Straight Facts About Our Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana, District 4
DAVID SANDERS WILL FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Opposes Bad Trade Deals.
David Sanders will oppose trade policies that hurt working families. He will make sure free trade agreements are not used as tools that take away workers’ jobs and benefits or decrease safety standards. (www.sandersforcongress.org)
Creates Jobs and Provides Health Care.
David Sanders recognizes that American businesses cannot afford the cost of health care today and are leaving the country as a result. He believes reducing health care costs with a national health care program will create and preserve American jobs. (www.Nuvo.net, 9/22/04)
Supports a Minimum Wage Increase.
David Sanders believes that working people should be able to support their families on their wages. He will work to increase the national minimum wage and will oppose salary increases for members of Congress until they give the rest of America a raise. (www.sandersforcongress.org)
STEVE BUYER HAS FAILED WORKING FAMILIES
Rep. Steve Buyer has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 87 percent of the time.
Supports Bad Trade Deals.
Steve Buyer voted to send our jobs overseas with CAFTA. He voted for a bill that provided $40 billion in tax breaks for companies that export jobs and $140 billion in new corporate tax cuts. He also voted to privatize federal jobs. (H.R. 27, 3/2/05, Vote #628; H.R. 3010, 11/17/05; H.R. 4520, Vote #259, 6/17/04)
Increased Costs of Our Health Care.
Steve Buyer voted to increase insurance premiums for working families and voted for health care savings accounts that shift costs—and risks—onto workers. He voted for the Medicare prescription drug bill that penalizes our seniors and gives billions to the health care industry, the same industry that has given him almost $185,000 in campaign contributions. (H.R. 525, Vote #426, 7/26/05; H.R. 1, Vote #669, 11/22/03; www.opensecrets.org)
Attacked Our Wages and Benefits.
Steve Buyer voted against critical job-training programs, against unemployment benefi ts for 26,900 Indiana workers and against protecting overtime pay. (H.R. 27, Vote #48, 3/2/05; H.R. 3030, 2/4/04; H.R. 2660, 7/10/03)
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