by Ron Davis on June 5, 2010
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Sometimes I get stories and tips emailed to me about Johnny Isakson. Usually the links I get are random blog sites, but recently one reader here sent me a gem of link to a page on Isakson’s web site.
The page tries to stress how Isakson is willing to cross the aisle to work a deal with Democrats. Bipartisanship is important; I don’t mean to say otherwise. But crossing the aisle and compromising conservative values is not a good thing.
My favorite quote on the page is from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes:
“If every Republican were like Johnny Isakson, I’d be one.”
Get that? Johnny Isakson is a Roy Barnes kind of Republican.
Republicans are running around the state looking for the one gubernatorial candidate that can beat Roy Barnes. That’s all they seem to care about. Yet, on the same ballot where they vote against Barnes, they’ll vote for Johnny Isakson, who apparently is much like Barnes.
We need a senator who doesn’t reflect Roy Barnes’ ideals. Is Isakson, a Roy Barnes Republican, really the guy you want representing you in Washington?
by Ron Davis on May 18, 2010
See roll call 149 on The Durbin Amendment (3989) to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. The amendment will require the Federal Reserve to establish rules for “reasonable and proportional” fees that credit card companies are allowed to charge to merchants.
Two problems with this amendment:
First, establishing rules of what a company can charge its customers is a clear violation of free market principles that Isakson says he supports. From the Issues page on his campaign web site:
“We are in a serious recession and we must be willing to tackle it by putting aside partisan politics and sticking to the core principles of our founding fathers of a free market and limited government.”
Second, this amendment would give even more power to the Federal Reserve.
When we establish a maximum amount that the credit card companies can charge merchants, they’ll charge that maximum amount. And when they realize that their profits aren’t optimal, they’ll raise the profits through annual account fees, service charges, and higher interest. Increased government regulation will always cost the taxpayer. Somehow Johnny Isakson doesn’t grasp this concept.
We’ve got a chance this year to finally get rid of this big government Senator. Fire Johnny Isakson in 2010.
