Mr. Schneider,

Yet again, you appear to be another candidate who only wants to place blame on others for your country's problems.

In your statement above, you say "We can do better than this Tea Party do-nothing Congress," and go on to talk about the national debt and other items.

The fact remains that a Super Committee was created at the urging of the president and other leaders in en effort to make much needed budget cuts in an effort to reduce that debt. The last time I checked, that group included six Republicans and six Democrats, inclduing both congresspeople and senators, sir. Nowhere in that group is a single Tea Party member, and I find it very irrepsonsible of you to blame them specifically. Now, because of the stubborness of that group, our income tax rates are set to automatically skyrocket January 1st.

I am not a Tea Party member myself, but your statements are alarming, and should be a huge red flag that you will be no different than those currently in office if elected. More partisan nonsense at the expense of the American taxpayer.

With all due respect sir, people in this country have grown quite tired of the incessant finger-pointing going on.

You could have used this opportunity to explain what you think should be done to solve these problems, but yet again, all I see is more bragging about your political endorsements, more political rhetoric and not a whole lot of ideas about solutions.

Additionally, you have several items in your post that frankly, aren't true, and are using scare tactics aimed at women and seniors.

The American people deserve ... and should demand, better.

Allow me to illustrate a point below. The numbers may not be exact, but they are close enough to where you can clearly see what the real problem is in Washington:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000

* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000

* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000

* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000

* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Now, Remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:

* Annual family income: $21,700

* Money the family spent: $38,200

* New debt on the credit card: $16,500

* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710

* Total budget cuts: $385

And lastly, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the president's heath care plan that was approved mean everyone will soon be insured regardless?

It frankly doesn't show a lot of confidence about that plan when you in one sentence tell women that their access to heathcare will be cut, yet that healthcare plan just passed supposedly will solve that problem, we were told.

Perhaps you have $14 trillion dollars sitting around to pay for our debt and the cost of all these programs you mention, Mr. Schneider. The American taxpayer does not. And unless you want your children to face complete economic collapse, I'd suggest you and those in office start taking paying that debt off a heck of a lot more seriously.

Nowhere in your statement do you offer a single idea about how to do that. Instead, you are clearly stating your anger that there isn't MORE funding for these things.

Spend, spend spend. I have to pay my bills on time, unlike the government, sir.

You sir need a reality check, who has been president the last four years?
Which party hasn't passed a budget in over a 1,000 days?
Which party raised taxes on the middle class over a half a trillion dollars?
Which president has taken over three quarters of a trillion out of Medicare?
I could go on, but you sir want to blame others for the failing of the president and your party
Enjoy the truth....

As one who voted for Barak, my fear now is of Obamacare. There is no possible way to pay for this, and it does NOTHING to control the cost of care. It does nothing but allow insurance companies to collect premiums with no regulation on how much they can charge and then they decide how much a doctor should be paid for their time and services? I'm pretty sure you are not going to spend your time lobbying for the people vs. spending your time making sure your business (the insurance company that you married into) will remain healthy for you and your kids. What solution do you have for the small businesses paying for their health insurance at a 20% + increase per year, with each year producing less benefits. Ok so now there is no pre-existing illness issue, but the companies can charge whatever they want in premiums in order to keep SHAREHOLDERS happy. These premiums are unsustainable to the average person and will force people into the public system, making it too crowded and less efficient than it already is. Do something about cost control and take some of that power away from ins. companies who are controlling the entire healthcare system and keeping their customers hostage.

It is indeed a proud day when yet another public union endorses yet another confiscatory politician to carry out yet another assault on the public till.

Schneider sounds like what we already have in congress, spend more, tax more. Will the outcome be different this time?

Brad,
I have known you for a number of years (I am glad that I don't have to use my real name because you have no idea what I really believe) and you have always seemed to be a solid nice guy with a great family. When I saw the headline of this article I thought I would read a good, detailed and well thought out piece about what is wrong in this country and what you will do to fix the problems.

Instead of a well reasoned statement all I read was a cut and paste job that probably came from some national office memo. I am very disappointed that you did not address any issues facing this country but instead you were just some partisan hack that brought nothing to the table. I many ways this piece "why I'm running" is no different than the usual letter to the editor or kool-aid drinker that typically posts here.

It is sad that you blew the opportunity to tell potential voters about the issues and your solutions and instead provided an inpersonal, generic piece that just blames the other guy and pretends that your side were passive bystanders during the past 50 years. Sorry Brad, this year the usual tactics (ie. the other guy is for dirty air, dirty water, wants to starve poor people, wants to throw grandma out in the street, wants to give tax breaks to the wealthy, hates the middle class and wants to round up gays) won't work.

Between the new map and the Federal Labor charges filed against Dold and his company, things are lookimg good for Brad. If Dold paid his employees properly the Dept of Labor charges and the current lawsuit in Cook county wouldn't of happened. Next time don't force your emplpyees to work for free. What a scumbag small business owner. He builds his campaign around being a small business owner and he screws his employees.

About that new "map."

How sad that the Democrats felt they had to bend the rules and the will of the people by re-districting everything in their favor because they couldn't win fair and square.

I can't speak of what Dold did or did not do because I am not privy to the allegations, true or untrue.

But I know for fact that when an entire political party re-districts everything to their liking or favor because they lost last time, it is a slap in the face to those who voted to begin with.

It also tells me how little those politicians in downstate Illinois who did the re-districting value people's votes and opinions. We are massively in debt, and instead of solving that problem, what did Quinn, Madigan and his pals do?

They were busy worrying about how they could rig things so they'd win more political seats by re-districting.

Republicans gerrymader the maps when they are in charge so don't crap us. Look at all the GOP held states this year, they did it. So learn how things work. Wow so many lies here. With the new map Seals in 2010 would of won with 52.7% of the vote. At the WCPT 10th Dem debate they handed out this info. Broken down by precinct. I love Illinois..No more Winnetka,Kenilworth and Wilmette, hello NW burbs. We are a Dem +6 district now. God Bless!

The new map was redrawn at the time of the debate. It was tied up in court at the time and the GOP lost soon after. The info showed down to the precinct how the new map voted. Sure some can cross political lines this time but the info was correct. Much of the new district is heavy minority so I expect the same heavy support for Brad instead of Dan. Is this hard to understand this time around? Lol

He is right, you are crazy. I just did a powersearch on you and you are nuts. I saw some of your blog comments. Schneider can have you.

Each side may be spinning this to suit their needs but the truth coming out is never a bad thing. Where there's smoke there's fire. It may not be as bad as George is claiming but I seriously doubt Rose and Dold are squeaky clean. We will see.

If Dold's company didn't pay you right the courts will fix that for you. Case closed. I lean Dem but his company that he doesn't have day to day contact and authority isn't enough not to vote for someone. Get your money and maybe a little extra and it's over. Employers make mistakes all the time. Geez, what a weirdo.

http://www.freepressreleases.com/congressman-robert-dold-resign/219144

Mr. Schneider, in your statements above you place the blame on Bush and the "Tea Party" Congress? Are you serious? President Obama has had almost 4 years in office, part of which he had a majority in BOTH houses of Congress and could basically pass any "jobs" bill he wanted. Instead he passed one of the most destructive anti-jobs laws ever in the "Affordable" healthcare bill, which will make most of our healthcare costs increase and will result in a net loss of jobs.

Your partisan rhetoric does nothing to ensure us that you are any different from the far leftists on your side of the aise. I was told you were independent and different, but it appears that isn't so.

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