Rick Torres, candidate in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional district, has highlighted what he believes to be the critical distinctions between him and his rivals in the race.Anyone who runs for office to better our country deserves respect, only certain policies warrant support.
Labels are too often misleading, which is why policies matter.
To illustrate, Torres points to a press release by rival Rob Merkle, who professes to be a fiscal conservative.
In the release, Merkle claims to be a ‘”small business owner who strives to reduce the size, reach and burden of the federal government.”
“His policies do anything but reduce the size of government,” Torres notes. “He is merely another big-government Republican.”
Torres points to just two of the many big government solutions Merkle advocates:
1. In a poor attempt to 'help' the economy, Merkle praises the SBA loan program. “The Small Business Administration is a government agency which actually takes taxpayer monies and decides who to loan it to. It is another form of corporate welfare,” Torres says.
2. Another of Merkle’s poor attempts to revive the economy is virtually identical to the 'jobs plan' of Barack Obama. It is to “mandate” banks to make loans to small businesses. Torres points out that banks are private enterprises.
“His policies do anything but reduce the size of government,” Torres notes. “He is merely another big-government Republican.”
Torres points to just two of the many big government solutions Merkle advocates:
1. In a poor attempt to 'help' the economy, Merkle praises the SBA loan program. “The Small Business Administration is a government agency which actually takes taxpayer monies and decides who to loan it to. It is another form of corporate welfare,” Torres says.
2. Another of Merkle’s poor attempts to revive the economy is virtually identical to the 'jobs plan' of Barack Obama. It is to “mandate” banks to make loans to small businesses. Torres points out that banks are private enterprises.
“Government mandating banks to give loans to property owners resulted in the near collapse of our economy. Yet Merkle wants the government to repeat this same mistake and hopes for a different outcome.”
“These policies led to the budget deficits, tax increases and unemployment we have today. We cannot spend our way out of a recession or tax our way to prosperity. Clearly, a conservative should know this,” Torres asserted.
“These policies led to the budget deficits, tax increases and unemployment we have today. We cannot spend our way out of a recession or tax our way to prosperity. Clearly, a conservative should know this,” Torres asserted.
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Rob Merkle, 2010 Elections, Fourth Congressional District, Jim Himes, Rick Torres
Torres conveniently extracts snippets of policy from Merkle's platform to make it seem like Merkle supports tax-payer funding of private enterprise. A full read of Merkle's platform demonstrates he is the ONLY fiscal conservative in the race.
ReplyDeleteAs exemplified in a recent email sent by Torres to ICaucus members that misrepresented authorship and had substantial falsehoods, (http://www.gopjournal.com/?p=863&cpage=1#comment-48) such that it has created concerns amongst many grassroots organizations and members.