Monday, September 26, 2011

Hoekstra and Poverty

               Pete Hoekstra wants to be a United States Senator from Michigan.

               What has he done?

               Has he started a school and provided good education to children?

               Clark Durant has done that.  I don’t think Hoekstra has.

               Has he addressed the problem of failing schools and provided a solution that can be repeated throughout Michigan and across the nation?

               Clark Durant has done that.  I don’t think Hoekstra would understand the first thing about what happened.

               Has Hoekstra faced up to the sky rocketing price of gasoline?  You know – the cost of petroleum fuels has driven prices of everything up – food, furniture – even doing any kind of business.

               Clark Durant has done that.  I believe Hoekstra counts as his friend some petroleum companies with offices in other states and other countries.

               What one thing has Pete Hoekstra done that Clark Durant has not?

               Pete Hoekstra was, for a short time, a Congressman from the second Congressional District of Michigan.  That’s on the west side of the state where most of the money backing him for Senate comes from.

               In the Second Congressional District in the State of Michigan it is estimated there are over 33,000 children living in poverty.

               To ask again – what has Hoekstra done that Clark Durant has not?

               Hoekstra has, in my opinion, stood by and let politicians take food from children – our children – Michigan’s children – American children.

               That, in my opinion, is what Hoekstra has done that Clark Durant has not.

               Will you keep that in mind?

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