Hultgren sides with constituents

This time of year my mailbox overflows with messages designed to mislead and inflame voters. A case in point the flyer by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee claiming Randy Hultgren wants to raise taxes on everyone. Talk about a con job.

I did my own research. Hultgren was baited with a false dilemma between the present 67,000 page IRS tax code and a flat tax. He honestly answered that the present system needs fixing.

This statement was used by the DCCC to link him to a website where they twisted the facts. Nowhere is there any link to Hultgren.

The flyer also shows a huge sign proclaiming: “Welcome to Springfield Home of Bad Ideas.” This is comical when you consider that the Illinois House and Senate are dominated by 105 Democrats to only 70 Republicans. Where, might I ask, does the DCCC think the bad ideas are originating from?

More bad ideas came out of Washington than Springfield. Included was a wasteful “stimulus” which stimulated no new jobs, a 2,500-page health care bill which raised our health care costs and an unfinished carbon cap-and-trade bill which will raise our energy costs. All enthusiastically supported by Pelosi's minion Bill Foster, without regard for his local constituency, while the economy tanked.

I waited for my chance at a town hall to question the misguided legislative agenda. No open town hall meetings were ever held, only a single sided phone conference.

Hultgren's flyer tells me what he will do for us, the voters of the 14th Congressional District job creation, end wasteful government spending, real health care reform and comprehensive tax reform. Isn't it time we tossed out the ones who represent their political party and elected the ones who will represent their constituency? I sincerely hope so.

Robert Brennan

St. Charles