BY SARAH ROSS
CLACKAMAS-Shortly following Thursday’s North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce “Eggs ‘n Issues” event, Republican Scott Bruun sent a release criticizing rival candidate Congressman Kurt Schrader, D- Oregon City, on his defense of what Bruun’s campaign called “failed Democrat policies.”
During the event, Schrader commented that the federal stimulus legislation he helped to pass has been successful.
“We’re no longer losing 700,000 jobs a month. Private payroll is up, even in Oregon,” said Schrader to the crowd. “We’re slowly but surely starting to see a recovery.”
Bruun’s campaign was not so positive on the effects of the federal stimulus program.
“If Kurt Schrader is proud of what he’s done during his time in the House, he needs to stop making up statistics and explain to Oregonians why their children will be stuck with the debt Schrader is handing them, with jobs nowhere in sight,” said Alee Lockman, spokesperson for the Bruun campaign.
During his talk to the Chamber, Schrader insisted that with the legislation, the country was able to avert the “second Great Depression.” However, he also said the country has a long way to go, calling the current state of the economy a “jobless recovery.”
Congressman Schrader seems to only want to communicate with those in his party, those who agree with his politics. I sent a letter to Congressman Schrader about my concerns with the ObamaCare and how I felt it would be a good idea to allow insurance companies across state lines to encourage competition and perhaps lower health care premiums. His non-response was about what a good job he is doing and how he voted for ObamaCare not saying whether he actually read and understood the bill before he voted.
I hope I am open minded enough to entertain opinions of others before I decide how to vote, but I wasn’t even given that opportunity.
Its time for Scott Bruun to take over. At the very least he shares my health-care concerns. I am going door-to-door to share my thoughts with others. Maybe it’s time for we “silent majority” to speak up and speak out so that we can regain our respect for the leaders of our country and make changes that make our state and our nation a government of the people, by the people and for the people again and not a government who “knows” what’s good for us.