Zelenik Reacts to State of the Union
Posted: 2010-01-27 by Lou Ann News
The President's focus on jobs is welcome, but his proposals are politcal theater.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Lou Ann Zelenik, Candidate for Congress in Tennessee's Sixth District reacted to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech with the following statement:
"I was pleased to hear the president's emphasis on jobs this evening. In meeting with so many families and business owners across the Sixth District, no issue carries more importance to Tennesseans than the lack of available jobs. Earlier this month, another 80 Tennessee families learned their source of income was closing in Smith County. Unfortunately career politicians are just now coming to the table to address this critical issue. While they are attempting to take over our health care, and impose job killing Cap and Trade legislation, there is real suffering out there that they rarely bother to see. While the politicians are late to the party on jobs, I am glad they have finally taken notice of the most critical issue in the Sixth District.
The president's proposals to freeze spending at 2010 levels might be a good headline but it will do little to create jobs in Tennessee. Just in the first 9 months, Congress has borrowed more than in the last 30 years. As I have campaigned across our district since October, I have called for the unspent portions of the stimulus bill to be repealed and redirected to targeted tax cuts that will allow businesses in Tennessee to spend that money hire more people and give our economy the real boost it needs to get back on track. We see now that spending the stimulus money on pork projects, be they turtle tunnels in Florida or our state legislators voting to use the money to renovate a laundromat in Tennessee, was a waste of taxpayer money and irresponsible. Tennesseans understand that pork is pork, whether you are in Washington or Nashville.
