Newsletter Sept. 1, 2009

 

Thank you for requesting a newsletter that will keep you informed on the issues that concern you, the citizens of the Great State of Nevada, and of the United States of America.

 

The first article is written by Terry Suominen, the Republican candidate for the US Senate seat in 2010.  His message will give you insight to the issues that face our state and our country and will provide us with sensible solutions for them. 

 

Greetings to my family, friends and fellow citizens of the Great State of Nevada and across this great land of ours, the United States of America.

 

During the past few years, I like many of you spent a lot of time complaining about the way our government was governing our country.  Our elected officials have a history of rejecting good, solid ideas, ideas that we believed would have been beneficial to the country.  Wouldn’t you agree that we were content complaining continually instead of rising up, taking a stand and responding to the issues that concerned us? 

 

I would discuss current events with my family and friends while relaxing after dinner.  We would discuss the critical issues facing our state and country, and the legislation our elected officials wrote and voted on that addressed these issues.  Many times we became infuriated.  What infuriated us the most was the rapid increase of our national debt. 

 

The amount of debt this administration has spent in the last nine months is greater than the national debt incurred by all the Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush.  Can this debt be justified?  No, not when it’s pork-barrel spending on insignificant projects.  One such project was the John Murtha Airport.  The taxpayers footed the bill of $150 million to build and upgrade this airport.  An airport that services three flights a day!  I ask you, could this money have been better spent?  I believe so! 

 

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In addition, our government has voted to spend trillions of US taxpayer dollars on TARP, and the Stimulus Bill. We do not know where  that money is going, what it is paying for, who is benefiting from it or how it is supposed to help our economy. Our elected officials voted to bail out major banking institutions that were ‘too big to fail,’ major players in the insurance industries that were ‘too big too fail,’ and voted to bail out some in the auto industry, companies that employed too many people. We couldn’t let them fail, that would be injurious to the economy. Enough is enough. 

 

When you or I run a company into the ground due to our ineptness complied with poor business practices, we don’t expect our government to bail us out.  We would take full responsibility.  It is our business and we ultimately determine whether or not we succeed.  If we take huge salaries with bonuses and do not reinvest in the company while making poor financial decisions, we ultimately end up paying the consequences, which is bankruptcy. 

 

It is not the government’s business to spend our hard-earned taxpayer money to bail out companies that should have filed for bankruptcy.  Only to learn later the CEO’s received six figure bonuses while their businesses were in financial ruin.  Those companies should’ve worked out their problems in bankruptcy court.  The government should not have gotten involved.  Billions of taxpayer dollars were wasted to save these companies from bankruptcy as demanded by the President.  They went bankrupt anyway. 

 

Our national debt in 1970 was $364 billion.  Today with future payments we have a national debt of nearly $70 trillion.  We pay $450 billion on the interest payments alone; not one red cent goes toward the reduction of our debt.  No country can survive the tremendous debt-load we now carry. 

 

Once in Washington, our objective will be to reduce the debt each year by $500 billion.  We will be more diligent to locate and cut waste.  As Ronald Reagan would say, "Government is the problem."  Truer words were never spoken.  We need accountability from our elected officials. 

 

Some examples of the waste running rampant in Washington which are included in the Stimulus Bill are as follows. Our taxpayer money will be funding an Asian medical facility that will teach prostitutes how to hydrate themselves ‘while on the job.’ Cost to the taxpayers, $2.4 million. At least $1 million will be spent on learning the mating habits of the Red Snapper in Florida. 

 

We have spent $4.8 million on peanuts, $90 million in subsidies on the wine industry, $15 million on brown tree snakes, and a whooping $76 million on shrimp farming.  Finally, each member of Congress receives $1.4 million annually to spend on communications with their constituents.  I believe these are excessive and should be severely reduced. 

 

My message to Congress regarding the above examples would be, “Write a check from your own check book if you think it’s such a good idea to spend millions on wasteful projects.” The American citizens are tired of footing these wasteful bills with their hard earned money. Plain and simply put, it is easy, read my lips, “STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY!”

 

The citizens of Nevada and those across the country have spoken loud and clear, stating that they want their country back!  They want Congress to vote ‘the will of the people,’ not their own personal agendas.  It is time for ordinary individuals with common sense to lead the fight to stop the insanity in our government.  Run for office and take back our country! 

 

Once we have representatives in Congress who will vote the conscience of the people, we can reduce the waste that is attached to every bill presented.  We cannot burden our children with this enormous deficit when they enter the work force.  These are American issues that need to be addressed. 

To reduce the national debt, we need a Balanced Budget Amendment. We must stop spending what we don’t have; we must stop spending away our children’s future. In 1997, a Balanced Budget Amendment was presented for a vote. This bill failed because our very own Senator, Harry Reid, along with all of the other Democrats voted against it. Apparently they believe a balanced budget would impact our country in a negative way. 

 

Personally I don’t get it.  What is wrong with not spending what you do not have?  We are selling National Treasury notes to China and Japan to finance our spending.  This cannot be profitable to the USA for a foreign power to hold 30% to 40% of our debt.  We will present the amendment once again and this time we will pass it with a Republican majority in Congress.

 

I leave you with this.  We must stay focused on the issues that are important to us in the Great State of Nevada and those issues facing our country.  Do not sit back idly thinking we have achieved our goals.  Stay vigilant, keep informed and vote for the representative that will be your voice in Congress.  Let your voice be heard; do not allow it to be stifled.  Stay the course. 

 

Thank you for standing with me and thank you for your financial support.  If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at: info@TerrySuominenforUSSenate.com  

 

WE NEED YOUR VOTE!  God bless you and God bless the United States of America! 

 

Respectfully Yours,  

Terry Suominen 

The next Senator of the Great State of Nevada