NY-27: Roberto Urges Against New “Stimulus”
Tags: Bass Pro, Brian Higgins, Buffalo, Leonard Roberto, recovery, stimulus, taxpayer, Western New York
We all remember how successful Obama’s stimulus was in keep ing the unemployment rate below 8 percent right? Well, with a record of failure like that, one can’t imagine why we should spend more taxpayer dollars for another $50 billion stimulus. Well, that’s what Obama wants… Leonard Roberto, who is running against Brian Biggins in the 27th district, is speaking out against this new “stimulus” and is urging Brian Higgins and other representatives in New York to not support it.
Roberto said that adding $80 billion more dollars to the federal debt in order to save the jobs of government workers is not the path to recovery and will not create sorely needed private sector jobs, especially in Western New York.
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“The 2009 Stimulus Act has been a proven failure,” Roberto said. “The Stimulus failed to create private sector employment, and it has actually done little for areas even with high government employment rates like Western New York.”
“Why are we now going to add more of a burden to taxpayers in order to pay for a proven policy failure?” Roberto added.
“I find it disheartening that in the midst of one of the worst recessions in our history that the President is proposing more spending in order to bailout bloated state governments and is not doing the things necessary to stimulate growth in the nation’s private sector.” Roberto said.
Will Brian Higgins vote against another “stimulus”? Ha, that’ll be the day. It is really said that Higgins has become such a left-wing partisan that he’ll vote for failed policies. I mean, come on, if the first stimulus worked and had done what Obama claimed it would do we wouldn’t need another one would we? Is party unity really more important than a real recovery? Ultimately it is up to the voters of the 27th congressional district to not be swayed by his constant self-promotion. He touts small bits of waterfront development as the fruit of his looms, while businesses leave the city, leaving buildings empty, and these precious new projects unvisited. Sure, the Aud was finally taken down, but where’s the new Bass Pro? Higgins has spent his entire public career pushing for the unsafe Skyway to be replaced and taken down. Still there.
Come on Higgins, be bold. Do the right thing for a change. Building up Buffalo will be a lot easier if the economy was doing better. We can’t rely on census workers inflating the dismal unemployment numbers for long.
Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.
Any candidate right of Higgins is right for me…