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Catholic Families for America Voter Town hall
Thursday, January 28th (5:30PM)
Joe the Plumber in Wichita!!
Thursday, January 28th
Murdock Theatre
536 North Broadway
Dinner (by Two Brother’s BBQ) 5:30PM
Town Hall Meeting 7pm
Tickets Available in Advance or at the Door
Advance Tickets call PostNet 636-9300
Tickets
Town Hall Meeting at 7PM $5.00 per person
Dinner* with Joe and Jim 5:30PM $25.00 per person
(*Dinner ticket includes Town Hall, limited seating Available)
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Proceeds to benefit Anderson for Congress.
Paid for by Anderson for Congress, Aaron Hallacy Treasurer.
Monday, November 23, 2009 (7:00pm)
Dr. Alan Keyes @ Larkspur Restaurant and Grill
Restoring the Nation
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, 7:00pm
An Exclusive Reception and Dinner
VIP Reception and Photo 6:00 - 6:45pm
Larkspur Restaurant and Grill
904 E. Douglas Avenue, Old Town
$100 Dinner per Plate 7:00pm
$175 VIP Reception and Dinner 6:00pm
Limited Seating Available
Tickets Available at
PostNet
2350 N. Greenwich
Or call 636-9300
info@anderson4congress.com
Saturday, November 21, 2009 (7:15pm)
Dr. Alan Keyes @ Beech Activity Center
Presenting
Dr. Alan Keyes
in Two Exclusive Events!
We the People
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 7:15pm
Beech Activity Center
9710 East Central, Wichita
$10 General Admission 7:15pm
(Doors Open at 6:30pm)
$50 VIP Reception with Dr. Keyes
6:00pm - 6:45pm
with Photo and Reserved Seating
Ages 16 and Under Free
Hosted by Jim Anderson,
U.S. Congress
Candidate for Kansas District 4
All Proceeds to:
Benefit Anderson for congress
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Jim Anderson (KS-4) Picks Up Major Endorsemment from
Catholic Families for America
CFA Executive Director: "As our organization rolls out a series of endorsements in 2010 House races, we are proud that Jim Anderson, a rock-solid, traditional values Republican in Kansas' 4th District, is running to protect the Constitution, overblown spending, and the integrity of Kansas families."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 / Christian Newswire/ -- Today Catholic Families for America (CFA) announced its endorsement of Jim Anderson, U.S. House of Representatives candidate for the Republican nomination in the 4th District of Kansas.
"When we started our effort as lay Catholics to promote traditional values and family-friendly tax policies," said Dr. Kevin Roberts, executive director of CFA, "we hoped that we would have candidates of the superb quality of Jim Anderson. He is the 'real-deal' for conservatives: a pro-life, God-fearing businessman who will defend the Constitution."
Catholic Families for America is a national public advocacy group with main offices in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas. The organization is building a network of state chapters as well in anticipation of the 2010 midterm elections.
"Jim Anderson is running not for personal pride, gain, or honor -- he's running out of a patriotic and Christian duty to be a voice of reason in a capital city run amok in reckless spending and anti-family corruption," Roberts said. "Jim really personifies the kind of representative common people need in Washington."
Roberts also cited a Catholic voter outreach model that his organization will use in 2010, which CFA will deploy in several dozen House districts, including Kansas-4. CFA is currently in the midst of a major fundraising campaign that will underwrite that effort.
The GOP primary will be held August 3, 2010, with the general election following on November 2, 2010.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Dr. Alan Keyes in Wichita, KS
Dr. Alan Keyes will visit Wichita, KS, to speak, campaign, and endorse small-business owner Jim Anderson for 4th district congressional race.
Wichita, KS- Former Reagan administration diplomat, National Security Council member, and Presidential candidate, Dr. Alan Keyes, will spend November 21-23rd, campaigning and fundraising with 4th district congressional candidate, small-business owner, Jim Anderson.
Dr. Keyes will headline a public speech at the Hawker-Beechcraft; Beech Activity Center, 9710 E. Central, on Saturday November 21st at 7:15 pm titled "We the People". General admittance is $10, children 16 years-old and under are free, special reserve seating and a pre-speech V.I.P reception with Dr. Keyes is availabe for $50.
Dr. Keyes will host a fundraiser on Monday, November 23rd, 7 pm at Larkspur restaurant and grill, 904 E. Douglas in Old Town. The cost is $100 per plate, $175 includes a private reception with Dr. Keyes prior to the dinner. All proceeds from both events benefit Anderson for Congress.
Tickets are available at Postnet, 2350 N. Greenwich Rd. Suite #100. Also by calling 316-636-9300 or info@anderson4congress.com.
Dr. Keyes will travel with Mr. Anderson throughout the 4th district, meeting as many Kansans as possible.
Friday, October 30, 2009
America's Independent Party endorses small business owner Jim Anderson
AIP points to Anderson's authentic conservative commonsense positions including adherence to the constitution, the sanctity of life, and limited government.
Wichita, KS- Jim Anderson became the first candidate in the Republican race for the Kansas 4th district to be endorsed by a national party on Thursday. America's Independent Party endorsed Anderson after a vetting process that reviewed all contenders in an attempt to identify the most authentic conservative and independent voice to represent the people of Kansas' 4th district.
"I'm honored to be endorsed by AIP and added to their Reagan list", stated Anderson, standing behind the counter of his N.E. Wichita small-business. The Reagan list includes endorsed candidates from around the nation that have sworn to uphold America's founding principles, without regard to party affiliation. "America's Independent Party endorses candidates based on principles, not party", stated AIP national party chairman Tom Hoefling, who has seen web traffic eclipse more than one million visitors a day to their website. He continued "Americans are tired of labels and promises; they want truth, and action. We need real private citizens not those who are looking for a career in politics, but an opportunity to serve as our founders intended. Especially those who won't lose their soul when they get to Washington D.C.; which is how we will get real change."
Anderson says he was motivated to run for Congress after witnessing how far the government has strayed from the Constitution and its founding principles of limited government, personal freedom, and free-market capitalism. "I have been watching the news shaking my head just like everyone else. We need to stop the insanity, and I knew that someone needed to stand-up and be the voice that brings our message of restoration to the capitol", Anderson stated. "I am not a politician, lawyer, lobbyist, or party official", he reminded, "my job will be to represent the will of the people of this district, not special interest, or to align myself for the next political conquest." Anderson continued, "I know people recognize that I am passionate, genuine, and serious about my love for our country, I am truly scared and disheartened by its current direction for the future of my children and grandchildren." Anderson concluded by saying, "I know this is a turning point in our nation, a chance to deliver power back to real Americans, and I am very appreciative of AIP's acknowledgement of these facts, and they're support."
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Candidates make stop in El Dorado
Two candidates in the 2010 election made a stop in El Dorado Tuesday evening to visit with constituents.
Dave Powell, of El Dorado, who is running for insurance commissioner, hosted the event which brought 4th District House of Representatives candidate Jim Anderson to town.
“I am here to represent the people and the constituents,” Anderson said. “I am tired of the corruption.”
He said he believes in life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
“I see those liberties slipping away from us,” he said, giving examples of health care mandates and cap and trade. “I’m just very concerned about it.
“I’m running to represent you, not to go to Washington and bring an agenda back to you and tell you what you have to abide by.”
There are several issues that are important to Anderson.
“I’m a big proponent of capitalism,” he said.
He thinks fiscal responsibility, personal responsibility and accountability are important aspects of free markets and free enterprise.
Borders also are a topic of concern for him.
“I am for enforcing our borders and having a strong national defense,” Anderson said.
He also supports the men and women in the military.
“I am a constitutionalist as well,” he added. “I believe in bringing the Constitution back to Washington. Our founding fathers put it together for a reason and it works.”
As for taxes, Anderson supports a fair tax, which would relieve corporations and individuals of the income tax burden; rather, shifting to a consumption tax.
Another topic of interest to a lot of people is health care.
“I am not a proponent of government-run health care,” he continued.
He said there are a lot of ways to make insurance affordable, starting with tort reform, as well as eliminating the state borders when purchasing insurance.
“If we drop those borders you will see quality increase and cost decrease,” he said.
He also wants to reduce the rules and regulations now in place, with only limited oversight of the health care field.
Another topic important to Anderson is education. Anderson supports the voucher system.
“I believe parents know best where to send kids,” he said. “I still believe choice is the key. It’s going to improve education, curriculum and drive the teachers who aren’t performing to perform and drive those schools who aren’t performing to perform,” he continued, adding that there are a lot of good teachers and schools out there.
Anderson also is pro-life and believes everyone has a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Other important issues include having a strong agriculture policy and removing government from the agriculture process and having a strong energy policy.
“I am all for alternative energy, but solar and wind make up 1 to 2 percent and it is not always sunny and windy,” he said.
He said the mainstay is oil and nuclear and thinks there should be more drilling.
“We need to become energy independent,” Anderson said.
Anderson, who is a retired airline pilot from Wichita, also stressed he is not a political lawyer or lobbyist.
Powell also was talking with constituents about his reasons for running.
“Basically, we've had people in the office of commissioner of insurance who have been career politicians and used it as a stepping stone,” he said. “With what is happening in Washington now, I felt we have to have someone good in office.”
Powell thinks with his background in insurance, he would be the right candidate. He said he has experience in several areas of insurance, totaling 32 years of being a licensed agent.
“I have sat across the table from consumers, worked with insurance companies and the legislature,” he said. “It’s really not about me; it’s about the people of Kansas.”
He wants to make changes to benefit the citizens.
“People are just ready for change,” he said. “They want someone who knows what is going on.”
Powell is a chartered life underwriter, certified financial planner, registered health underwriter, national quality award winner, and a member of several organizations, including Life Underwriter Training Council and National Association of Health Underwriters.
He also has worked with the legislature for health care insurance reform, to improve the current insurance laws and to make insurance available.
“I don’t believe in big government,” he said. “We just don’t need the government to run our lives.”
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tax cuts boost economy
Secretary of Revenue Joan Wagnon recently blamed tax cuts for the state's budget woes (Oct. 10 Local & State). She argued that there wouldn't be a budget shortfall if the tax cuts and exemptions passed since 1995 had not been approved.
The secretary's contention that, all things being equal, reduced taxes would have made up the current deficit is, well, not equal.
First, taxes, in their basic form, are a cost to the private sector. When costs are lowered, there is an economic response in which an increase in after-tax income leads to further economic activity and subsequent revenue generation for the government. Without those cuts, who knows how much larger that deficit would be today? In reality, we cannot play ex post facto with real dollars across time and differing economic environments and assume the outcome is static.
Second, given a static review, Wagnon ignored that people respond to future perceptions of the economy and their income. People will defer spending or investment to a lower-taxed future, which reduces revenue in a higher-taxed present. The scary part of this reality is that we are in a high-taxed present with the prospect of a higher-taxed future. This is not the way out.
Lastly, Wagnon ignored the economic principle known as the Laffer curve, created by Reagan economic policy adviser Arthur Laffer, which demonstrates the relationship between taxes and the revenues they generate. The curve suggests that there is an optimal point (tax rate) at which raising or lowering the rate would decrease tax receipts. Wagnon supposes that Kansas already was operating at the optimal point and that by reducing taxes, tax revenue went down.
Aside from the fact that she cannot prove it, history is not on her side. The largest cuts in marginal tax rates in American history have triggered the largest increases in economic growth and government revenue (i.e., Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, George W. Bush).
This rings true as well on the state level — as documented by Laffer and associates in their 2003 work titled Laffer State Competitive Environment, a state-by-state analysis that detailed the impact of tax rates on competitiveness and revenue generation. Not surprisingly, states with lower or falling taxes had higher economic growth, income growth and more opportunity for competition and innovation. For those who are curious: Kansas ranked 26th when compared with all states.
In a time when we need to be looking to pro-growth policies in order to get the economic engine running again, some policymakers continue to believe that the tax pressures on families and businesses simply are not high enough. I disagree; this is not the vision or spirit of America.
JIM ANDERSON
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Friday, October 16, 2009
GOP candidate for Congress stresses conservatism
Jim Anderson, a dark-horse candidate for the Republican nomination in the 4th Congressional District, wowed members of Wichita's Pachyderm Club on Friday with a speech advocating staunch conservatism on taxes, the economy, health care and Social Security.
Anderson drew repeated ovations from about 40 members and guests.
The first-time candidate faces two state senators, Dick Kelsey and Jean Schodorf; a Republican national committeeman, Mike Pompeo; and a prominent businessman, Wink Hartman, for the nomination.
Anderson, a small-business owner and retired airline pilot, said he's not concerned by a poll released by the Kelsey campaign Thursday that showed him running last.
"I think polls are a bunch of bunk," he said to applause.
Possibly the biggest applause line came when Anderson hailed protesters at congressional town-hall meetings across the country and participants in the Tea Party movement that has drawn strong support from the Pachyderm ranks.
"Ordinary men and women have been doing something quite extraordinary," he said. "They are sending a signal to Washington that enough is enough and we will not be fooled again."
The Pachyderms have been working their way through the list of candidates at their weekly luncheons.
Many were clearly excited when Anderson endorsed the "fair tax," a plan to replace income taxes with a form of national sales tax.
Under that plan, "everybody pays taxes, everybody; nobody is exempt," he said.
Among other planks in Anderson's platform:
* Supporting free-market health care reform —"There are several key steps that will allow us to continue to enjoy the world's best health care, but at a lower cost," he said. "They start with enacting real consumer choice, tort reform and saying 'no' to a government-run health care system."
* Opposing bailouts of troubled industries and government ownership of business —"If General Motors did not have the competence and management skills to run their company, then they should have gone out of business like American Motors and Nash Motors and all the other car companies ... There's going to be some job loss there, but the free market will take up the slack."
* Phasing out Social Security —"Today at (age) 49, I would opt out of Social Security and I would take that money I've been sending to the federal government and I would put it in an aggressive growth fund ... and let it ride."
* Supporting educational vouchers —"Competition, through a voucher system, is one way to begin improving the level of performance by giving parents a choice on where to send their children and allowing only the good schools to survive."
* Oppositing plans to limit carbon emissions —"It is nothing more than socialist engineering by the Obama administration to pick and choose the winners, pick and choose losers in the economy rather than the free market."
It was a speech many in the club had been waiting for.
"I keep hearing you mention the word 'choice,'" club member John Todd said during questions and answers. "Seems to me like you're promoting freedom."
"Indeed," Anderson replied, smiling.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Business owner to run for Congress
Jim Anderson, who owns PostNet, a business services store, has joined the race for the seat being vacated by Rep. Todd Tiahrt.
The race for the Republican nomination in the 4th Congressional District got more crowded Thursday when business owner Jim Anderson announced his candidacy.
Anderson, 49, of Wichita, is a retired airline pilot and owner of PostNet, a printing, copying and mailing business near K-96 and Greenwich.
Anderson described himself as a "Reagan conservative" and said he decided to run to give voters the option of electing an ordinary citizen.
"I'm not a politician, I'm not an attorney and I'm not a lobbyist," he said. "I think that's a plus. I think people are looking for someone who's... not a part of the political machine."
Anderson said he supports traditional Republican stands such as lower taxes and smaller government.
He said he's for "letting people choose how to spend their own money, which in and of itself will stimulate the economy."
He cited his business background as one of his qualifications to serve in Congress.
"Owning a small business takes honesty, hard work, bright ideas, organization and a special interest in people — all these traits are necessary for the job I want to do for Kansas," he said.
Anderson joins a race that has drawn at least two and possibly three prominent Wichita-area Republicans.
Firmly in the race are Republican National Committeeman Mike Pompeo and state Sen. Dick Kelsey, R-Goddard.
State Sen. Jean Schodorf, R-Wichita, has formed an exploratory committee and is expected to make a formal announcement soon.
State Rep. Raj Goyle, D-Wichita, and retired court services officer Robert Tillman are seeking the Democratic nomination.
The 4th District seat will be open because Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, is running for the U.S. Senate against 1st District Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Hays.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Local Small-Business Owner Brings Fresh Face to Congressional Campaign
Wichita, Kan. – Wichita small-business owner and conservative Jim Anderson officially filed with the Federal Election Commission July 8, allowing him to begin fundraising for his campaign for the 4th Congressional District of Kansas.
“I am a true believer in the American spirit and capitalism. They are the engines of freedom,” Anderson said. “I feel it’s our time to get involved in the spirit of the American dream, and return the power of the government back to the people where it belongs.”
Anderson is a retired airline pilot and the owner of PostNet, a full-service business center. He describes himself as a conservative and a Christian, practicing his beliefs not only in his personal life, but in his business life as well. Anderson said he makes it a priority to build relationships with his customers and ensure them quality products.
“Owning a small business takes honesty, hard work, bright ideas, organization and a special interest in people—all these traits are necessasary for the job I want to do for Kansas.”
Though Anderson is a newcomer to the political world, he possesses a strong commitment to public service. Anderson is heavily involved in the Catholic community, frequently volunteering at his home parish. Jim said he enjoys giving back, because he takes pride in his community, Kansas and his country.
Anderson said that it is his pride in Kansas and his country that gave him the desire to run for the 4th Congressional District. He is passionate about conservative values and about the job that needs to be done to return our country back to the people.
With encouragement from his family, Anderson has the support he needs to campaign. “My family is my biggest support system. I couldn’t do this without them,” Anderson said. “I am motivated by the advocacy of my family, customers and church community. I want the chance to represent these people and all of the people in the 4th Congressional District of Kansas.”
Anderson meets all legal filing requirements—a formal announcement of his candidacy is underway.
ENDS
Contact:
Ryan Ayres
316.636.9300
reayres@wichita.edu