Harry Profits While His Employees Suffer & Harry’s Jobs Hypocrisy Exposed!
Harry Teague continues to argue that he represents working New Mexicans. When he was campaigning in 2008, Teague mentioned several times, and in his ads, what all he had done for his employees and that he was a businessman so he wouldn’t be a ‘liberal’. Yet, as this blog as shown for months, Harry’s record speaks for itself. Not only his voting record as a congressman but also his record as a business owner and employer here in New Mexico.
Harry Teague took a $3.3 million bonus while his companies cut healthcare coverage for all 25o employees. We thought Harry was ‘fighting for working New Mexicans’? Guess not. (http://clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-search.html and http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/39252.html)
Harry Teague, ‘champion of working New Mexicans’, decided to let all 25o of his employees, the same ones he put in his ads showing as an example of how good of a guy he was, go without healthcare while taking a $3.3 million dollar bonus. Did Harry give part of that $3.3 million bonus back so he could save his employee’s healthcare plans? Nope.
Harry Teague….left-wing hypocrisy at its finest.
Recently, Harry Teague’s office has come out showing how Harry Teague is helping ‘put New Mexicans back to work’. Bunk.
Let’s take a look at Harry’s ‘job creating’ record: (www.clubforgrowth.org)
1. Harry voted FOR HR 12, 1-9-2009, “Paycheck Protection Act”. Makes it easier for frivolous lawsuits against businesses;
2. Harry voted FOR HR 1, 2-13-2009, ’Stimulus Bill’, which has created fake, taxpayer funded jobs which will vanish once the stimulus funding runs out;
3. Harry voted FOR HR 1105, 2-25-2009, Omnibus Spending Bill, which increased the size of government, increased regulations on business and increased the amount of federal spending to new deficit levels;
4. Harry Voted AGAINST H Amdt 29 to HR 1262, 3-12-2009, which was an amendment that sought to remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions for the union bosses against small businesses;
5. Harry voted FOR HR 2454, 6-26-2009, which passed Cap & Trade which would kill energy jobs in New Mexico;
6. Harry voted FOR HR 3435, 7-31-2009, the infamous Cash for Clunkers program;
7. Harry voted FIVE TIMES IN FAVOR of H RES 1203, 3-21-2010, to push it close to final passage even though he got ‘cover’ from Pelosi to oppose it on the final vote;
8. Harry voted FOR HR 3961, 11-19-2009, which passed the so-called ‘Doctor Fix’ that puts government into the offices of doctors;
9. Harry voted FOR HR 4154, 12-3-2009, which killed a move to allow a motion to repeal the Death Tax which hurts New Mexico family farmers;
10. Harry voted FOR HR 5175, 6-24-2010, the so-called DISCLOSE Act which exempts the union bosses to spend lavishly in elections but greatly restricts political activity by small business owners, business organizations and etc;
11. Harry voted FOR HR 4173, 6-30-2010, the Frank – Dodd Financial Regulation Bill which puts new job killing regulations on American business. Harry voted against it the first time but he had no problem voting for it when it got out of conference committee;
We at Teague Watch have also already documented how union bosses are his largest PAC supporters and how he is also supported by other job killing special interests like trial lawyers.
You would think that as a businessman Harry Teague would no better. But, sadly, it’s apparent in Harry’s world that radical, left-wing ideology trumps common sense.
Harry Teague….TOO LEFT-WING, TOO BIG GOVERNMENT & TOO ANTI-JOBS for New Mexico.
Also, we have a special letter today in our post. It’s a letter that was put out by local Dona Ana County military veteran Charlie Revie expressing his frustration at Harry’s hypocrisy on jobs. The letter is pasted at the bottom of this post so please read and enjoy.
Mr. Revie’s letter brings up some excellent points that show part of Harry’s Hypocrisy.
Let’s take a look:
Congressman Teague,
Why is it that you say one thing and vote the opposite?
In this instance you are saying that you are trying to bring jobs to New Mexico, but you voted for the Cap and Trade Tax bill that will eliminate 167,000 jobs in New Mexico, with the oil and gas industry losing the most jobs.
In other instances of your double-speak, consider the following –
You complain about greedy profit and are one of the wealthiest members of congress.
You attack executives for taking million dollar bonuses but gave yourself a $3.3 million bonus from your own company.
You attack companies that drive up the cost of health care but you cancelled the health insurance for your companies after giving yourself the $3.3 million bonus… then said your companies did not have enough money to pay the insurance.
Less than 10% of that $3.3 million bonus would have paid the health insurance for 2 years.
You attack special interests but get well over half your money from unions, Washington PACs and trial lawyers outside New Mexico.
You attack special interests but acknowledge that for your vote on cap and trade you worked a special interest deal with speaker Nancy Pelosi in exchange for that vote.
You maintain that you voted against Obamacare, but why did you vote FOR it in the five preliminary votes leading up to the final vote?
If your vote AGAINST Obamacare was honest, where is your signature on Rep. Steve King’s HR 4972 that would repeal Obamacare?
Charlie Revie
Las Cruces
