In a district that is made up of blue collar workers, farmers and seniors, Bill Shuster has got to be the most unpalatable of Congressmen. Bill Shuster is out of touch with this district’s values and he has amassed a collection of Zeros from interest groups that support the welfare and interests of the people who live here.
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Here in the PA-09th, we value our veterans and Bill Shuster has received a Zero grade from the Disabled Americans Veterans 4 out of the past 5 years (He received no rating in 2002). He also voted to deny members of the National Guard and Reservists bonuses and access to Military Healthcare. As a member of the Armed Services Committee Bill Shuster refused time and time again to ask the tough questions about Iraq, voting with the Administration 87% of the time.
In a place where most people consider themselves blue collar and middle class, Bill Shuster voted against middle class issues not once or twice but 7 times according to the Drum Major Institute.
There are lots of seniors living in this area and Bill Shuster has ignored their fears about the privatization of Social Security, he still favors it and The Alliance of Retired Americans gave him yet another Zero for his dismal voting record.
Bill Shuster has shafted farmers by voting to give the oil companies Government subsidies, farmers live and die by fuel prices but the big oil interests paid nearly $40,000 and I guess that’s more important than farmers anyway.
When it comes to ethics, I guess our Congressman is known by the company he keeps, not only did Bill Shuster vote with Tom Delay 97% of the time but he took $15,000 from Delay’s crooked ARMPAC, an organization that was fined out of existence by the FEC. Bill also took money from the Abrahamoff linked Ohio Congressman, Bob Ney and then voted to loosen ethics restrictions. No surprise there, right?
All of this might be tolerable to a Congressman that was bringing home the bacon to his district but Pennsylvania lags behind all other states in Bridge and Road money to the tune of $150 million dollars and guess who is on the Transportation committee, yup, Bill Shuster.
Of course, when invited to stand up and defend his positions, Bill Shuster called the very suggestion of debate a cheap stunt on a morning radio talk show
If all this information is leaving a bad taste in your mouth, it’s because Bill Shuster is sautéed in wrong sauce. When I first heard that Tony Barr was running against Bill Shuster, I thought `Good, finally we have a choice” but the truth is; there is no choice, Bill Shuster’s got to go.
Learn more about Tony Barr at
www.tonybarr2006.com