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Dingell sees "no cure" for Michigan

By SBechtel, Section News
Posted on Sat Jul 03, 2010 at 08:17:55 AM EST
Tags: john dingell, rob steele, unemployment, michigan economy (all tags)

Dr. Rob Steele has the prescription

(ANN ARBOR, MI) -Congressman John Dingell, (D-Mich.) admitted on Bloomberg TV last night that he doesn't have a clue about how to solve the mess he helped create in his 55 years in Washington.
"It is pretty hard to see how anything could be done to cure the problems we have in Michigan," the 83-year-old Dingell told Bloomberg Washington Editor Al Hunt in an interview broadcast at 6:30 p.m. Click here to see the text of the interview.

"It's outrageous to see that the longest-serving member of Congress has no clue about how to help the working men and women of Michigan," said Dr. Rob Steele, the 52-year-old cardiologist who is running for the GOP nomination to replace Dingell in November. He has been a physician for 29 years and is a founding member of a 300-employee medical practice based in southeast Michigan.

"Of course, Congressman Dingell doesn't know the cure," Dr. Steele said. "He doesn't know how to make the proper diagnosis and prescribe the right treatment: He's telling us he has lost hope. "

"My prescription to heal Michigan is: First, stop wasteful spending; Second, get government out of the way of business and industry; Third, repeal the Dingell/Pelosi healthcare plan; Fourth, make the 2001 tax cuts permanent so business owners can feel confident expanding, therefore providing new jobs the unemployed in Michigan need."

"Michigan's workers deserve better than what we get from career politicians like Dingell," Steele said. "The cure will come when I get elected in November."

Below is an excerpt of the interview with Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt:

HUNT: "On the economy your state of Michigan and your depression, 14 percent unemployment, President Obama's person in charge of the auto industry recovery, Ed Montgomery, is now leading. Is the administration doing enough for Michigan, for the auto industry?"

DINGELL: "Well, Michigan people will tell you there is not enough being done and, quite honestly, it is pretty hard to see how anything could be done to cure the problems we have in Michigan. We are not the worst off state, but second worst" ...
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Dingell sees "no cure" for Michigan (none / 0) (#1)
by g otis on Sat Jul 03, 2010 at 09:10:20 AM EST

I think Mr. Dingell is getting tired. This comment, along with the one that it takes a long time to control the people - these are not things we in SE Michigan want to hear from our representative.

Dingell has lost Hope...we need Change. (none / 0) (#2)
by dagnytaggert on Sat Jul 03, 2010 at 10:28:09 AM EST

Dingell is watching 50 years of his failed policies crash down on SE Michigan. He honestly has nothing else to offer. His slogan is "Not Backing Down" which means he plans to push forward with his own plan regardless of the people. We need Dr. Steele to represent the people.

Dingell is looking at history... (none / 0) (#3)
by KG One on Sat Jul 03, 2010 at 06:57:27 PM EST

...and drawing the wrong conclusions.

From the same interview:

HUNT: Is the Congress focused too much on curbing the budget deficit and not enough on stimulus and helping with jobs?
DINGELL: I happen to think so. If you will remember, Roosevelt in 1937 went back and cut back on what he was doing with regard to the stimulus and the end result was that it triggered a recession in 1937 which was very serious. I do spend a lot of time reading history.

He needs to put down Marx and Engles and pick up von Mises and Hayek.

He just might learn something.

Like all the loser lefties (none / 0) (#4)
by JGillman on Sun Jul 04, 2010 at 12:05:45 AM EST

he operates from the wrong premises. To know what the cure is, one must recognize the real nature of the problem.

The cure?

Start with his retirement. then the healing might have a chance.

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