What I would do differently as your Congressman.

Have you gotten one of Gary Peters’ slick taxpayer-funded political mailers recently? Gary’s already raised more than $1.5 of campaign money, a lot of it from Washington special interest groups that lobby to keep the spending spigot on.

Why can’t Congressman Peters spend his own campaign money to send out his political mailers instead of sticking taxpayers with the bill?

It’s this kind of wasteful spending that permeates Washington. The hundreds of thousands of dollars that Gary Peters is spending on these mailers is a substantial amount of money and contributes to the $12 trillion national debt. 

Common Sense from the Factory Floor - What makes me a different kind of candidate.

In another installment of "Common Sense from the Factory Floor," Gene Goodman talks about what distinguishes him from other candidates in the 9th District.

Peters Can’t Fool Oakland County Taxpayers Again!

Gary Peters is trying to pull a fast one on Oakland County voters. Peters knows he’s vulnerable because he’s been one of the biggest liberal spenders in Congress. Voters are rejecting the crazy deficit spending in Washington. That’s why he voted today against raising the debt limit to more than $14 trillion.

Peters thinks he’ll get credit for being a fiscal moderate, but the problem for Gary is that he voted for the spending bills that forced the government to increase the debt limit in the first place.

Peters voted for the $787 billion no jobs stimulus bill and he voted for other Nancy Pelosi budget bills that will triple the national debt over the next 10 years.

The truth is Gary Peters is a Nancy Pelosi Democrat, not an Independent voice for Oakland County taxpayers. Just look at his voting record. He’s been with Pelosi 96 percent of the time.

The No-Jobs Stimulus Bill

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of Congressman Gary Peters' vote for the $787 billion so-called economic stimulus bill. Since this bill was passed into law, the number of unemployed people in Michigan has increased from 583,000 to 700,000.

This bill has done nothing to stimulate our economy. It's just been a budget-buster that is adding to our national debt. According to the White House Budget office's own numbers, the deficit this year will be a record $1.6 trillion. This is money that is being heaped on top of our already $12 trillion national debt.

We can't continue this level of crazy Washington spending and expect to continue being the world's superpower.

Congressman Gary Peters told Oakland County voters in 2008 that he would be a fiscally moderate Democrat. He's been a liberal big spender in his first year in office, voting with Nancy Pelosi 96 percent of the time.

It's time to cut up his credit card.