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9/25/2009 Remarks by GOP Congressional Candidate Isaac Hayes at Cook County GOP 2009 Convention
Prepared Remarks of GOP Candidate Isaac Hayes
Cook County GOP 2009 Convention
Rosemont, Illinois
September 25, 2009
As Prepared For Delivery:
Isaac Hayes: Good evening. I am here tonight to announce my intention to seek the Republican nomination for U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.
My story is an American story. . . As a young boy growing up on the South Side of Chicago I had the pain and privilege of life in the 'hood. Pain, because I’ve seen the disadvantage, despair and death that poverty creates and privilege, because I’ve seen the power of the human will to succeed despite the most discouraging conditions.
It is both this pain and privilege that has brought me before you tonight. You see, while we may come from slightly different backgrounds and have lived in different parts of town, our commitment to family, fairness and freedom is what binds us together in an unbreakable bond as Republicans and as Americans.
Many people have asked the question, “Why do you want to be a Congressman”. Two words – STOPPING CORRUPTION.
For the past sixteen years corruption has stymied economic development in Illinois’ 2nd District. First, Mel Reynolds was convicted of sexual assault of a minor, and his replacement – A.K.A. Senate Candidate No. 5, Jesse Jackson Jr. – tried to buy President Obama’s former U.S. Senate Seat.
Furthermore, a national liberal group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Congress last week gave Jesse Jackson Jr. the distinction of being one of Congress’s “most corrupt” members.
President Ronald Regan once said, "There is sin and evil in the world. And we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might."
The president was talking about the Soviet Union, the Evil Empire, but he may as well have been talking about the South Side of Chicago.
My solution to sixteen years of corruption and fourteen years of failure is very simple; give parents more choices, give businesses less taxes, give entrepreneurs less barriers, and give pay-to-play politics the boot.
The August 26th issue of Wall Street Journal highlighted the tremendous disparity in the SAT scores across this nation. In Reading, Math and Writing, African Americans were at the bottom. Some will blame racism and culturally insensitive exams, yet Asians scored the highest in Math and Writing. So racism is not the problem.
Others will blame school funding, yet Chicago Public Schools receive more money per pupil than Naperville School District 203 but score 8 points less on the ACT. So school funding is not the problem.
The real problem is our students being held hostage in unsuccessful, unsafe and unaccountable schools. Parents need choice. The Chicago Urban League agrees we need “a market for educational innovations.”
We can offer a market place for education by giving parents the option to receive a voucher in the same dollar amount that would be paid to the Chicago Public Schools; thereby making choice a deficit neutral option that does not require Ron Huberman having to raise our taxes.
Charter Schools like North Kenwood-Oakland and Perspectives are outperforming the schools around them and have been rewarded with long waiting lists. Ladies and gentleman, this is what a free-market educational systems is all about – creating schools that parents actually want their children to attend.
Since November 2007 America has watched her economy crumble and labor market collapse. In June, 35 million Americans received food stamps setting a new record. Though we were promised that unemployment would not rise above 8%, we know that unemployment is almost 10%. And the steal-from-us bill that was to create 3 million jobs is as lost as the $50 billion Bernie Madoff stole in his ponzi-scheme.
People need jobs and you create jobs through economic development. I recently stood with Alderman Howard Brookins, a Democrat, to bring Wal-mart to Chicago’s South Side because I understand that a competitive wage is better than no wage at all.
You and I both know that the best way to invite businesses and retain businesses is by allowing companies to keep their profits. This is why I support lowering the corporate tax rate to 25%. When businesses have more money, they can hire more people. When businesses have more money, the can invest in more technology. When businesses have more money, they can offer more benefits to their employees.
According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) small businesses “represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms … and have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.”
It is no secret that small businesses are the back bone of our economy. This is why we need more of them. Whether it’s a trinket shop in Olympia Fields or a book store in the 5th Ward, second to owning one’s own home is to own one’s own business.
Disappointingly, many who aspire to business ownership identify barriers as a major reason for not becoming entrepreneurs. This is why I am committed to removing the barriers that hinder the development of industry in Illinois’ 2nd District.
And the last thing a business startup needs in its formative years is the burden of having to pay taxes. This is why I am proposing a five-year “tax-free” incentive to small-businesses that are established in under-served and under-privileged neighborhoods.
We will remove the barriers from cities like Robbins which has a 98% poverty rate. Quite frankly, Jesse Jackson Jr. should be ashamed of himself. But that’s why I am running for Congress, because I know that Illinois 2nd District needs jobs and businesses, not jackleg politicians who stifle growth and industry.
Illinois has become the laughing stock of the land from Saturday Night Live to the View to I’m a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here. From City Hall to the Governor’s Mansion, Illinois has been plagued by corrupt politicians who have abused their public trust. Irrespective of party, Democrats and Republicans have both allowed power to corrupt them.
Our public image is in need of deep repair and electing more people from the same system of corruption will not bring about the drastic changes that we need to reform our state. We must take our government back from those who have made government about power and not the people. As one politician said, “We don’t want nobody nobody sent.” Well, nobody sent me.
This is why I am grateful to have my wife Latouna here with me today. She is an amazing and talented woman who loves this country and state as much as I do; who spent many years mentoring college students and youth; and who is currently pursuing a graduate degree in community counseling.
I want to thank the chairman of the IL Gop, Pat Brady; the chairman of the Cook County GOP, Lee Roupas; and the chairwoman Eloise Gerson.
People ask me, what’s the difference between you and Senate Candidate No. 5? The answer is quite simple: he thinks the people of this country exist to provide him with his position; I think the privilege of being a congressman exists to ensure that my fellow citizens maintain their freedom, and I am going to make sure they have it!
It is clear that Senate Candidate No. 5 has the wrong idea of what it means to be a Congressional Representative. While the office may give you a title, Americans don’t follow titles; they follow honesty and integrity!
I say to Senate Candidate No. 5 that he should go back to his cronies in Chicago and tell them that Chicago’s daughters and her sons are theirs’ no more. Tell them that Chicago’s children, like the rest of America’s children, are free.
Cook County GOP 2009 Convention
Rosemont, Illinois
September 25, 2009
As Prepared For Delivery:
Isaac Hayes: Good evening. I am here tonight to announce my intention to seek the Republican nomination for U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District.
My story is an American story. . . As a young boy growing up on the South Side of Chicago I had the pain and privilege of life in the 'hood. Pain, because I’ve seen the disadvantage, despair and death that poverty creates and privilege, because I’ve seen the power of the human will to succeed despite the most discouraging conditions.
It is both this pain and privilege that has brought me before you tonight. You see, while we may come from slightly different backgrounds and have lived in different parts of town, our commitment to family, fairness and freedom is what binds us together in an unbreakable bond as Republicans and as Americans.
Many people have asked the question, “Why do you want to be a Congressman”. Two words – STOPPING CORRUPTION.
For the past sixteen years corruption has stymied economic development in Illinois’ 2nd District. First, Mel Reynolds was convicted of sexual assault of a minor, and his replacement – A.K.A. Senate Candidate No. 5, Jesse Jackson Jr. – tried to buy President Obama’s former U.S. Senate Seat.
Furthermore, a national liberal group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Congress last week gave Jesse Jackson Jr. the distinction of being one of Congress’s “most corrupt” members.
President Ronald Regan once said, "There is sin and evil in the world. And we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might."
The president was talking about the Soviet Union, the Evil Empire, but he may as well have been talking about the South Side of Chicago.
My solution to sixteen years of corruption and fourteen years of failure is very simple; give parents more choices, give businesses less taxes, give entrepreneurs less barriers, and give pay-to-play politics the boot.
The August 26th issue of Wall Street Journal highlighted the tremendous disparity in the SAT scores across this nation. In Reading, Math and Writing, African Americans were at the bottom. Some will blame racism and culturally insensitive exams, yet Asians scored the highest in Math and Writing. So racism is not the problem.
Others will blame school funding, yet Chicago Public Schools receive more money per pupil than Naperville School District 203 but score 8 points less on the ACT. So school funding is not the problem.
The real problem is our students being held hostage in unsuccessful, unsafe and unaccountable schools. Parents need choice. The Chicago Urban League agrees we need “a market for educational innovations.”
We can offer a market place for education by giving parents the option to receive a voucher in the same dollar amount that would be paid to the Chicago Public Schools; thereby making choice a deficit neutral option that does not require Ron Huberman having to raise our taxes.
Charter Schools like North Kenwood-Oakland and Perspectives are outperforming the schools around them and have been rewarded with long waiting lists. Ladies and gentleman, this is what a free-market educational systems is all about – creating schools that parents actually want their children to attend.
Since November 2007 America has watched her economy crumble and labor market collapse. In June, 35 million Americans received food stamps setting a new record. Though we were promised that unemployment would not rise above 8%, we know that unemployment is almost 10%. And the steal-from-us bill that was to create 3 million jobs is as lost as the $50 billion Bernie Madoff stole in his ponzi-scheme.
People need jobs and you create jobs through economic development. I recently stood with Alderman Howard Brookins, a Democrat, to bring Wal-mart to Chicago’s South Side because I understand that a competitive wage is better than no wage at all.
You and I both know that the best way to invite businesses and retain businesses is by allowing companies to keep their profits. This is why I support lowering the corporate tax rate to 25%. When businesses have more money, they can hire more people. When businesses have more money, the can invest in more technology. When businesses have more money, they can offer more benefits to their employees.
According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) small businesses “represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms … and have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade.”
It is no secret that small businesses are the back bone of our economy. This is why we need more of them. Whether it’s a trinket shop in Olympia Fields or a book store in the 5th Ward, second to owning one’s own home is to own one’s own business.
Disappointingly, many who aspire to business ownership identify barriers as a major reason for not becoming entrepreneurs. This is why I am committed to removing the barriers that hinder the development of industry in Illinois’ 2nd District.
And the last thing a business startup needs in its formative years is the burden of having to pay taxes. This is why I am proposing a five-year “tax-free” incentive to small-businesses that are established in under-served and under-privileged neighborhoods.
We will remove the barriers from cities like Robbins which has a 98% poverty rate. Quite frankly, Jesse Jackson Jr. should be ashamed of himself. But that’s why I am running for Congress, because I know that Illinois 2nd District needs jobs and businesses, not jackleg politicians who stifle growth and industry.
Illinois has become the laughing stock of the land from Saturday Night Live to the View to I’m a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here. From City Hall to the Governor’s Mansion, Illinois has been plagued by corrupt politicians who have abused their public trust. Irrespective of party, Democrats and Republicans have both allowed power to corrupt them.
Our public image is in need of deep repair and electing more people from the same system of corruption will not bring about the drastic changes that we need to reform our state. We must take our government back from those who have made government about power and not the people. As one politician said, “We don’t want nobody nobody sent.” Well, nobody sent me.
This is why I am grateful to have my wife Latouna here with me today. She is an amazing and talented woman who loves this country and state as much as I do; who spent many years mentoring college students and youth; and who is currently pursuing a graduate degree in community counseling.
I want to thank the chairman of the IL Gop, Pat Brady; the chairman of the Cook County GOP, Lee Roupas; and the chairwoman Eloise Gerson.
People ask me, what’s the difference between you and Senate Candidate No. 5? The answer is quite simple: he thinks the people of this country exist to provide him with his position; I think the privilege of being a congressman exists to ensure that my fellow citizens maintain their freedom, and I am going to make sure they have it!
It is clear that Senate Candidate No. 5 has the wrong idea of what it means to be a Congressional Representative. While the office may give you a title, Americans don’t follow titles; they follow honesty and integrity!
I say to Senate Candidate No. 5 that he should go back to his cronies in Chicago and tell them that Chicago’s daughters and her sons are theirs’ no more. Tell them that Chicago’s children, like the rest of America’s children, are free.
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