Don't need spoiled teens in Congress

Instead of making some tough and responsible choices in the face our country's recent financial meltdown, Congress acted like a spoiled teenager with a credit card who, when the bill came due, ran crying to mommy and daddy. When mom and dad (the American taxpayers) firmly said they would not pay the bill, a full scale tantrum ensued, and the 'entitled' teenager won out.

Now the irresponsible teenager wants to be trusted with more of mom and dad's money? That's exactly what 6th Congressional candidate Jill Morgenthaler wants: to give the government more control over everything. She would have gone along with the massive taxpayer bailout of Wall Street and fits right in with the Democrats in Congress who have compiled a budget for 2009 that will raise taxes by more than $3,000 per household annually - a blank check for funding Congress' wasteful spending. In fact, she thinks the 'government' is so smart that when the Chicago area flooded recently, she wrote on her Web site that while she stood in her Des Plaines living room watching the floodwaters rise, she wished the government would have called her cell phone to tell her what to do.

It comforts me greatly to know that at least our 6th district in Illinois is represented by a 'grown up' who doesn't cave in to peer pressure. Our Congressman, Peter Roskam, stood up and voted 'no' to the recent pork-laden bailout of Wall Street, because that is what we wanted him to do. He knew they could have spent a little more time crafting a much better solution, and he wasn't willing to sell us short. He was named Illinois' most fiscally responsible Member of Congress because he listens to his constituents and remains vigilant in his decisions. He is highly respected and well liked for a reason.

Mary Plunkett

Wheaton