Hubby Dearest is active in the local GOP. He took some of my graphics to his meetings and told the candidates I’d help out with their campaigns. Only one bite so far, from Tom Reynolds who is running to unseat incumbent Barbara Lifton. Last time she appeared in the area, Hubby Dearest went to do some opposite research and came home just amazed at how anyone that dumb could have been elected even once. I think it’s part of the plan on the part of the Sorosaurs to maintain their power. It’s so much easier to get what you want if you’re surrounded and served by moronic sycophants. Right?

Anyway, Tom wanted a clear, easy-to-understand graphic to demonstrate that the New York State legislature under Democratic leadership has increased the state budget by twice what inflation would have demanded. And Sheldon Silver (the Pelosi-Reid of Albany) apparently thinks it’s not NEARLY enough. Thank goodness I have a brainy architect for a husband, because it took me, Tom and Hubby Dearest to figure this thing out. But I’m pretty darn pleased with the result.

Click to embiggen. If you’re in New York or know anyone who is, pass it on! If you know anyone running against a Democrat in New York, let them know that I said the graphic is copyright free. You can download it by copy-pasting into a blank graphics file. It’s formatted to print really nicely on to 8½ x 11 cardstock for a mini-poster or giant postcard (two first class stamps). When Hubby Dearest goes to Tea Party rallies, I pin a mini-poster like this one to the back of his shirt. He gets a lot of people standing behind him reading and some come around front to say, “Great poster!” We think wearing it on his back encourages readers, as they don’t have to be all uncomfortably standing in his face, and he can do more detailed educating than is possible with a sign on a stick.

Here’s Tom:

Tom Reynolds Enters the Race for New York State Assembly – 125th District

http://tomreynoldsforny.com/

Tom Reynolds announced that he is a candidate for the N.Y. State Assembly in the 125th Assembly District, covering Tompkins County and a portion of Cortland County. Reynolds’ candidacy will be formally announced at the Myers Park Flag Day celebration on June 13th. Reynolds has been endorsed by both the Cortland and Tompkins County Republican Committees and the Cortland and Tompkins County Independence Committees. He vows that his votes in Albany will be for more jobs, smaller and less intrusive government, and lower taxes.

Reynolds entered the race because the Albany to New York City corridor that dominates the N.Y. State government has crippled our upstate economy. Reynolds has said, “We cannot tax our way out of this situation. It’s cutting taxes that will open the road to a robust economy.”

Reynolds’ focus is to create jobs by controlling state spending and reducing taxes and regulation. “The key is bringing new, better paying jobs, while keeping the jobs that are already here. We can do this with lower taxes, which will make New York a more attractive place to locate jobs and to work.” He pledges to represent all the people of the District, whether in Cortland or Tompkins Counties and rural, suburban, or urban. He also pledges, “I will vote the interests of our residents, not the New York City party bosses.”

Reynolds spent 29 years as a financial executive in business, education, health care and social services before retirement in 2009. He led several turnarounds of near bankrupt companies and returned others to profitability. Reynolds knowledge of the Medicaid system, the state’s fastest growing budget issue, is essential to knowing which reforms are practical and likely to work.

This is Reynolds’ first run for public office. He says, “My values shape my politics while Albany’s values are shaped by their politics.”

A lifelong Upstate New Yorker, Reynolds lives in Newfield. He says, “I want to represent the hard working people of my district who want to stay here, but can’t afford to live here.”

First Do No Harm

Physicians follow the principle: “First, do no harm.”

In the midst of a recession, when jobs are disappearing and businesses are struggling to stay afloat, our legislators propose new laws and regulations that further weaken business and prevent job growth. It is the economic equivalent of the old medical practice of bleeding the patients when they are sick. If allowed to continue, this economic bleeding will kill, not cure.

Perhaps these legislators are naïve about the effect of these laws and regulations. Perhaps the pleas of businesses that are struggling to stay afloat are in a language that the legislators do not understand; the language of economic stability and job growth through the private sector. Perhaps these legislators are so intent on catering to one area of their constituency that they don’t care about the harm done to other constituents.

Our legislators should have to vow that, when it comes to the economy, “First, do no harm.”