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The McCarthy Record |
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Areas where McCarthy
says one thing and does the opposite. After Claiming to believe Marriage
should be only between one man and one woman He forced his fellow
Democrats to kill an amendment to the State Constitution to define it
that way. He doesn’t want Iowan’s to have a vote on the issue. Illegal Immigration He promised to do something about Illegal Immigration but he voted to kill laws to require employers to check the immigration status of employees, to keep illegal aliens from getting Iowa Drivers Licenses, to hold illegals without bail if they are arrested and to call the Feds, to make it serious crime to falsify documents, to train state law enforcement officers to work with Immigration officials and to make it illegal to fire US Citizens in order to hire illegals. Then, with only days to go in the legislative session, he rolled all those issues into a single bill and cynically passed it out of the Iowa House KNOWING it would never be brought up in the State Senate. GUNS He promised he would support
changing Iowa’s laws concerning concealed weapons to require County Sheriffs
to issue Carry Permits fairly and equitably to law abiding citizens. BUT,
He Led the Effort to kill the law change.
Sunshine Law and Campaigns He claims he wants a strong Sunshine Law requiring transparency in government. BUT, as Majority Leader he kept the bill from ever coming to a vote. He says he wants to make it illegal for lobbyists to contribute to campaigns BUT he says nothing about the Special Interest PACs who pay those lobbyists. All Smoke, No Substance. He even voted AGAINST requiring 527 groups, like those run by George Soros, to disclose the sources of their money when they contribute to Iowa PACs and parties. That way Soros can give money to his party and to PACs without disclosing who actually contributed the money and it can then passed on to his candidates with the public never knowing who is really funding his candidates.
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Things he did that he never said he would do. Whose interests are being protected here? Tobacco He is the Father of the Smoking Ban & the Tobacco Tax. That tax takes $500 a year out of the budgets of working families in which one person smokes a pack a day. He has also spent the money received on everything except smoking and health programs as he promised. He exempted Casinos from the ban so he could continue raking in revenue, but enforces it on small businesses and family farm corporations. Spending Under McCarthy & Gronstal they
increased spending more in two years than in the previous eight. He even
voted against restricting spending to 99% of revenues and voted to raid
trust funds in order to spend the money. He also raised sales taxes,
tobacco taxes and dozens of fees. He took away our right to vote on the Local Option Sales Tax for school infrastructure and made it a permanent State Sales and Use Tax and even voted NOT to require the money to go to schools. It will now go to the general fund and can be spent on anything. Promoted the Union Bosses Agenda He tried a sneak attack on local officials and taxpayers by sneaking in the AFSCME/ Teachers Union wish list in the dark of night with no notice to the public and minimum debate. He voted against every attempt to require accountability and protect taxpayers. Even Governor Culver couldn’t stomach this naked attempt to force the Union Bosses Agenda on Iowans. He also tried to gut Iowa’s Right to Work Law and force Iowan’s to join unions. Eminent Domain He steadfastly stood against the rights of property owners in the face of government and developers wanting to take their land to build lake resorts. Protecting Kids Private Schools With the Public Schools in his district having dropout rates around 40% he voted to put State Education Bureaucrats in charge of the Curriculum in Private Schools. Identity Theft McCarthy voted against punishing Public Employees who sell citizens private information and he also voted against requiring the State Government to notify individuals when it has learned that someone else is using their Social Security Numbers.
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So What’s Next on McCarthy’s Agenda That He’s Not Telling Us? Eliminating Iowa’s Right to Work Law? He already tried it last year. Giving Unions Control of State and Local Budgets? He already tried it this year. Banning Grocery Store Bags? New Greenie Priority. Expanding the bottle bill and increasing fees? Governor's Priority Expand the Smoking Ban? McCarthy already said he wants to do it. Attacks on Home Schooling? Teachers Union Priority Further Tax and Fee Increases? To fund the ever increasing budget. |
Most of what McCarthy did over
the last two years he never talked about in the last campaign, and what he
did promise he went back on. Why should we expect it to be different now? |
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Vote November 4, 2008 |
Copyright © 2008 Larry Disney for Iowa House |