US Rep. Harry Teague (D-NM) announced last week he is cosponsoring a bill which would cut Congressional salaries by 5%. Months earlier, Adam Kokesh challenged his fellow Republicans to take a much larger cut in pay, closer to 70%.
"It's unthinkable that representatives get paid three times as much as the average American," says Kokesh. "In times like these, we need to show the American people some humility. Once I am elected, I will introduce legislation to cap Congressional salaries at the national average income."
Kokesh is pleased to see lawmakers following his lead on this issue. Over 4,000 people have joined the Facebook group he started called "I Want to Give Congress a Pay Cut."
US Rep. Ben Luján (D-NM) has not yet cosponsored the pay cut legislation.
Adam traveled to Farmington, NM to speak at the Four Corners Federated Republican Women's meeting yesterday. He also stopped by San Juan Community College to meet with students there. If you'd like to have a meet and greet with Adam, please contact us at (505) 470-1917, or events@kokeshforcongress.com.
Adam with Pete Domenici, Jr. and Janice Arnold-Jones
Adam speaking to students at San Juan Community College
The Luján-Pelosi-Reid "stimulus" still has our country on the wrong track economically.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 9.7% of Americans are unemployed as of February. This is the same rate as in January, but more people are now working part time. The U6 alternative gauge of the unemployment rate, which includes discouraged workers and those forced to work part-time, rose to 16.8% from 16.5%.
Just over one year has passed since US Rep. Ben Luján (D-NM) was sworn into office and promised to "bring jobs to New Mexico." New Mexicans in the Third District are still hurting. They are wondering why Ben Luján voted this week to spend another $15 billion that the Government doesn't have.
"The Third District doesn't buy Luján's claim that he is bringing jobs to New Mexico," says Republican challenger Adam Kokesh. "Once elected, I will help get the economy back on track by putting an end to this out-of-control spending."
Meanwhile, Harry Reid thinks it's a "good thing" that "only" 36,000 Americans lost their jobs today:
Santa Fe Reporter says Adam Kokesh is a "Young Turk" in the mold of New Mexico-style Republicanism like former Gov. Gary Johnson. Adam is the local face of a movement that "brings hope that a change is going to come" to local libertarians and conservatives, independents and Republicans. As the article explains, "it’s true that Republicans, particularly the libertarian breed, have an opening." The Tea Party has already succeeded in giving libertarian hopefuls like Kokesh an edge.
Even as former state Sen. Grubesic admits that the New Mexico Democrats are corrupt, he is still so out of touch as to think that "liberty" and "the Constitution" are code words for hate. Kokesh gives voters an alternative to incumbent Congressman Ben Luján and his friends like Dolores Huerta, "who organized the United Farmworkers Union with César Chávez and is a board member of the Democratic Socialists of America. That’s right—a socialist."
US Rep. Ben Luján (D-NM) has the poorest approval rating of any New Mexico Congressman. This is because he doesn't represent the values of New Mexicans in his district, 76% of whom self-identify as either Moderates or Conservatives.
According to the National Journal, Ben Luján ranks 350th out of 435 in voting for Conservative principles, much lower than any other representative from New Mexico.
