PRESS RELEASE - 2/3/2006

Jones Charges AFL-CIO Endorsement of Lipinski A Rigged Deal

Arthur Jones, Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, blasted the endorsement of Dan Lipinski, the Democratic incumbent, by the Illinois AFL-CIO, as, "an undeserved and rigged deal."

Said Jones, "This endorsement praising the new-comer to congress, "for providing better health care and protecting American jobs," is blatant hypocrisy on the part of the AFL-CIO and the new-comer Dan Lipinski."

According to Jones, the AFL-CIO's "Family Reunification," policy and their opposition to a cap on accepting third world "refugees," and their support of "illegal aliens," are three major reasons why Americans are losing their jobs and the cost of health care keeps rising.

Said Jones, "It is not the job of the AFL-CIO to provide for the reunification of families of the illegal aliens who came here and took jobs away from Americans. Nor should Americans pay for the health care of illegal aliens or their families once they are "reunified," due to the efforts of the AFL-CIO."

"Yet, Jones added, "those are precisely the costly, job-robbing policies the AFL-CIO and apparently Dan Lipinski supports."

Said Jones, "I have a better idea: first, remove all illegal aliens holding jobs that should go to American workers; secondly, deny all medical benefits to illegal aliens and their families, except for life-saving cases."

According to Jones, if those two recommendations were followed, $70 Billion a year would be saved; hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans would have jobs and the high cost of health care would be made more affordable for America's workers and senior citizens on fixed incomes.  

Arthur J. Jones