Guinta stands with the wealthy, not middle class

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"Guinta stands with the wealthy, not middle class"
seacoastonline.com - Letters - October 8, 2011

Oct. 5 — To the Editor:

President Barack Obama's jobs bill addresses an undeniable need in our country to stimulate the economy and create jobs. To help pay for the initiatives that will create jobs, the bill includes ending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans — those whom billionaire Warren Buffet says have been enjoying a free ride for long enough.

The Republicans in Congress refuse to end these tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. They claim these individuals will use that money to create jobs.

Tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans have been in place for the last decade. So where are the jobs? Why should we believe that this money would suddenly be used to create jobs when for the last decade it has been put back into company stocks or used for bonuses for company chief executive officers?

Let's face the truth: Republicans are defending tax breaks for the wealthy because these are the same individuals and corporations who finance their campaigns. Republican members of Congress cannot afford to lose the support of their wealthy campaign financiers. The middle class can no longer afford to subsidize the wealthy.

Republican Congressman Frank Guinta clearly stands with the Republicans in protecting the interests of the wealthy. Please pay attention to these important debates and decide which political party best serves the interests of you and your family.

Beth Olshansky
Durham, New Hampshire

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"Guinta should prepare to lose job to Shea-Porter"
Seacoastonline.com - Letters - January 26, 2012

Jan. 20 — To the Editor:

Don't say Frank Guinta didn't warn us.

After a perfectly miserable year with this tea-partier in Congress damaging the economy (and getting our credit rating lowered), and working hard with his tea party leader, Michele Bachmann, to try to shut down the government, he now has written this in his latest column: "Thank you, New Hampshire, for the privilege of representing you in Washington. Looking back on all that was accomplished in 2011, I only have one thing to say: 'You haven't seen anything yet!' Believe me, the best is yet to come."

Warn your friends and neighbors that he apparently is going to vote again for polluters and the top 1 percent. Warn your parents that it sounds like he plans to go after Social Security and Medicare again. Warn small businesses that he is going to again favor corporations over them, since that is where he gets his money. Warn your kids that he probably will vote again to reduce federal aid and their college Pell grant money, and warn your schools and towns that he will vote against them and the citizens they serve again this year.

Thanks for the warning, Rep Guinta. And here is my warning to you: You are going to be fired this November. Our district is going to vote for Carol Shea-Porter.

Herb Moyer
Exeter, NH

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"Guinta balks at deal on super PAC money"
The Nashua Telegraph, Letters, June 11, 2012

U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-N.H., recently rejected former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s wonderful idea to put New Hampshire residents ahead of outsiders by denouncing super PAC money.

An appalling 93 percent of super PAC money has come from just 726 individuals – 23 out of every 10 million people.

I’m not shocked that Guinta welcomes the coming avalanche of money from superwealthy outsiders. After all, Guinta is a fan of taking money wherever he finds it, then using it as wastefully as possible.

He was the No. 1 spender in the country for taxpayer-funded congressional mailings – which look suspiciously like campaign mailers – while closing one of our two district offices to help pay for them.

Guinta has yet to explain the $355,000 that mysteriously arrived in his campaign account in 2010 and is still being in investigated by the Federal Election Commission. These are some reasons why he was selected to the elite club of the 14 most corrupt legislators in our Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

As a leader of the regressive wing of the reactionary faction of the government-hating tea party, he has earned a National Journal ranking as the 31st most conservative congressman, all the while living off of the taxpayers for many years in a variety of government jobs.

Putting outsider super PACs ahead of New Hampshire residents is standard operating procedure for Guinta. Re-electing Shea-Porter would give us an honest, trustworthy, effective legislator who cares only about the residents of New Hampshire.

Lew Henry
Gilmanton Iron Works

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"Disgusted with Frank Guinta's deceitful ad"
Seacoastonline.com - Letter to the Editor - October 2, 2014

September 30 - To the Editor:

I am disgusted with former Congressman Frank Guinta’s new deceitful and dishonest TV ad. Why, he’s pretending to be a Democrat!

It is not surprising that Guinta “is there” for his own family when they suffer illness and misfortune. It doesn’t necessarily follow that Guinta would “be there” for the families of millions of Americans he doesn’t know. In fact, Frank Guinta’s record shows he was not “there” for those millions.

“Help middle-class families pay for childcare?” Please. This is the Frank Guinta who voted (H.Con.Res. 34) to eliminate childcare subsidies for 150,000 children, drastically reducing the affordability and availability of quality childcare. He voted to slash Head Start by $1.1 billion (over 20 percent!) and kick out 218,000 children. He voted for sequestration cuts that forced Newmarket Head Start to close. I bet those families wished Guinta hadn’t been “there” in Congress to vote against their children.

Guinta didn’t cosponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act (for women’s equal pay); he didn’t even bother to vote when Democrats tried to bring the bill to the floor (5/31/2012). So much for “being there” for women.

This ad crosses the line from Guinta’s usual efforts to mislead into actual deceit. Shame, Mr. Guinta!

John C. Joyal
Somersworth

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