NEOSHO, Mo. —
The advertisements by Roy Blunt on his commitment to job creation in Missouri are hypocritical. Blunt has consistently voted to give tax breaks to corporations that move their businesses overseas, the most recent being his vote against the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (HR 4213) on May 28 of this year.
Other votes that reward corporations for moving their manufacturing overseas, thus putting Americans out of work, include the following: House Vote 259, June 17, 2004; House Vote 258, June 17, 2004; House Vote 386, July 15, 2004. According to the Economic Policy Institute (July 30, 2008), these votes resulted in the loss of 129,300 jobs in the state of Missouri. As a result of these votes by Roy Blunt, corporations that moved their businesses overseas will continue to operate with little or no tax liability.
An examination of Roy Blunt’s campaign contributions, which are available at opensecrets.org and www.fec.gov, shows that Blunt is a pawn of the oil and gas industries, health insurance companies, Wall Street, and corporate lobbyists. His votes have resulted in the decimation of the middle class and the rise of greed among the nation’s wealthiest 1 percent, who now own over 20 percent of the nation’s wealth. An examination of his voting record, which can be accessed through a Google search, will reveal this.
Lastly, an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, dated Sept. 25, 2010, stated that Roy Blunt’s net worth in 1998 was $75,000 to $251,000.
Today, according to public disclosure forms, his net worth is as much as $6.4 million. In 14 years, at an average income of $150,000 a year as a congressman, Blunt would have made $2,100,000. Where did the other $4 million come from? His marriage to a lobbyist, six months after he divorced his wife of over 30 years? From special interests? It is obvious that Blunt is enjoying a lifestyle that the vast majority of his constituents will never see. He is out of touch with the electorate in Missouri, and does not deserve a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Jim Hight
Neosho
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