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In a recent letter to supporters, Tom Manion shared some of his beliefs, ideas of and plans about his role as a US Congressman.

“Dear Friend,

“As someone who has spent a lifetime balancing budgets; in the Marine Corps, in business and at home; it has always been my strong belief that allowing families and small businesses to keep more of their hard-earned dollars grows our economy. This benefits everyone through increased consumer spending and investment in American small businesses.

“The government’s spending decisions result in billions of wasted dollars. This is why as a Member of Congress one of my first actions will be to support actions to freeze the budget and eliminate runaway spending. Estimates show over 300 billion dollars are lost annually to waste, fraud and abuse. This is simply inexcusable.
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In an article entitled “Murphy, Manion square off in wide-ranging debates” by Gary Weckselblatt of The Intelligencer, also reprinted on the Vote Manion Website, Weckselblatt recounted the positions taken at two recent debates between Tom Manion, the Candidate, and Patrick Murphy, the Incumbent. Both are vying for the 8th Pennsylvania seat in the US Congress.

According to the article:

“They discussed everything from the economy to energy, Social Security to abortion, the deficit to health care, and for good measure threw in the Iraq war and the Middle East.

“Bucks County Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy and Republican challenger Tom Manion went at it for three hours in two separate debates Sunday.
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Manion Discusses ‘Victory’ With Vets

(Extracted From the Tom Manion Website article by Bradley Vasoli The Bulletin)

Philadelphia – Congressional candidate Tom Manion gathered with members of Vets for Freedom last night at Field House Sports Bar, arguing that success in Iraq can come only with a decisive military victory.

“You can’t really have success if you leave that country with no consideration of the consequences,” said Mr. Manion, who served 30 years in the Marine Corps and worked 18 years at Johnson & Johnson. He is running for the U.S. House of Representatives against freshman representative and Iraq War veteran U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-8th, of Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.

Capt. Pete Hegseth and Sgt. David Bellavia, who head the group Veterans for Freedom, joined Mr. Manion to discuss the import of backing a sustained presence in Iraq until the young democracy is stabilized. They said whatever one’s party affiliation or views on the wisdom of any military undertaking, the importance of success should take precedence when choosing political leadership.

“Nowhere on our dog tags does it say ‘Republican’ or ‘Democrat,’” Capt. Hegseth said. “Issues of war and peace should never be waged in the realm of politics.”

The two noted their organization endorses Democrats as well as Republicans, as long as the candidate commits to opposing withdrawal timetables and other war policies they say would imperil victory.

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