Kapanke Statement on Kind's Campaign for ObamaCare

For Immediate Release: June 3, 2010
Contact: (608) 782-4326

"Today, Congressman Ron Kind is bringing in White House administration officials in a continued attempt to convince us that more government involvement in health care is the solution.

For over one year, people throughout the Third Congressional District were loud and clear about the health care takeover Kind supported - they didn't want it. Now instead of listening to Western Wisconsin last winter, Congressman Kind is going to lead a campaign to convince us that he knew best, and he's got Washington bureaucrats to prove it.

Kind should start by explaining how a $500+ billion dollar cut in Medicare will help seniors, especially as ObamaCare creates new entitlements that taxpayers simply cannot sustain. Then he should explain how the new taxes to fund ObamaCare on Western Wisconsin businesses like John Deere and 3M, are going to help us with our nearly double-digit unemployment rate.

We need real health care reform that addresses affordability, and doesn't just shift costs to taxpayers and job providers. That requires new leadership in a broken Congress, and it is why I am running to replace Ron Kind in November."