SANDY’S LIGHTHOUSE EDITION | by
Sandy Gresak
April 13, 2013
Well, we have had the time to absorb the election
results. If you have time please go to our Facebook page DuPage Dems and make a congratulatory or appreciative comment to our winners and to our candidates to fought hard even if they didn't prevail.
What I think is phenomenal about all of us is, we have the capacity to
accept. We accept winning without gloating; We can lose with exceptional
grace and, most importantly, we can forge forward to prepare for the next
election.
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help makes a difference. Nothing is to small!!!
Speaking of help, The Dupage
Democrats have a friend, Paul Sjordal, who allows me to use information from his Newsletter. If at any
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I read this piece posted in
Paul’s April 10, 2013 newsletter, I knew I had to include it.
My High Opinion of My
Congressman Bill Foster Confirmed Monday
by Paul E.
Sjordal
Along with
representatives from DuPage Jobs with Justice, the American Nurses Association
and labor unions, I met with him Monday morning to make a case for the Wall
Street Transactional Tax. When Rep. JanSchakowsky strongly praised his qualities
at the event where he became the sole candidate endorsed by suburban Dems and
two other candidates bowed out, she said his three years in congress were so
valuable because he brought knowledge and skills that other representatives
didn't bring to the party. When we asked him to support the tax, he told us that
when he started he was 100% to the left and fully in favor of it. But as he
researched and learned more, he decided that it was not an effective way to
lessen the inequality between the wealthy and the average American because the
traders would just take their trading business off shore and that would hurt a
lot of people counting on 401Ks as would slowing the pace of transactions. He
gave many details to back up his position when others tried to change his mind.
Of course, he created and ran a very successful theater lighting business that
operates out of the US so he is very aware of how proposed legislation can
affect business and our economy. When I brought up that FDR had stopped the 15
year boom and bust cycle that existed up until the mid thirties because
Roosevelt said we have to take in income during the booms so that during the
busts there is money to sustain those who need help and it held until 2007-2008,
he corrected me and rightly pointed out that it held until
2002.
Bill said we need 'single
payer' at the state level to start to correct our money-driven health care
system. He said he probably lost his seat because he voted
for Obamacare and that Obamacare is not nearly
going far enough to ease all the suffering. Because our current Congress is so
broken and so full of owned political hacks, legislators of the quality of Bill
are few and far between and those close to his quality have left because
'they're mad as hell and couldn't take it any more'. Bill is a scientist who
knows the full value and importance of research and finding the facts needed to
actually solve problems and not create more because of unintended consequences,
the dirty Fat Cats inserting another hidden win or ideology reining supreme.
Below is an *example of someone who actually became a US congressman and had
absolutely no skills to fill this important job. Just read his simplistic ideas
for saving Illinois. Be careful because you might have to run to the bathroom.
Bill told us about an experience he had waiting in a supermarket checkout line
that convinced him he had to get back in Congress. The mother had all primary
food for her family and yet had to decide to give back a third of her cart. Bill
felt her pain and reducing inequality is a primary motivation in this go round
as our representative. Until we can get money out of elections, we must do all
we can to get more 'Bill Fosters' elected and prevent any more Joe Walshes.
To read the *example referenced in the
article.
(Red) Walsh: How To Save Illinois in Eight Simple Steps
By Joe Walsh
I believe if you feel the
people you elected into office have done what you expected of them, pull out
that paper and write down your thoughts. We want our officials, not to just
LISTEN to us, but HEAR us as well. If
they do, I am sure they would appreciate acknowledgement of it. We point out so
often when they do not hear us. When they do, I believe they would appreciate
receiving accolades from their constituents. So hats off to Congressman
Bill Foster of the 11th District of Illinois.
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