March 25, 2010 It's time to get our country back on the right track and working again! My opponent, Democrat incumbent Rick Larsen, voted for the Wall Street bailouts, stimulus packages, government control of corporations, cap and trade, and of course, to raise the federal debt ceiling - which serves only to enable further fiscal irresponsibility. My opponent voted to continue federal funding for ACORN, even though they were found guilty of numerous felonies. My opponent has been voting lockstep with Reid and Pelosi 98% of the time, and now he's voted in a government takeover of health care, rife with back room deals - even though the polls show a vast majority strongly oppose the measure. It's time for new leadership! Read more... Larsen didn't listen! - Vote Liberty, Vote Koster! Koster Statement on Passage of the Government Healthcare Takeover ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON - MARCH, 22, 2010: When the dust settles over this massive government expansion, it will undoubtedly prove to be unhealthy for America in many ways. Our federal government has, sadly, fallen into the hands of a "progressive" administration and Congress who are taking us into uncharted economic waters with incomprehensible spending and unconscionable deficits.  The federal takeover of 1/6th of the U.S. economy won't fix health care, it will harm it. A majority of the American people have made it clear that they strongly oppose a government healthcare takeover. Rife with partisan backroom deals, the process leading up to the passage of this socialized medicine bill has violated every rule of good statesmanship and sound economics. The indifference and arrogant dismissal of the legitimate concerns of millions of Americans by President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and my opponent, the incumbent Rick Larsen, is unacceptable at best. If my campaign for the United States Congress is successful, I will do everything within my power to repeal this legislation and work to advance free market solutions that increase choice and accessibility to Health Care. John Koster, Candidate 2nd Congressional District |