Jay Inslee’s partisanship, his record-setting deficit spending, and his career as a politician

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"James Watkins, candidate for Washington’s 1st congressional district, has released a TV ad highlighting Jay Inslee’s partisanship, his record-setting deficit spending, and his career as a politician.

James Watkins believes the only way to bring accountability to DC and predictability to Main Street is to elect a legislator who has practical, real-world experience as a problem-solver. Regarding Inslee’s status as a career politician for nearly 20 years, Watkins says, “We need to kick out the career political class and replace them with citizen legislators that have actually worked in the real world.”



Watkins predicts that two more years of Jay Inslee will bring about the same results as the last two: “He’s a party puppet, a tool of Nancy Pelosi, and a professional politician.” Inslee has voted with party leaders 99% of the time.



Inslee’s challenger agrees with many political observers that the fourteen year congressmanwill be running for governor the day after the election. “In this time of economic and fiscal crisis, we need a representative focused on those issues in Washington, DC, not a careerist who is simply punching a ticket moving up the ladder.”



Watkins also chides Inslee for his party-line voting in Congress and for his enthusiasm to spend money he doesn’t have. As far back as the Clinton era Inslee rejected the bipartisanDeficit Reduction Act of 1993, belying his self description as a “deficit hawk.” Inslee voted for record deficit spending in 2009, supporting a budget that was 40% unfunded.



In 2004, Inslee joined other Democrats in signing a letter to President Bush, opposing Bush’s proposal to regulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Watkins points out that Inslee’s lack of practical economic experience helped caused our crisis and that problem solvers from the bottom-line world of “Main Street” are needed to create jobs, and revive our economy.



Watkins is the only candidate that has fostered the creation of new private-sector jobs. At the federal level he helped cut government spending as an FDIC troubleshooter. For more information on James Watkins, visit www.WatkinsForCongress.com."
Christy Anderson, Watkins for Congress

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