After a harrowing debate hosted by News Channel 12 on Thursday, Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, who was visibly defensive and seemingly uncomfortable, has withdrawn herself from a previously scheduled debate with opponent Fran Becker. The debate was set for Monday, October 18th at the Franklin Square Public Library.
Becker states, “The people of the Fourth District deserve the chance to hear ‘our’ Congresswoman explain her voting record.”
The News Channel 12 debate was filmed Thursday, October 14th and can be viewed on News12.com.
Fran Becker is the Republican candidate for New York's 4th Congressional District. He is running against incumbent Carolyn McCarthy (D-Garden City), who has held the seat for 14 years. Fran is a business owner, an employer, and a certified financial planner. Fran has the background, experience and qualifications to get the job done in Congress.
For more information, visit www.beckerforcongress.com.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Becker is a "Contender"
Fran Becker has moved to “Contender” status, the second step in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) Young Guns program. NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) said, “Fran is part of a strong pool of candidates who are frustrated with the Democrat majority’s big-government ways and aren’t willing to stand by any longer. The success of his campaign has put partisan incumbent Carolyn McCarthy on notice that New Yorkers are ready to turn the page on an agenda that spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much.”
Becker, who represents the Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Tax Revolt lines, is tired of the incompetence in Washington and the misrepresentation of New York’s 4th Congressional District. He states, “McCarthy has voted for Nancy Pelosi’s liberal agenda 97 percent of the time. This district needs a representative who will stand up to the radical liberal tax and spend agenda of Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, which is killing jobs instead of creating them.” Becker continues, “I am a fiscal Conservative and have solutions that will return our country to fiscal sanity and stop the current policies that are bankrupting our nation!”
Professionally, Becker is a Certified Financial Planner and owns Becker & Associates Planning Services. Becker states, “As a Certified Financial Planner, I help people plan responsible financial futures. One of the main principles of financial planning is you can’t spend money that you don’t have.” He continues, “If elected, I will use my experience to restore fiscal responsibility in Washington.”
Becker has a clear vision and plan that will help our country overcome its economic malaise. His Five Point Plan is as follows:
1. Reduce Spending to free up capital markets for private sector borrowing. This will create jobs and create an environment of economic growth and innovation. Start by eliminating so-called "stimulus programs" that create nothing sustainable.
2. Cut Taxes for New Businesses 2-5 years old. Cuts will be given as a refundable credit equal to the FICA tax on the first $50,000 of wages for all non-owner employees. This creates additional capital for survival, growth and expansion, fueling the nation's engine of economic growth.
3. Extend The Tax Cuts Set To Expire December 31, 2010 to keep the tax burden on our economy from increasing in this time of recession. If Congress fails to extend these cuts, we will face the largest tax increase in history.
4. Repeal Obamacare Tax Increases on insurance companies, businesses and individuals. Businesses will not hire new employees if forced to pay additional taxes on each new hire.
5. Free Us From Foreign Energy Dependence by adopting an "all of the above" energy policy. By increasing our production of domestic energy sources, we will create productive jobs that will stimulate other sectors of our economy.
Fran Becker is the Republican candidate for New York's 4th Congressional District. He is running against incumbent Carolyn McCarthy (D-Garden City), who has held the seat for 14 years. Fran is a business owner, an employer, and a certified financial planner. Fran has the background, experience and qualifications to get the job done in Congress.
For more information, visit www.beckerforcongress.com.
Becker, who represents the Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Tax Revolt lines, is tired of the incompetence in Washington and the misrepresentation of New York’s 4th Congressional District. He states, “McCarthy has voted for Nancy Pelosi’s liberal agenda 97 percent of the time. This district needs a representative who will stand up to the radical liberal tax and spend agenda of Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, which is killing jobs instead of creating them.” Becker continues, “I am a fiscal Conservative and have solutions that will return our country to fiscal sanity and stop the current policies that are bankrupting our nation!”
Professionally, Becker is a Certified Financial Planner and owns Becker & Associates Planning Services. Becker states, “As a Certified Financial Planner, I help people plan responsible financial futures. One of the main principles of financial planning is you can’t spend money that you don’t have.” He continues, “If elected, I will use my experience to restore fiscal responsibility in Washington.”
Becker has a clear vision and plan that will help our country overcome its economic malaise. His Five Point Plan is as follows:
1. Reduce Spending to free up capital markets for private sector borrowing. This will create jobs and create an environment of economic growth and innovation. Start by eliminating so-called "stimulus programs" that create nothing sustainable.
2. Cut Taxes for New Businesses 2-5 years old. Cuts will be given as a refundable credit equal to the FICA tax on the first $50,000 of wages for all non-owner employees. This creates additional capital for survival, growth and expansion, fueling the nation's engine of economic growth.
3. Extend The Tax Cuts Set To Expire December 31, 2010 to keep the tax burden on our economy from increasing in this time of recession. If Congress fails to extend these cuts, we will face the largest tax increase in history.
4. Repeal Obamacare Tax Increases on insurance companies, businesses and individuals. Businesses will not hire new employees if forced to pay additional taxes on each new hire.
5. Free Us From Foreign Energy Dependence by adopting an "all of the above" energy policy. By increasing our production of domestic energy sources, we will create productive jobs that will stimulate other sectors of our economy.
Fran Becker is the Republican candidate for New York's 4th Congressional District. He is running against incumbent Carolyn McCarthy (D-Garden City), who has held the seat for 14 years. Fran is a business owner, an employer, and a certified financial planner. Fran has the background, experience and qualifications to get the job done in Congress.
For more information, visit www.beckerforcongress.com.
Letter to the Editor from Peter Johansen, Veteran
Printed in the Three Village Times on October 8th, 2012
Our Salvation – The Ballot Box
I have always answered the call to duty. For thirty years I wore the uniform of a Naval Officer and twice I was mobilized to the Middle East. Now with my military service behind me, I am answering a new call to duty. For the first time in my life I feel compelled to become active in the coming election cycle.
Two years ago the country was sold a bill of goods under the title of Hope and Change. What we got instead was two years of one party rule, exploding deficits, high unemployment, bailouts and a 2,000 page health care bill that most legislators never read before it was voted on. The damage done by this congress and this administration boggles the mind.
Our representative from the 4th Congressional District Carolyn McCarthy has been nothing but a rubber stamp for the congressional democrats, voting with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time. She has long ago stopped representing her constituents and instead has become an entrenched party hack.
At the time of the health care vote, I wrote emails to her office in opposition to the legislation only to be rewarded with a five page piece of propaganda that only succeeded in wasting more taxpayer money for paper, ink and stamps.
When was the last time that Carolyn McCarthy has had a town hall meeting to defend her votes or listen to her constituents? She has been curiously absent from public view.
In the 4th Congressional District we have the opportunity to send Francis Becker to Washington to represent us in an honorable and sagacious manner. I urge the citizens of our district to support him in every way you can but most importantly by casting your vote for him on election day.
Our country is in deep trouble and I am answering the call. This will now be the 18th time I will vote in a congressional election but it will the first time that I will put my efforts into the process. I will educate my neighbors about the issues, the candidates and the urgency for action. Our greatest enemy is apathy.
Peter Johansen
West Hempstead, NY
Our Salvation – The Ballot Box
I have always answered the call to duty. For thirty years I wore the uniform of a Naval Officer and twice I was mobilized to the Middle East. Now with my military service behind me, I am answering a new call to duty. For the first time in my life I feel compelled to become active in the coming election cycle.
Two years ago the country was sold a bill of goods under the title of Hope and Change. What we got instead was two years of one party rule, exploding deficits, high unemployment, bailouts and a 2,000 page health care bill that most legislators never read before it was voted on. The damage done by this congress and this administration boggles the mind.
Our representative from the 4th Congressional District Carolyn McCarthy has been nothing but a rubber stamp for the congressional democrats, voting with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time. She has long ago stopped representing her constituents and instead has become an entrenched party hack.
At the time of the health care vote, I wrote emails to her office in opposition to the legislation only to be rewarded with a five page piece of propaganda that only succeeded in wasting more taxpayer money for paper, ink and stamps.
When was the last time that Carolyn McCarthy has had a town hall meeting to defend her votes or listen to her constituents? She has been curiously absent from public view.
In the 4th Congressional District we have the opportunity to send Francis Becker to Washington to represent us in an honorable and sagacious manner. I urge the citizens of our district to support him in every way you can but most importantly by casting your vote for him on election day.
Our country is in deep trouble and I am answering the call. This will now be the 18th time I will vote in a congressional election but it will the first time that I will put my efforts into the process. I will educate my neighbors about the issues, the candidates and the urgency for action. Our greatest enemy is apathy.
Peter Johansen
West Hempstead, NY
Monday, October 11, 2010
Letter to the Editor From Small Business Owner Chris Cadigan, Oceanside
Printed in the Long Island Baldwin Herald
To whom it may concern:
I am voting for Fran Becker not as a Republican or other party affiliate, but as a Dad and a small business owner. For full disclosure, I am a conservative thinker and right leaning. I am a concerned citizen. I am proud of my Country and proud of the opportunities that this Country has afforded me.
I am concerned for our future and for my daughter's future. I want her to have the same opportunities that I have had. At the rate we are going, our children will face record debt and a service based economy subservient to the Chinese.
Mrs. McCarthy stopped serving the 4th Congressional district of NY a long time ago. She ignores her constituents when they call, email, and write letters. She voted for the Cap and Trade bill that went to the floor earlier this year even though Long Islanders get their electric from coal fired facilities. Why? How do you vote in favor of something that hurts the people that put you there?
It is time that we as citizens send public servants to Washington who have practical real-world experience on how to address problems, create jobs, and cut spending. Congress-woman McCarthy isn't the person for the job anymore.
Fran Becker has my vote!
Sincerely,
Chris Cadigan
Oceanside, NY
To whom it may concern:
I am voting for Fran Becker not as a Republican or other party affiliate, but as a Dad and a small business owner. For full disclosure, I am a conservative thinker and right leaning. I am a concerned citizen. I am proud of my Country and proud of the opportunities that this Country has afforded me.
I am concerned for our future and for my daughter's future. I want her to have the same opportunities that I have had. At the rate we are going, our children will face record debt and a service based economy subservient to the Chinese.
Mrs. McCarthy stopped serving the 4th Congressional district of NY a long time ago. She ignores her constituents when they call, email, and write letters. She voted for the Cap and Trade bill that went to the floor earlier this year even though Long Islanders get their electric from coal fired facilities. Why? How do you vote in favor of something that hurts the people that put you there?
It is time that we as citizens send public servants to Washington who have practical real-world experience on how to address problems, create jobs, and cut spending. Congress-woman McCarthy isn't the person for the job anymore.
Fran Becker has my vote!
Sincerely,
Chris Cadigan
Oceanside, NY
Sunday, October 10, 2010
San Francisco East? No daylight between Congresswoman McCarthy and Speaker Pelosi.
Congresswoman McCarthy has ceded our voice in Congress to Nancy Pelosi. She has voted with Nancy Pelosi 98% of the time. Worse yet, on three legislative issues that are hurting us the most- health care, taxes and the unprecedented waste of a trillion dollars on a failed stimulus bill (more pork, less jobs), she has voted with her 100% of the time. The result? By ceding our voice to Nancy Pelosi she has cost us millions of jobs, suffocated us with debt we cannot possibly pay back, and set us on the path to the destruction of our quality health care.
This is not San Francisco, this is not Nancy Pelosi’s district, and we didn’t vote for her. And Nancy Pelosi is not entitled to TWO votes in the House, and that is what Congresswoman McCarthy has done. Facts are facts, and right now we are sold out lock stock and barrel to the crazy whims of Nancy Pelosi- its wrong and it cannot continue.
Here is a very neat tool that proves we have become a branch office of California’s radical 8th Congressional District – opencongress.org.
Consider for a moment, in light of these demonstrable facts about Congresswoman McCarthy’s voting record, how some other Democrats voted. These folks are generally considered to be ‘moderate’ Democrats. Why not take a moment to compare their votes with Congresswoman McCarthys. Lets see if Ms. McCarthy is a moderate Democrat or an extremist Pelosi ‘yes’ vote as we have seen above.
- 31 Democrats signed a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging her to not raise taxes in January, McCarthy does not sign
- 47 Democrats signed a letter to Speaker Pelosi urging her to not raise taxes on capital gains and dividends, McCarthy does not sign
- 39 Democrats voted NO on adjourning Congress without voting to prevent the massive tax increase coming in January, McCarthy provides swing ‘yes’ vote (210-209!)
- 39 Democrats voted NO on Obamacare in the House, McCarthy and Pelosi vote YES
- 43 Democrats voted NO on Cap and Trade, McCarthy and Pelosi vote YES
- 11 Democrats even voted against the Stimulus Bill, McCarthy and Pelosi vote YES
This much should be crystal clear at this point in the campaign, any suggestion that Congresswoman McCarthy is a ‘moderate’ is a gross disservice to the voters- the facts say otherwise. San Francisco East, indeed.
We need our vote, we are entitled to our vote, and we do not have to outsource our representation to Nancy Pelosi and her San Francisco extremists. For when Nancy votes twice, we lose. Come November, each one of us has a chance to tell Nancy Pelosi that we want our House seat back.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Long Island to be slammed by McCarthy/Pelosi tax hike; McCarthy trades her leverage for…NOTHING
This week Fran delivered an exceptional address dealing with the income tax tsunami that’s going to hit Long Island in January. As Fran made clear, Congresswoman McCarthy provided the critical swing vote for Speaker Pelosi to adjourn Congress without addressing the January 1st massive hike in income tax rates. Believe it or not, the vote was 210-209! Had Carolyn stood up for us, and not Speaker Pelosi, they would be in session now finding a way to protect our jobs and our economy. This really was an unbelievably irresponsible vote by Congresswoman McCarthy.
“Carolyn held the fate of our district in her hands” Fran told the crowd, “and she just let go”.
The truth is that Ms. McCarthy knew for the entire year what was coming and did nothing. Neither Carolyn nor her leadership even bothered to write a bill continuing the existing tax rates! Well, now that she is back home she is telling us not to worry, she will take care of it when she gets back to D.C. Really? What power does she have to keep that promise when her leadership is against continuing the existing rates and her party is in turmoil? Well, one thing that would be useful would be some leverage for the 4th CD…
But wait, Ms. McCarthy just gave away the one bit of leverage this district had, her vote to adjourn. Why? Maybe so Speaker Pelosi could help embattled politicians in far away districts get re-elected. If she really cared about this district and our economic well being, she would have told Pelosi NO. Saying you are going to do something, Ms. McCarthy, is not the same as actually doing it. And when you could have stood up for US, you sat down for Pelosi.
No matter what empty promises her campaign circulates about how she wants to vote in the future, the fact is that when she could have acted she did not. And when she goes back for her lame duck term, she will be unable to act. What she actually did by providing that critical swing vote to Pelosi was seal our fate for vastly higher taxes come January. And there is no way to spin that.
What is especially galling about this is there actually are moderate democrats that pleaded with Speaker Pelosi to not raise taxes in a recession- 31 one of them signed a letter to her laying out how devastating it will be for the economy and our jobs. You can read it yourself. If Carolyn was being straight with us, why is her name not on that letter? Is it really too much to ask that she be one of the moderate Democrats that actually walks the walk?
These massive tax increases are going to cause greater job losses and an unacceptable new burden on taxpayers in our district. Even Senator Lieberman said recently, “the surest way for Congress to help bring about a double-dip recession” is to raise rates.
Ms. McCarthy's vote to adjourn was a vote for massive tax hikes on Long Island families. This has to stop; we need an effective and wise advocate for US in Washington, D.C. Fran Becker is that advocate.
"Making a Difference for Long Island Families"
Since Carolyn’s motto is “Making a Difference for Long Island Families” we thought it might be a good idea to see exactly how she herself has made a difference over the last two years on the most important and critical issues. Specifically, how she, with HER vote (our vote that we trusted her with), has impacted us:
• Massive new taxes coming in January
• Millions of jobs lost while the Federal Government squandered almost a TRILLION of our dollars (actually, Carolyn borrowed the money from China, but details details…)
• A radical and destructive health care plan that’s going to give us less care for more money after waiting forever to get it
• Cap and Trade, the job killing tax raising scheme that she voted for and we have to stop
Well, maybe they get credit for being honest, she certainly has made a difference. Now let’s get out there and vote for Fran Becker, who is going to make life for us BETTER and not simply ‘different’.
• Massive new taxes coming in January
• Millions of jobs lost while the Federal Government squandered almost a TRILLION of our dollars (actually, Carolyn borrowed the money from China, but details details…)
• A radical and destructive health care plan that’s going to give us less care for more money after waiting forever to get it
• Cap and Trade, the job killing tax raising scheme that she voted for and we have to stop
Well, maybe they get credit for being honest, she certainly has made a difference. Now let’s get out there and vote for Fran Becker, who is going to make life for us BETTER and not simply ‘different’.
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