Challenger wrong in Roskam attacks
A recent Jill Morganthaler interview shows that she desperately needs a reality check when she accused Peter Roskam of being part of the evil cabal that led to this economic disaster.
Jill, it was your Democratic Party that resisted any efforts to reform the economic system that has collapsed of late. Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and other Democrats would not allow Congress to provide better oversight for all those markets that completely broke down recently!
Republicans are on the record several times expressing a grave concern over the lack of accountability at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Furthermore, Jill, all of this started with Jimmy Carter's Community Redevelopment Act which gave so many people mortgages with few, if any, qualifications or financial capacity to paying them back. And, it was your Democrat Party that forced banks to do this very risky type of lending! It is historical fact and undeniable!
Now Jill wants to go to Congress and says she will fix this mess? How can she? She's part of the Illinois Democrat Party that has trashed the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago. We have an economic disaster in our state.
Businesses are leaving the state in droves due to out of control rising tax rates on businesses! Fathers and husbands are passing political offices down to family members like they're an inheritance. Cook County sales taxes are the highest in the nation!
Chicago is, well, take your pick! And spare me the whining about being "independent!" We know Jill was recruited by the national Democratic Party. Is she really going to be independent?
In addition, Jill doesn't even live in the 6th District and yet she wants to represent us? C'mon Jill, time to get a grip!
Tom Manion
Mount Prospect