Trillion Dollar Congress

What is in the trillion-dollar stimulus package that Congress will soon pass without any assistance from the Republican Party?

$2 billion for child-care subsidies

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

$400 million for global-warming research

$150 million for the Smithsonian

And much much more.

How is this job creation? What the American People want and need are lower Federal Taxes. Lower taxes means more money in the average citizens pocket, which they will use to directly improve the economy. Help to repair roads and bridges that are needed to move goods across the country, will improve the economy. We want our government to help its citizens but not to mortgage the future of the nation for things that our grandchildren will be paying for.

Congress is creating a larger government that will try controlling everything under the sun. If Congress could they would tax the sun.

A Square Deal

The Lake County Young Republicans stated during their last meeting.

“…that our party needs to stand proudly on our three principles of personal accountability, good transparent government, and fiscal responsibility.”

They may want to consider one more principle and give the Republican Party one more leg to stand on. President Theodore Roosevelt wanted everyone to be treated according to their own abilities, a square deal for all and no special favors for any group.

“Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense… We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.”

I believe the “square deal” fits in nicely with the principle of personal accountability, but takes it to a higher level. No person, group or organization should receive any special consideration over anyone else, nor should anyone be discriminated against. The Republican Party has always believed in the “square deal”, they have however allowed others to steal and corrupt the idea of a square deal for all. It is the Republican Party that stands for the rights of the common citizen and the Grand Old Party needs to remember that and get the message out for everyone to hear. No one should “pay to play” in Lake County, Illinois or anywhere in the United States.

Impeachment of the Governor

The Lake County Young Republicans held their event tonight at Austins Steak House with music, good food, conversation and laughter.

The main event was hearing from State Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr., Rep. Suzie Bassi, Rep. Sandy Cole, State Sen. Dan Duffy and Sen. Matt Murphy talk about the impeachment of the Governor.

The State Reps. explained the reasons for the House to impeach the Governor. Sullivan and Bassi both explained in no uncertain terms that his misconduct was known to anyone that cared to look since the start of his first term in office. Sullivan went on to tell us that the Democrats rallied around Rod and supported him for his reelection knowing this. It was their support and the large amounts of money he spent, that got him elected again. The Republican Party had a sub par candidate and little money. What was worse, the once loyal Republican voters stayed home on Election Day. The Republican Party did not due good service to the citizens of Illinois that year.

State Senators Duffy and Murphy could not talk about the details of the impeachment since they have become members of the jury. Sen. Murphy did say that the Governor has complained about the rules of impeachment. The State Senate took the same rules that Congress used for President Clinton and Clinton was found not guilty. The trial will start this Monday and they guessed it might take 10 days to finish. If the Governor does not participate it could take less time.

They took questions from the audience and a student from Mundelien High School asked why the State Legislature did not hold an election for the U.S. Senate seat. Bassi and Sullivan explained that Speaker Madigan prevented a vote because he was afraid that Congressman Mark Kirk would win the election. Other questions were mostly about how our state due to this Governor and aided by the Democratic controlled Legislature is unable to pay its bills. The Democratic Party will have to explain the corruption and the over spending in state government to the people in 2010.

It was fantastic to see a room filled with young people that wanted to do something about the corruption in the state that is driving out business and jobs from the state. The Young Republicans of Lake County are off to a great start.

A Bully meeting

T.R. and many other Republican minded people attended the Lake County Republican Central Committee Meeting Monday night. Unlike in the past after an election where Republicans lost seats, this meeting did not have the yelling and finger pointing on who was to blame for the lost. This meeting did not look back but instead looked forward to what can be done to keep this county the place that we can all be proud of to call home. The Central Committee pledged to find the best candidates that connect with the voters and to make sure everyone from candidate to precinct worker, works hard to make it happen. The voters of Cook County have gotten used to corruption in government, we do not want the voters of Lake County tolerant of bad government. Monday nights meeting was BULLY.

Remember to attend the Young Republican meeting at Austins Steak House in Libertyville Thursday night at 7 PM. They will have Sen. Dan Duffy, Rep. Ed Sullivan Jr., Sen. Matt Murphy, and Rep. Sandy Cole explain the impeachment of the Governor.

Throw more money!

It seems Congresswoman Melissa Bean might be a reader of this Blog site! In her latest press release it seems she has found out that the economy of the 8th District is in trouble. In a vague form she has advocated for several measures that "target middle-class families, small businesses, and long term infrastructure improvement, while also working to restore the fiscal health of our government once the crisis has passed."

I guess that is Dem talk for "throw more money at the problem". A TRILLION dollar Federal budget shortfall does not seem to bother the Democratic controlled Congress. We won't even mention the National debt (too depressing). Can we at least track where we throw all this money?

Somehow when I heard change is coming to Washington, I thought it meant more than changing over to the old liberal idea of larger government throwing around larger amounts of our tax money.

Senator Roland Burris??

The United States Senate will soon have another member, Roland Burris. Now that Illinois Secretary of State Jessie White has sent a letter with his signature that states the papers from the Governor appointing Roland Burris are from the Governor of Illinois. I guess that is Jessie White’s way of getting around certifying the papers from the Governor appointing Roland Burris. Even our current U. S. Senator Dick Durbin has trouble keeping this all straight, since his statements keep changing day to day. This confusion and national embarrassment is courtesy of the Democratic Party of Illinois.

I think there might be a new breeze in the air, one that I hope blows away the corruption, double talk and pay to play politics from the Land of Lincoln.

Where is Bean?

National and local leaders from both parties have come out against the corruption in Illinois government. I have not read or heard anything from Congresswoman Melissa Bean, maybe she is unaware of what is happening? Does she have an opinion on the appointment of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate?

The national economy is in trouble, what is Bean doing? Her press releases do not mention the economy or the unemployment, maybe she is unaware of what is happening?

Must we wait until she is up for reelection before Congresswoman Bean takes some action on what the people of the 8th District are concerned about?

Kirk in 2010

Roland Burris looks like he will be the next Senator from the State of Illinois. The Democratic Party's firm NO to any appointment from the Governor has shown too many cracks, from the first day the appointment was made. However now that the Senate confirmation is close, the Dems are already looking at 2010. Rumors have it that Burris should only be a place holder for a better Dem. It seems the Dems are afraid of Republican Congressman Mark Kirk being the candidate to beat in 2010. That may have been one of the reasons the Democratically controlled State Legislature failed to set a date for a special election.

Mark Kirk could be a good person to be at the top of ILL. GOP ticket for 2010. The Republicans now need to get other good candidates for the right type of change this state needs.

Fix Cook County First

New York activist Al Sharpton is coming to Lake County with his National Action Network. The reason given for coming to Lake County is the number of shootings of Blacks in Waukegan and North Chicago by police.

This is just one more example of the Democratic Party wanting to change Lake County from mostly Republican to Democratic control. Maybe they don't like that the Lake County County Board has been running a balanced budget, without any scandal. That just makes their neighbor to the south look bad. The population of Cook County is dropping, while Lake and other counties are still on the upswing. That just weakens the power base of Cook County, not a good thing for the Democrats. So instead of fixing their own house, it makes more sense to just take over your neighbor's house.

If the Democratic Party of IL. is such a great thing to belong to, why are they trying to get rid of the Governor they helped to elect and why would the Lake County Sheriff switch to the Republican Party? Maybe Al Sharpton should work on Cook County before coming to a county that does work for the people.