run!  

2. NATIONAL DEBT: $110 TRILLION

Our national debt stands at a staggering $12 TRILLION. Why? After promising to bring “change” to Washington’s spending habits, President Obama ran up the largest deficit in history—four times bigger than George W. Bush’s largest!  With an overpowering, partisan majority led by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Tim Holden, there is nothing to stop free-spending career politicians from mortgaging away our children’s future.

Here is the full, sobering reality: if you factor in to our national debt the unfunded liabilities in the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, our national debt is actually over $100 TRILLION. That’s $333,000 worth of debt repayment for every man, woman in child in America.  

How much to blame is our supposedly “Blue Dog” (independent Democrat) Congressman Tim Holden? Consider:

Holden voted against the Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.

Holden also voted against the Deficit Reduction Act.

Holden’s rating from Citizens Against Government Waste? Answer: 20% (F)

3. TAXED TO DEATH

Some worry that Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Holden will turn America into a socialist nation. The truth, sadly, is that we are already a socialized country. Consider: 40 percent of Americans pay ZERO federal income tax. That’s leaves hardworking Americans to pick up the rest of the load by paying, on average, one-third of their income to the federal government.

Tim Holden has voted for the largest tax increases in history enacted since he entered Congress in 1992. Holden even voted for the Clinton tax hike, which raise the tax on elderly Americans’ Social Security checks by a staggering 70 percent.

Holden’s rating from the National Taxpayers’ Union? Answer: 18% (F)

 

4. BARACK OBAMA

Barack Hussein Obama, for whom Tim Holden proudly voted, is the most liberal president in history.  His ability to achieve his radical agenda for America hinges upon the political chemistry of the Congress. Right now, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Tim Holden are giving Barack Holden virtually a blank check to do as he wishes. And doing it he is. 

5. NANCY PELOSI

Nancy Pelosi is the most liberal Speaker of the House in history. She represents San Francisco (need we say more?). She forms a triumvirate with Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada that collectively represents the most liberal ruling majority in American history. Though Tim Holden has long masqueraded as a “Blue Dog” (independent Democrat), he has voted with Pelosi more than 90 percent of the time. Consider:

Holden and Pelosi voted for “catch and release” of illegal aliens. Not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times. 

Holden and Pelosi voted to give welfare to illegal aliens.

Holden and Pelosi voted to use federal tax dollars for research that requires the destruction of human embryos.  

Tim Holden voted for Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House, and will continue to do so, ensuring a radical economic and social agenda for America.

6. “STIMULUS” AKA PORKULUS: 819 BILLION

Roughly 10 months after the passage of President Obama’s so-called “economic stimulus bill,”  the national unemployment rate (10 percent) is even higher than President Obama predicted it would be had the Congress NOT passed his bill. The Administration’s much touted recovery.gov website (which cost $18 million to create) recently reported alleged “jobs” in congressional districts that don’t exist, and the website was even listing “stimulus success stories” from congressional districts in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands – two U.S. territories that don’t have any congressional districts at all! Our faithful Blue Dog (independent Democrat) Congressman Tim Holden partnered yet again with liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in voting for this near-trillion dollar boondoggle.

7. MORTGAGE CORPORATION BAILOUT: $300 BILLION

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were giant, private mortgage firms, with stockholders who garnered billions in profits over the years. Over the last two congressional cycles, Fannie and Freddie contributed a combined $1.85 million to candidates for federal office (source: Center for Responsive Politics). On July 23, 2008, the corporate lobbyists for Fannie and Freddie got their payback – BIG TIME – to the tune of a $300 BILLION bailout from the taxpayers. The vote was partisan, falling nearly along party lines. Our supposed “Blue Dog” (independent Democrat) Congressman, Tim Holden, voted with Nancy Pelosi for this monstrous corporate bailout.

8. TAXPAYER FUNDED VACATIONS

Tim Holden loves junkets, which are taxpayer-funded trips overseas. Taxpayers have even paid for Holden’s wife to tag along.  In the last two years, the taxpayers have sent Holden to: Belgium, France, Spain, Greece, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Belgium, Austria, Italy, and Germany.

The news media chastised Holden, noting: “It is difficult to tell precisely what lawmakers spend their time doing overseas and how much the trips cost taxpayers. House rules only require members to disclose what countries they visited and the cost for food and lodging.”

9. AUTO CORPORATION BAILOUT: $14 BILLION

Due to years of corporate mismanagement, Detroit’s “Big Three” – GM, Ford, and Chrysler – hit the rocks. Not to worry: Uncle Sam (Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid) were more than happy to reach their hands into the taxpayers’ pockets and grab $14 billion for Big Auto. 

 The Big Auto corporate bailout served to protect Big Labor by preventing needed restructuring of a $73 per hour average wage, massive pension obligations, and “job banks,” a clever term for paying employees not to work.

 Once again, our supposed Blue Dog (independent Democrat) Congressman, Tim Holden, voted with Nancy Pelosi for this corporate bailout.

10. TERM LIMITS HYPOCRISY

Congressman Tim Holden voted for term limits legislation that would limit the number of terms a U.S. Representative can serve to three.  But apparently, Holden lives by the “do as I say, not as I do” philosophy; he is now seeking his tenth term.

Coming tomorrow: Reason #1 . . . .