Roth: Washington Claims Stimulus Act Working… Really?

February 18, 2010

APPLETON — Despite claims by Washington lawmakers that the year old, $787 billion dollar stimulus act is working, unemployment rates in Wisconsin’s 8th District are at an all-time high, and voters are waiting to hear the successes of this enormous bill.

“Unemployment rates in Wisconsin have increased in every county Mr. Kagen represents,” said state Assemblyman Roger Roth, an 8th District congressional candidate.

In fact, nine counties in the 8th District rank in the top 20 for having the highest unemployment rates in the state. This includes Menominee County, which ranks No. 1 for its 12 percent unemployment rate.

According to a February 10 article in the Green Bay Press Gazette, Rep. Kagen said “In Wisconsin, we do not reward failure.”

Responding to his quote Roth stated, “The people of Northeastern Wisconsin will decide if they should ‘reward’ Mr. Kagen’s ‘record of record spending’ this fall when they enter the voting booth.”

Roger Roth believes Steve Kagen has the wrong view of our government’s role.

“Mr. Kagen touts his ability to bring taxpayer money home from Washington,” Roth said. “I believe our next Congressman should keep the money here in the taxpayer’s pockets in the first place.”

A life-long resident of the Fox Valley, Roth resides in the Town of Grand Chute in Outagamie County. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and participates in his family’s construction business. His uncle is former Congressman Toby Roth.