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Editorial: Van Tran for Congress
2010-10-22 15:35:17
With a federal deficit ballooning, spending out of control and the onerous Obama health care overhaul looming, perhaps the biggest impact voters in Orange County could make this election cycle would be to shake up the political majority in Washington. One way to do that, as we have recommended, is to elect Carly Fiorina to the U.S. Senate. Another would be for voters in the 47th Congressional District to elect Republican state Assemblyman Van Tran to replace Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
The agenda Ms. Sanchez supports in Washington, from our vantage point, has helped create uncertainty in the private sector and undermines progress on many of the biggest issues facing the country – private-sector job creation, bringing down the debt, restoring confidence to capital markets and repeal of the health care overhaul, dubbed Obamacare.
First elected to Congress in 1996, Ms. Sanchez has tried unsuccessfully to paint herself as a moderate, Blue Dog Democrat willing to break with her party on key issues. But, an analysis of her voting record tells a different story, one that backs the agenda of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership almost 100 percent of the time. She believes the role of government is to level the playing field and touts her work and the administration's work in saving government jobs, specifically, teachers' jobs. She told us "You can't cut spending enough to bring down the current debt." Just about the only time we did agree with her was her opposition to the Iraq war. She sees savings in reducing military operations.
Mr. Tran has made jobs and the economy the focal point of his campaign. He supports reducing restrictions on small business and furthering tax cuts. "As a state assemblyman I have worked to make it easier for small businesses to hire, gotten rid of regulations and fee structures. ... That is what I would do at the federal level," he told us. That's a start.
He opposes the stimulus package because he says it is full of pork and has burdened the economy. Mr. Tran says the 47th district is a perfect example of the failings of government stimulus spending because jobs promised the district have not materialized.
Mr. Tran similarly calls for the repeal of the new health care law because it will "burden small businesses with all of the mandates." He notes, though, that the health care system needs work, including access to care for patients with pre-existing conditions.
Mr. Tran does not have national political experience, but neither did Ms. Sanchez. From our freedom values perspective, Mr. Tran would be the better choice in this contest.
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Editorial: Van Tran for Congress
2010-10-22 15:35:17
With a federal deficit ballooning, spending out of control and the onerous Obama health care overhaul looming, perhaps the biggest impact voters in Orange County could make this election cycle would be to shake up the political majority in Washington. One way to do that, as we have recommended, is to elect Carly Fiorina to the U.S. Senate. Another would be for voters in the 47th Congressional District to elect Republican state Assemblyman Van Tran to replace Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
The agenda Ms. Sanchez supports in Washington, from our vantage point, has helped create uncertainty in the private sector and undermines progress on many of the biggest issues facing the country – private-sector job creation, bringing down the debt, restoring confidence to capital markets and repeal of the health care overhaul, dubbed Obamacare.
First elected to Congress in 1996, Ms. Sanchez has tried unsuccessfully to paint herself as a moderate, Blue Dog Democrat willing to break with her party on key issues. But, an analysis of her voting record tells a different story, one that backs the agenda of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership almost 100 percent of the time. She believes the role of government is to level the playing field and touts her work and the administration's work in saving government jobs, specifically, teachers' jobs. She told us "You can't cut spending enough to bring down the current debt." Just about the only time we did agree with her was her opposition to the Iraq war. She sees savings in reducing military operations.
Mr. Tran has made jobs and the economy the focal point of his campaign. He supports reducing restrictions on small business and furthering tax cuts. "As a state assemblyman I have worked to make it easier for small businesses to hire, gotten rid of regulations and fee structures. ... That is what I would do at the federal level," he told us. That's a start.
He opposes the stimulus package because he says it is full of pork and has burdened the economy. Mr. Tran says the 47th district is a perfect example of the failings of government stimulus spending because jobs promised the district have not materialized.
Mr. Tran similarly calls for the repeal of the new health care law because it will "burden small businesses with all of the mandates." He notes, though, that the health care system needs work, including access to care for patients with pre-existing conditions.
Mr. Tran does not have national political experience, but neither did Ms. Sanchez. From our freedom values perspective, Mr. Tran would be the better choice in this contest.
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