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I decided to get involved in politics over 12 years ago, when, like
many people, I was overwhelmed by the continuing increases in taxes,
red tape, and governmental waste. I strongly believe that the
government should be there to SERVE the citizens. Over the past 10
years I have strongly and very outspokenly advocated that all
governmental entities from the local level to the national level
must strive to be good stewards of the citizens they represent.
I believe that it is “COMMON SENSE LEADERSHIP” that will reshape
this great nation and return America to the people. Looking
back over history, some of the greatest Presidents, like George
Washington and Ronald Reagan formed and reshaped America using
common sense. It doesn’t take a lawyer or a doctor to
recognize what needs to be done, and what should be done.
I believe that it takes a citizen that has been through the red
tape, dealt with the government waste, experienced working through
the hard times, made payrolls, managed businesses, and has been in
the trenches with the rest of America. I watch my employees
struggle because there is little work, my neighbors struggle because
they have lost their jobs and can’t find another, I know people who
are nearing the end of their unemployment and have just about lost
all hope of finding a job and keeping their home. Knowing this
and seeing the government hand out billions of dollars in bailouts
and stimulus to large corporations, and other large corporations
continuing to send jobs overseas really makes me question the
intentions of our government.
My job provides me the opportunity to
travel throughout many of the counties of this district. I
have noticed many commercial buildings for rent or lease, many
factories with gates padlocked with closed and no trespassing signs,
and still many others with “going out of business” signs. I
hear on the news about more businesses closing, more people losing
their jobs. I often wondered what happened to the people that
worked there, where did they go, what are they doing now?
Then, in the residential areas, I started noticing more and more
“for sale” signs and foreclosure signs, and realized that all the
closed factories and closing businesses represent thousands of
people in our area that are struggling to make ends meet, struggling
to put food on the table, struggling to make their mortgage
payments, and struggling to support their families. Many of
these families are teetering on the edge of losing everything they
have worked so hard and so long to achieve. The policies that we
have in place are not working. We can’t spend our way
out of debt, and we can’t solve our problems by throwing money at
them and walking away. We need sound, long term economic
policies put in place that make sense, we need less government
regulation in business, we must control government spending, and we
must protect our freedom that we hold so dear and have sacrificed so
many to achieve. In short, we need responsible common sense
leadership; we can’t afford to keep the status quo.
I believe that first and foremost, we
have to get Americans back to work. We have to put common
sense policies in place that stimulate small businesses, and provide
the capital they need to survive, expand and be prosperous. We
have to focus on educating our work force, encouraging productivity,
increasing efficiency, and reducing unemployment.
We have to stop the special interest
groups from “buying” what or who they want in Washington so they get
special favors and special considerations.
We need to address health care in
America. However, it can’t be done correctly in a few weeks.
I don’t believe that the government should require a citizen to pay
for health insurance when they can’t put food on the table, or make
their mortgage payment. There has to be other options and
plans that can be put in place so that all Americans have access to
necessary health care.
I am an advocate for the Citizens of
this great nation that we all call home. I will be an
outspoken, common sense representative for YOU in Washington.
This nation was formed, “of the people, by the people, and for the
people”, and I believe it is time for the PEOPLE to be back in
charge.
Billy Yow |
