Archive for Federal Government Intrusion

Precedence to Control Your Food

The FDA recently made the decision they are going to regulate what we eat. There has been talk for years about limiting the amount of salt and other ingredients in foods but now it looks like their oppressive agenda will be arriving shortly.
The Institute of Medicine has recommended the FDA should regulate and systematically [...]

Obama & Cronies Picking Winners & Losers

President Obama, as we all know, was touring Iowa in District 2 and here in Des Moines for a couple of days this week.  One thing that caught the news is Obama’s critical comments of Senate Republicans.
ABC News reported him saying “For the second time in 24 hours, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked efforts to debate [...]

From Housing to Carbon: Special Interests Rule

By Dave Funk, Congressional Candidate Iowa-03 and Steve Schultz, Operation Red State.com
It really is that simple.  Right now President Obama and Senate Democrats plan to fix the environment via cap and trade (C&T).  Well, C&T is not nearly as “honorable” as the left makes it out to be.
The economic crises we are now experiencing is [...]

Senate Hides Obama’s Energy Tax Bill from Debate

Yet another example of the left’s promised transparency.  Senators Liebermann, Kerry and Graham have taken the Obama Energy Tax Bill and skipped taking it to a committee and handed it over to Senator Reid so when he deems the time is right, Reid can ram it down our throats and take more of our hard [...]

Dave Funk Responds to Healthcare Vote

For Immediate Release
Leonard Boswell and the Democrats in Washington have force fed the American people more unconstitutional legislation that is bad for Iowa. This takeover of our health insurance system is unconstitutional and infringes on the rights of citizens by mandating the purchase of a service. This legislation as been pushed through behind closed doors and [...]

More Congressional Unintended Consequences

Many of you know from hearing my stump speeches that one of life’s great unsolved mysteries to me is how anyone elected to Congress suddenly becomes an expert on everything. The new federal guidelines for fines against the airlines for takeoff delayed flights, running $27,500 per passenger are a great example of Congressional stupidity. As a thirty-one [...]

Leonard Boswell Forgets Iowa & Pella Corporation

I’m sure many of you may have heard or seen Jon Stossel’s great piece on the stimulus funds and how they are politically tied to a window manufacturer out of Pittsburgh, PA.  Serious Materials, the manufacturer coming out of Pittsburgh, was fortunate enough to receive over $500,000 in tax credits and “without you [VP Biden] [...]

The Impact of Regulation on Your Financial Freedom

I keep hearing everyone say either, “Deregulate!” or “Re-regulate!”  What do I not see them saying?  I don’t see them offering any rational reason why one is better than the other.  I don’t see them telling the people why they will personally benefit from either.  When I see this happening, I again, go to the [...]

Dave Funk Press Release on Federal Government Intrusion & Failed Economic Policy

For Immediate Release:
Dave Funk, Candidate for Congress; Iowa-03 On Federal Government Intrusion and Failed Economic Policy

The US Government has invested billions into “job creating” activities.  They’ve done a terrible job and have by-far cost us more than the tiny gains we may have made.  I’ve noticed everyone running for office has been talking about jobs [...]

SCOTUS Ruling Not About Big Business, About YOU

Having just posted my stance on the SCOTUS ruling earlier this morning I couldn’t help but send out a follow-up.  I’ve been reading all over the web about “SCOTUS Gives Gift to Big Business” or SCOTUS RUINS Half a Century of Campaign Finance or SCOTUS Destroys Democracy.
This is, IN FACT, not the case.  What does [...]