The Silent Service is all together too silent. It’s important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security.
About Rob Simmons
Robert Ruhl “Rob” Simmonsis an American politician and retired U.S. Army colonel who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007, representing Connecticut’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican.
Simmons unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Connecticut in 2010.
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There’s been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it’s time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings.
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We’ve got to help small businesses because they are the backbone of our economy. We’ve got to increase opportunities for everyone and we can do that by helping women and minority-owned businesses.
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Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let’s not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.
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The Silent Service is all together too silent. It’s important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security.
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The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That’s wrong, and that’s why the double tax on Social Security must end.
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We’re quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers.
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My opponents attitude is, ‘If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it and when it stops, subsidize it.
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The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor.
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