It is ironic that Democrats are ignoring the advice of their leader in the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination: ‘Words do matter”. Senator Chuck Schumer demonstrated this lack of understanding of the responsibility of leaders to think and consider the consequences before speaking. Senator Schumer likened President Bush to President Herbert Hoover who presided over the beginning of the Great Depression. Schumer forgets much about the present and about the past.

President Hoover signed a massive tax hike similar to the ones proposed by Obama and Clinton and supported by our current Representative which plunged the nation deeper and deeper into the Great Depression rather than ending it. We are currently in an up-to-now soft economy which could lead to a mild recession and President Bush has already pushed through an economic stimulus package, which in one of their few productive acts to date, this Congress passed. In all likelihood, the U.S. Economy will be rebounding by fall and I hope the American voters will remember which career politicians put their political self interest about the needs of we the people. It is time to hold them accountable across the country and here in the 5^th District for their words and inaction.

In the present, Senator Schumer either doesn’t care or is unaware that our economy is dependent on the confidence of us, the consumers, and by making such analogies, he is working hard to create a deep recession. Any political leaders who work to proclaim doom and gloom on any subject in the marketplace of ideas to manipulate the regular folks need to be held accountable at the ballot box come this fall.

As long as we keep hiring career politicians to represent us, we will keep getting the same results and nobody, particularly here in the 5^th District of Missouri, is happy with the status quo.

It is time to elect a voice from the people to Congress.