Congressman Bill Pascrell, Brought To You By
Bayer Corp., Becton Dickinson & Co, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Boehringer Ingelheim Corp, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Genentech Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Hearing Industries Association, Hoffmann-La Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Company, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Corp., Novo Nordisk, Pfizer Inc., Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, Sanofi-Aventis US, and Wyeth.
That is the list of pharmaceutical companies which have contributed to Congressman Bill Pascrell’s campaign to be re-elected to New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District. At their last debate, his opponent, Roland Straten, read the list off. But by the time he got to Millennium Pharmeuticals, the timekeeper called time.
Pascrell failed to answer or address any of Straten’s main points. Instead, he reverted to the classical Democrat playbook – mocking his opponent, cavalierly dismissing arguments, calling him a liar, and violating the debate rules by engaging a member of the audience.
He had no answer to Straten’s position that the stimulus package was a failure and that we need to allow the free market to operate, to make the tax cuts permanent, and reduce regulation on small businesses. Pascrell claimed that he had made a proposal to extend the tax cuts for up to five years and had voted for small business tax breaks. He left out that these “special”tax breaks were so full of rules and regulations to make them almost worthless.
He had no answer to any of the statistics on national debt or unemployment that I presented. His anger showed when I listed the names of the Pharmaceutical corporations who had contributed to his campaign. After the debate his son verbally attacked me and Bill even made physically aggressive moves toward me only to be thwarted by the police officer standing next to me.
The debate clearly showed that the people have an extremely clear choice this election between a career politician who has done nothing but advance his own career and a businessman engineer who knows how to make things work and wants to make life better for the people of the district.
It just so happens that some of Pascrell’s corporate “sponsors” are among the 20 top employers in New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Company, and all stand to benefit from Obama’s Health Care program. Pascrell was among those loyal voters.
The other companies are all Big Corporations, too. Big Government and Big Corporations tend to make deals. Big Government gets the money, Big Corporations get exonerated from annoying legislation and excessive taxation. Guess they check off that box on their tax returns, asking if you want to donate to a presidential campaign.
Only six of the 20 employers mentioned are non-union. Maybe the pharmaceuticals make so much money their employees don’t need to worry about unionization. The retailers employee many part-time employees. However, there are many roads to corruption and Bill Pascrell and his master and mistress, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi promise the picture will improve. It hasn’t so far.
With downsizing in industries such as retailing, New Jersey’s unemployment rate reached a high of 10.1%, in Dec. 2009, making it higher than the national average for the first time since 2006. Healthcare, the only source of steady job growth, is expected to continue expanding; however, the high unemployment rate will decrease healthcare coverage and possibly slow recovery gains. Despite mounting foreclosures, the housing market has started to improve. Fast household formation and weak residential construction has helped lower the number of unsold houses, and prices have started stabilizing. However, the greatest job losses in New Jersey were construction (-13.6 percent) and manufacturing and transportation/utilities (-5.8 per cent each).
New Jersey’s unemployment rate was at 9.7% in July 2010 and at 10.1% in Dec. 2009, the highest it has been in the Garden State in 33 years.
Average Unemployment Rate 2002 – 2009
Ten percent unemployment is an outrageous number, considering how well our economy had been doing. With this election, our ship may come in. Remember to vote tomorrow. If you’re in N.J.’s 8th Congressional District, vote for Roland Straten. If you’re a resident in some other district, vote for the Conservative who will restore and preserve our American values, reduce the size of our government, and remember who the people are.
That is the list of pharmaceutical companies which have contributed to Congressman Bill Pascrell’s campaign to be re-elected to New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District. At their last debate, his opponent, Roland Straten, read the list off. But by the time he got to Millennium Pharmeuticals, the timekeeper called time.
Pascrell failed to answer or address any of Straten’s main points. Instead, he reverted to the classical Democrat playbook – mocking his opponent, cavalierly dismissing arguments, calling him a liar, and violating the debate rules by engaging a member of the audience.
He had no answer to Straten’s position that the stimulus package was a failure and that we need to allow the free market to operate, to make the tax cuts permanent, and reduce regulation on small businesses. Pascrell claimed that he had made a proposal to extend the tax cuts for up to five years and had voted for small business tax breaks. He left out that these “special”tax breaks were so full of rules and regulations to make them almost worthless.
He had no answer to any of the statistics on national debt or unemployment that I presented. His anger showed when I listed the names of the Pharmaceutical corporations who had contributed to his campaign. After the debate his son verbally attacked me and Bill even made physically aggressive moves toward me only to be thwarted by the police officer standing next to me.
The debate clearly showed that the people have an extremely clear choice this election between a career politician who has done nothing but advance his own career and a businessman engineer who knows how to make things work and wants to make life better for the people of the district.
It just so happens that some of Pascrell’s corporate “sponsors” are among the 20 top employers in New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Company, and all stand to benefit from Obama’s Health Care program. Pascrell was among those loyal voters.
The other companies are all Big Corporations, too. Big Government and Big Corporations tend to make deals. Big Government gets the money, Big Corporations get exonerated from annoying legislation and excessive taxation. Guess they check off that box on their tax returns, asking if you want to donate to a presidential campaign.
Only six of the 20 employers mentioned are non-union. Maybe the pharmaceuticals make so much money their employees don’t need to worry about unionization. The retailers employee many part-time employees. However, there are many roads to corruption and Bill Pascrell and his master and mistress, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi promise the picture will improve. It hasn’t so far.
With downsizing in industries such as retailing, New Jersey’s unemployment rate reached a high of 10.1%, in Dec. 2009, making it higher than the national average for the first time since 2006. Healthcare, the only source of steady job growth, is expected to continue expanding; however, the high unemployment rate will decrease healthcare coverage and possibly slow recovery gains. Despite mounting foreclosures, the housing market has started to improve. Fast household formation and weak residential construction has helped lower the number of unsold houses, and prices have started stabilizing. However, the greatest job losses in New Jersey were construction (-13.6 percent) and manufacturing and transportation/utilities (-5.8 per cent each).
New Jersey’s unemployment rate was at 9.7% in July 2010 and at 10.1% in Dec. 2009, the highest it has been in the Garden State in 33 years.
Average Unemployment Rate 2002 – 2009
Ten percent unemployment is an outrageous number, considering how well our economy had been doing. With this election, our ship may come in. Remember to vote tomorrow. If you’re in N.J.’s 8th Congressional District, vote for Roland Straten. If you’re a resident in some other district, vote for the Conservative who will restore and preserve our American values, reduce the size of our government, and remember who the people are.
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