Guest Commentary
by Eric Andersen
The Freedom Index for the 113th Congress is now available and I have found something disturbing.
Freedom and prosperity are directly correlated to how closely we adhere to our founding principles.
Here is what I discovered. If you think this is the voting record of a patriot I have ocean front property in Arizona for you.
Feb 2011 – Restricted our First Amendment rights with H.R. 347
Mar 2011 – Told Fox News military can attack without a Congressional declaration of war
Dec 2011 – Voted for indefinite detention of American citizens
Jul 2012 – Voted 1.6B in funding for the U.N. in violation of our national sovereignty, H.R. 6018
Jan 2013 – Voted for the Sandy Relief wealth redistribution bill, H.R. 152
Jan 2013 – Voted to kick the debt can down the road, H.R. 325
Mar 2013 – Voted to fully fund Obama Care, H.R. 933
Apr 2013 – Voted to CISPA internet sharing with government, H.R. 624
Jul 2013 – Voted against Amendment to end NSA surveillance of phone conversations
Jul 2013 – Voted to strike words “not to exceed” from the funding of the Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response.
House Amendment 418 (Gallego) to H.R. 2610 – Issa, McClintock and Rohrabacher vote “No”.
Congressman Duncan D. Hunter (R-52) is presently voting with the Constitution 70 percent of the time. It’s the 30 percent that hurts. What is just as concerning is the negative trending. The congressman had an 80 percent rating after the first half of the 112th Congress, slipped to 73 percent by its end and now sits at 70 percent.
I am not questioning the Congressman’s intentions. I believe him to be doing that which he thinks is right, but freedom, prosperity and reform respond to our adherence to natural law and principle, not our best intentions.