Dear Rep. Corrine Brown,

First, I want to say “Thank you” for your expenditure on a High Speed rail junket. I am sure that taxpayers dollars for a trip to New York, and the northeast ending in Chicago was very beneficial to your campaign contributions. Your statement to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials regarding this trip was actually pretty amazing from a Congresswoman from Florida:

Just the other week I led a Whistle Stop Rail Tour to promote high-speed and intercity passenger rail in the United States. We started in Washington, traveled to Upstate New York, and ended up in Chicago, where we conducted a major hearing on rail issues. All along the way we saw stimulus dollars going towards improving our transportation infrastructure and creating jobs for the local workforce. And in that particular region in upstate New York, rail manufacturing could very well replace the many good jobs in those towns that were sent overseas. Everywhere we went there was very strong support for both Amtrak service and high-speed rail. The only complaints I heard was that there wasn’t enough money for rail and that it wasn’t coming fast enough.

Now Representative Brown, when is the economic growth and the JOBS coming to your part of Florida that YOU represent??

Oh, wait, you are hosting a JOB FAIR! So let’s see what you had to say about that:

Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), is hosting the 18th annual Job and Resource Fair at the Prime F. Osborn Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, May 17.

More than 50 companies have been invited, representing a wide variety of employers.

As Brown said, “Come prepared…bring your resumes and dress your best!”

Let me ask but ONE question if I may. How many JOBS will your High Speed Rail project be bringing to Jacksonville and the 3rd District?

I think I have the answer- NONE. $8 Billion and not ONE single job in the 3rd Congressional District. But lots in New York!

This Congressional District represents the worse of the worse in terms of economics. It has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation and the Black community is suffering with over 25% unemployment. It has the lowest level of economic growth in the nation simply because it has a VERY high Crime Rate. It also has some of the lowest housing values in the nation and the lowest graduation rate of High School students in the State of Florida. It has one of the lowest per capita income rates in the nation as well.

So, Rep. Brown, you have been “delivering” to this District. What did you deliver?

Again, I have the answer- a SunRail Project from Orlando to Tampa that over 95% is outside your District and that taxpayers will be subsidizing in Florida forever. Already, the TriRail project in South Florida is costing taxpayers a whopping $12 million a year, so let’s add another $12 million to make sure we bankrupt our State too. The rest- well has pretty much been earmarks that has resulted in projects well outside this District. I guess $384 MILLION in earmarks buys you a LOT of votes? or at least a LOT of campaign contributions from those people who stand to gain the most from your earmarks. I think that is the TRUE definition of “crony capitalism” that you so desperately claim to despise- until it works for Corrine Brown’s re-election bid.

Instead of making you the real benefactor of money appropriated to this District, let’s make the PEOPLE of this District the ones who benefit. That is the job you were hired to do. Look around Ms. Brown. There are empty homes, empty businesses, and empty pocketbooks all throughout this District. Do you want to know how I know that?

Because I have WALKED among the PEOPLE of this District and I know what they are saying. I think I summed it up best when I said “Corrine Brown promises the Moon and hasn’t even delivered a MOONPIE” to the people living here.

I want to bring Small Business initiatives that will bring JOBS to this District. I believe that by working with the existing businesses and bring a “Small Business Incubator” to this region, without the need for Government funding, a complete revitalization of the 3rd District will happen. It will be the model for the nation to follow in job creation.

I believe that by enacting the FairTax, we can see real economic growth because it brings back the foundation of creating wealth to our nation- our manufacturing sector that you were instrumental in sending overseas.

I believe in an education system that is best served with LOCAL decisions, not Federal Mandates that are unfunded and destructive to the education of our young people.

I believe that when you give people their Liberty and Freedoms as promised, you have people who no longer see “color” as an obstacle, but an asset to the communities they live in. You have seemed to forget what Dr. Martin Luther King marched for- it was LIBERTY for ALL people and that means that a man should be judged solely on the content of his character, not the color of his skin. People of this District want opportunity to achieve, not more government they have to pay for. You have succeeded in being instrumental in a $14 TRILLION debt that is being left to ALL people and we are no longer going to take your failed programs as the solution. Get out of the way and let the PEOPLE solve the problems and start protecting the Liberty of the people and not keep trying to tell us how to live our lives.

You see Ms. Brown, I am running for Congress to win. Not for me, but to represent the people of this District like they have been needing to be represented for 18 years. It is time for your “false claims” of delivering to be exposed for what they are- beneficial to ONLY Corrine Brown. It is time to either step aside or get beat this year. The people have awakened and will no longer tolerate your brand of governing.

Sincerely,

Michael “Mike Yost

Candidate for the 3rd Congressional District of Florida

“Taking YOUR Voice to D.C.”

Arizona has come under assault by countless numbers of illegal immigrants because of one simple reason- the Federal government has refused to enforce the laws already on the books. Much of the area south on Interstate 10 is under attack including Tucson by illegals trafficking in narcotics and marijuana. Murders are at an all time high and attacks on law enforcement officers is commonplace throughout the region.

Arizona shares a common southern border with Mexico and the area south of there is a hotbed of gangs, thugs, and all out warfare of those attempting to control the illegal entrance routes into the U.S. The border fence is almost non-existent along that border and construction has been halted due to numerous reasons, including lack of funding by Congress to complete the mission originally started under President Bush.

Politically, the illegals in the country are a hotbed of dispute as to what to do with them. Democrats are going to tackle the issue, but with ONE goal in mind- increasing their voting block by nearly 20 million people. Amnesty is what they are going to propose for these illegals and Republican opposition is no doubt going to happen. Which ever “Party” can deliver the best bill for allowing illegals to stay in this nation will be the ones who has the most to gain in terms of voters.

Either way, the American people are sick of the “politics” of what to do with illegals and want to see simple enforcement of the laws before they “trust” the politicos with an “amnesty bill” for illegals already here.

Americans are not stupid either. Most of the illegals here are low-wage, semi to unskilled labor, and offer little in terms of “tax paying” capability. It is estimated that as a group, granting amnesty would only add considerably in Federal spending for already out of control entitlement programs. Many are receiving several billion Federal dollars already with the “anchor baby” rules we have had wrongly interpreted by activist courts. Programs like Medicaid, WIC, SCHIPS, and TANF are already filled with illegals at taxpayer expense. Who knows the countless dollars being spent in education and housing for illegals.

As was shown in 2007, Americans have no taste for an amnesty program or a “path to citizenship” for illegal aliens. The outcries of “fairness” toward illegals is sickening to many as well. America is NOT a nation of “fairness”, but one of a Rule of Law. The law is plain- if you are here illegally, you have broken the law. It doesn’t matter than you have children born here, family here, a job here, or for whatever reason you are here- YOU broke the law by coming into this nation without following the proper channels to get here.

The solution is without question, a very simple one and the type of “Immigration Reform” the American people will accept is as follows:

• Enforce existing laws regarding immigration. If you are here illegally, you are deported- PERIOD. That is what the law calls for now, so enforce it. (This is what Arizona seeks to do within their State borders)
• Complete the wall on our southern border. Unless the influx of illegals is halted at every point, the problem is only going to be harder to solve.
• Enforce the laws for employers who knowingly and willingly hire illegals. E-verify MUST be used before ANY person is hired to determine their legal status for employment. Increase the penalties for any employer who fails to use E-verify before hiring anyone.
• Increase penalties for any person who knowingly provides forged paperwork to anyone entering this country illegally. Increase penalties for anyone in possession of such documents.
• Eliminate the “anchor baby” provisions with laws requiring the parents to be legal U.S. citizens before their children born here can automatically be citizens. Redefine the term “natural born citizen” to mean a child in which BOTH parents are American citizens.
• Eliminate all expenditures of Federal money to any person who is NOT a U.S. citizen on any program funded partially or totally by taxpayers dollars.
• Define that illegals have no “rights” under the U.S. Constitution, other than the basic human right of being treated humanely when caught, access to the courts only for deportation or criminal proceedings, and that only United States citizens are allowed full protection of the law under the Constitution of our country.
• Streamline the process for those here LEGALLY to obtain American citizenship.
• Create new tracking methods and reporting requirements for those here on Visa’s or other entry documents that were obtained legally. Those who overstay their Visa’s will be deported and no longer be permitted to re-enter this country ever.
• Define English as the official language of the United States and that any person wishing to obtain citizenship be required to learn English.

These are Immigration Reforms ALL Americans can accept and wish that Congress would take a strong stand to ensure passage. LEGAL immigration is the backbone of our nation and has been for hundreds of years. We are all, basically, the result of immigration and to discount our rights as citizens and to confer those rights to someone that did not follow proper channels to get here is unacceptable to us.

It is time to elect those who will not engage in the POLITICAL motivations on Immigration Reform, but will do as the people of this nation desire. It is time to elect Mike Yost- the only candidate who will be “Taking YOUR Voice to D.C.”

With our National Debt continuing to rise to nearly $14 TRILLION dollars, this Congress and Administration still haven’t seen the reality about to hit this nation. We ARE the largest debtor nation in the world and the divesting of American Debt by other nations should be sounding a resounding alarm, but hasn’t for this group in Washington.

Greece and Portugal are on the brink of financial collapse for one simple reason- their governments, in an effort to continue their massive entitlement programs, have reached the point where no one wants their debt instruments. Countries like Germany are going to either prop up their debt with loans or they face complete bankruptcy.

Great Britain is also facing the same possibility unless they too, get a handle on their deficits and resulting debt. Even the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has warned repeatedly about the necessity to get control of the debt or face the same issues in Spain, Portugal, and Greece:

Speaking to the annual conference of the Institute of Directors about the need to deal with the record debt, he said: “If anyone doubts the dangers that face our country if we do not, they should look at what is happening today in Greece and in Portugal.”

Sooner or later, the inevitable will happen as long as this nation continues this spending spree. Our debt instruments, Bonds and Treasury Bills, will NO LONGER be wanted at the current interest rates they are being bid to yield. Eventually, our Bonds will also be downgraded simply because the creditor nations and individuals will DEMAND higher rates and unless was can pay that interest to service that debt, it collapses as well.

It is imperative that Congress ends the deficit spending, reforms ALL entitlements, and returns to the Constitutional powers that are specifically enumerated in that document. Once we look beyond our own financial issues and look at the history behind every 20th Century war, we can understand we are at a crossroads- we either sacrifice today and change the course we are headed upon, or face the fact that sooner or later, we could be in another major world wide conflict.

Not only is our debt a major national security issue, it is abject failure on the part of our elected officials to end this cycle of deficit spending that is NOT reviving our economy, but placing our nation into the abyss of failure yet to come.