BOB GREEN

Last night when I was out door knocking, I came across a homeowner who shared some of their story with me. This woman and her husband had been through quite a bit.

They are raising a family. They lost everything they owned in a storm and had moved back to Bloomington to rebuild their lives. By the grace of the Lord, they were able to buy a house.

She is working three jobs and her husband owns a small business and is working one other job besides. They don’t always make their monthly payments on time but they do make them. The home was very neat and well kept.

This lady, in spite of the struggles they were having, and in spite of having the ear of a politician-to-be (me), never so much as hinted that the government should help them out or give them aid in any way. They are making it on their own. And they will eventually succeed.

I have been through some of these kinds of struggles. I salute this couple and others like them. This is the kind of initiative that has built this country, not government programs, many of which foster entitlement mentalities.

Sadly, the taxes these Bloomington homeowners pay may go to bail out others who bought houses they couldn’t afford and now seem to think the government should bail them out. These Bloomington homeowners either have to get a job with an employer that will provide health insurance or buy it themselves. Or do with out it.

Yet the taxes these homeowners pay will go to provide free healthcare to illegal immigrants.

What is wrong with our system? Too many liberals wanting to buy votes with bailout programs? Too many Democrats handing out social programs to buy themselves a job?

Last March I had the opportunity to visit with Marty Seifert, House Minority Leader.

Marty mentioned that the city of Bloomington has been used for a number of years as an ATM for Minneapolis and northern Minnesota. I will be researching the numbers and expect to report back to you with some hard evidence of this.

Marty has been at this for a long time and probably knows what he is talking about. As this is being researched, Bloomington may want to consider a new City Slogan:

Pay the freight for the rest of the state:
Move to Bloomington!

Of course, Ann Lenczewski has been representing us during this period.

Maybe she likes the slogan.

The other night, when my team and I were out door-knocking, we met a gentleman who shared some of his life’s experiences with us. His little son has had (and continues to have) serious health challenges since birth.

This gentleman told us of some of the experiences he has had taking care of his son and dealing with medical expenses and health insurers. He showed us a photo album of his son. The album included family events and also chronicled the surgeries his son had gone through.

Through all of this, I never got the feeling that he was whining. What I saw was a man struggling to bring up his son in a loving manner and give his son every opportunity to have as normal a life as possible.

Later, this gentleman’s wife brought his son in their minivan to meet us. One of my team members called this little guy a champion. He truly is a champion for what he has overcome. Yet he probably only sees himself as struggling to have a normal life.

In September, he starts second grade. I could see the love this little guy’s mother had for him by how she talked to him and tickled him. Here are a man and wife struggling to bring up their child and give him all of the love and opportunities they possibly can.

It made me think. If I get this job, is there anything I can do to make things a little better for people going through something like this?

I am a conservative and a Christian. Those truly in need ought to be helped.

The other day I went to Cub Foods to pick up a couple of things. As I was walking through the parking lot, I noticed a sign in the back of a car that said “Vote Democrat to take America in a New Direction.”

America doesn’t need a new direction. It needs a better direction. We have seen what the direction that Democrats have taken our country in the past leads to: higher taxes, stagnant economy, weak national defense, laws created to remedy crises that were manufactured by Democrats, and regulations to force us to sanction and promote things that most of us do not want to tolerate.

On the state level, Democrat policies have created an unfriendly business climate, causing loss of jobs and an exodus of businesses from our state. Democrat policies have loaded the individual taxpayer with a tax burden that makes Minnesota one of the highest-taxed states in the union. And they continue to load more taxes on us, in spite of rapidly increasing gasoline and food prices (also due to Democrat policies).

Does this make any sense? Is this the “new direction” the Democrats want to take us in?

If you want to see a microcosm of what the wonders of Democrat policies can accomplish, look at the cities of Minneapolis, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and Chicago. All four cities have been Democrat for most or all of the last 50 years. All four of these cities have high taxes, high crime rates, and poverty.

Do we need the Democrats to take Minnesota in one of their “New Directions?” No thank you!

To quote Ronald Reagan once again, “(Liberalism) has nothing more to say, nothing to add to the debate. It has spent its intellectual capital, such as it was - and has done its deeds.”

Democrat ideas are not new ideas. They have been tried before. They don’t work, can’t work, never have worked, and never will work.

I was door-knocking last night when I met a retired couple and their granddaughter who was (I am guessing) about 10 years old. The granddaughter’s school class had recently toured the State Capitol and had been in the House Chamber. Her grand parents explained who I was and the position was running for.

A little later, after I had gone on to the next house, her grandmother brought her over to me and said she had some questions. She asked me if I sat at the desks with the buttons. I explained that I was trying to get a job sitting at one of those desks and that the desks each have a green button that says “Yea” to vote yes and a red button that says “Nay” to vote no and that the votes would then show on a big board so everybody can see them. I encouraged her participate in her government when she is old enough.

She then asked me where I would like to sit in all those seats. I explained that I would have to sit on the side they told me to sit, because of what party I am in; and that I would like to sit in front if I could.

She said she thought the seats in the back were the best. I think she’s right; the seats in the back would allow me to stretch my legs.

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Dear Taxpayer:

Economic times are tough.

With rapidly increasing prices for food and gasoline, many of us are struggling to make ends meet. Despite this, my opponent, Ann Lenczewski, Chair of the House Tax Committee, voted to raise the income tax, the sales tax, license tab fees and the gas tax. She also voted to put in place another tax on new cars!

My goal is to lower your tax burden, not increase it. That’s why I’m running for the Minnesota State House district 40B seat. If you are interested in change for the better, I respectfully ask for your vote.

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