Post by PapaSmurerf on Feb 11, 2008 20:22:04 GMT -5
Collins Bailey is 54 years old and has been blessed to be married for 33 years. He has four wonderful children by that marriage. In addition to being a self-employed businessman for over 30 years, he has spent the last twenty years of his life working to make our schools better for all children.
He is currently serving his fourth consecutive four year term as an elected member of the Charles County Board of Education. That position pays $4,000.00 per year and consumes a great deal of time. The first year he ran for the Board of Education was in 1986. While he has busy overcoming the challenges in public education to provide greater opportunity for all students and their parents, our leaders in the federal government have increased the national debt ten fold. Because of this out of control spending our dollar has lost 40% of its value in just the last 7 years.
If our children are to have economic and personal liberty and opportunity in the future then we must hold our elected officials accountable when they break the oath of office that they took to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." We must also hold ourselves individually accountable for our own areas of responsibility and being informed. Our American independence, national sovereignty and economic liberty is under attack from many forces today. But the most dangerous force is our federal leaders that ignore the rule of law and ignore our Constitution.
If you believe that our Republic is worth saving. If you agree that spending is out of control and federal revenues are being wasted. If you believe that you can make financial decisions for yourself with your money better than a large bureaucracy in Washington. If you agree that we are overtaxed, overregulated and overrun by bureaucrats. If you agree that having almost half of every dollar we earn taken in taxes is too much taxation. Then please add your voice to the "We the People" movement by entering your name and email address on the left side of your screen.
In His Service,
Collins Bailey
Candidate for US Congress for Maryland's 5th Congressional district.
www.baileyforuscongress.com/