Accountability is Needed to Address Ailing Economy, Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Joe Sestak Says

October 4, 2010

Ivey Dejesues

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/accountability_is_needed_to_ad.html

Sestak’s Military Mindset

            In the on-going U.S. Senate 2010 Election, Democrat Joe Sestak has expressed his idea to solve economic problems. His approach is said to be “…military principal of accountability.” If Sestak does indeed become senator will his military history be applied to all that he does? Will Sestak in the future, address all the concerns from the stimulus bill? 

            Sestak has remained firm in ideas important to him from the start of his campaign. He restates that he wants to “…to create jobs by focusing on small businesses and extending tax cuts to the middle class, rather than the wealthiest…”

Sestak says he will accomplish this by negotiating with a military mindset from both Democrats and Republicans.  He believes the government should have leaders that are military-like and therefore obtain their values. Sestak spoke of being in favor of the “pay as you go” policy and in regards to reducing the U.S. federal deficit. Sestak also addressed other topics like reduces spending on Medicare and Medicaid and increasing government revenue. He speaks about the unfairness of tax cuts given to the wealthy, the importance of small business, bad choices made in Iraq and Afghanistan for involvement of military, and some aspects of the stimulus but avoids topics of private market programs. 

            Sestak was very critical towards the Obama administrations, saying that the president has not kept the public well-informed. Sestak also stressed that Obama should appeal to the people with “Accountability.” He reiterated his military mindset again by stating, in regards to President Obama and the war, “Every strategy must have a (system) to measure if benefits are better that the cost.”

            In this article it seems as though the author, Ivey Dejesus, believes that Sestak is at time too critical on topics like the Obama administration but for the most part the author just expresses the simple facts of Sestak’s words. Although these issues have been repeated numerous times before they are still important for voters to considered when they cast their vote on election day.