Castle Votes With Party and Against Fiscal Responsibility
Mike Castle has voted against fiscal responsibility today by voting no on restoring the Pay-Go Rules that would require lawmakers to find ways to pay for proposed spending increases in entitlement programs or for any tax cuts by offsetting them with higher taxes or reduced spending elsewhere in the budget. The Pay-Go Rules were in affect during the 1990’s and helped President Clinton balance the federal budget and produce a record surplus. Once Republicans captured the Presidency in 2000, the Pay-Go rules were abolished to allow for Bush’s tax cuts and record unchecked spending supported by the Republican Congress, including Mike Castle.
I think we should start a phone Castle campaign to ask him the hard questions:
Why did he vote against PAYGO?
Does he support the new GOP budget proposal to cut Social Security and Medicare?
Does he support the Republican abuse of the filibuster in the Senate and does he plan to participate in it if he is elected?
Also ask the questions from the Republican survey, like teaching creation in schools, outlawing contraception and whether Obama is a socialist and should be impeached.
Bloggers will have to ask those questions because the News Journal and Celia Cohen sure as hell won’t.
Maybe we will get some uncouth outside bloggers or reporters who don’t know the Delaware rules and will ask those very questions. I expect the Castle campaign to control access to the candidate very tightly. The battle over debate format should be interesting too.
Coons will also have to be on guard to avoid gaffes.
It is a tough call for the teabaggers – do you go do your screaming at the Castle rally, or the Coons rally?
UI is onto an important strategy. Ask him these questions – in public, where every answer is public.
Preferably get him on camera.
Predatory Lending is a major contributor to the economic turmoil we are currently experiencing.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
Scott Veerkamp / Predatory Lending (Franklin Township School Board Member.)
Please review this information from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley regarding deceptive lending practices:
“Steering payments were made to brokers who enticed unsuspecting homeowners into deceptive and expensive mortgages. These secret bonus payments, often called Yield Spread Premiums, turned home mortgages into a SCAM.”
The Center for Responsible Lending says YSP “steals equity from struggling families.”
1. Scott collected nearly $10,000 on two separate mortgages using YSP and junk fees. 2. This is an average of $5,000 per loan. 3. The median value of the properties was $135,000. 4. Clearly, this type of lending represents a major ripoff for consumers.
http://merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=A09C6A80-537A-4EB1-83C5-31925F046B6F