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Recent White House actions
dim America’s future
Brady
Briefing
President Obama’s un-
precedented exchange of
five known Taliban mili-
tary terrorists for American
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a
bad trade for America.
Over time, when the full
intelligence and military in-
vestigations are made pub-
lic, we will likely learn that
Sgt Bergdahl deserted his
unit, later discovered that
his Taliban ‘captors’
weren’t the guys in the
white hats he imagined,
and wanted to return home
for reasons he alone knows.
Sgt. Bergdahl’s actions
cost the lives of six U.S.
soldiers in their search for
him. However, President
Obama’s actions have en-
dangered the lives of many
more American
military. America’s strong
and unequivocal “we will
not negotiate with terror-
ists” has been brushed
aside for a new formula
that richly rewards terrorist
groups in the future who
capture U.S. military men
or women and hold them
for ransom.
A former POW who
serves with me on the
House Ways & Means
Committee called the con-
ditions under which the ex-
change occurred
“deplorable and worri-
some.” Texas Congressman
Sam Johnson said the Pres-
ident’s actions “put a price
on the head of each soldier,
sailor, airmen, coast
guardsmen and Marine
serving abroad in defense
of freedom.”
Dumbing the economy
Are we dumbing down
our expectations for Amer-
ica’s economy? The May
jobs number was widely
applauded for adding
216,000 new non-govern-
ment jobs. Every month
we add jobs is good, but
that still leaves a jobs gap
of 5.8 million jobs and an
economic gap of $1.4 tril-
lion when compared to av-
erage recoveries.
While Wall Street has
been roaring, middle class
families have been left be-
hind. Today, with the disap-
pointing Obama recovery
now 5-years old, the aver-
age family of four in Amer-
ica is missing more than
$1,000 from their monthly
paycheck.
While Texas is doing
well, the U.S. economy is
stuck in second gear, and
the percentage of working
adults is long stuck in neu-
tral. And it’s not the over-
60 crowd that is dropping
out of the workforce, it’s
ages 18-59 who are giving
up looking for work. That’s
not the sign of a healthy
economy.
To put it all in perspec-
tive, if President Obama
hopes to bring his recovery
up to merely average, a C-
grade recovery, by the end
of his presidency - he will
need to generate 371,000
new jobs every month. He
has surpassed 300,000 only
twice in six years, and
never more than the
364,000 in January of
2012.
Catching up is hard to
do. Especially when the
President continues to
delay the Keystone XL
pipeline, rain Washington
red-tape down on local
businesses in record
amounts, push for higher
taxes and higher wages on
small businesses, target
American-made energy
production and refuse to
work with Republicans to
fix the broken tax code and
rein in the IRS.
The EPA’s proposed
new global warming regu-
lations will force Texas to
cut certain emissions by 39
percent.
The White House chose
to ignore the checks and
balances of government
SEE BRADY PAGE 7A
Wrobleski wins state Farm Bureau award
Bettie Wrobleski
Grimes County Farm
Bureau President Bettie
Wrobleski received a Pio-
neer Award from Texas
Farm Bureau.
Wrobleski joined
Grimes County Farm Bu-
reau in 1967, and has dedi-
cated many hours in
shaping, guiding and serv-
ing the organization. She
was involved in county ac-
tivities, attending many
state conventions during the
years her late husband Mar-
ion served as a board mem-
ber and during his term as
president.
After Marion’s death in
1995, Wrobleski was in-
vited to serve as a board
member. Within a year, she
became president, where
she continues to serve.
Wrobleski served on the
State Resolutions Commit-
tee and as chairperson of
the county Forage and Hay
and Ag Day committees.
She takes a personal inter-
est in sharing the impor-
tance of agriculture, espe-
cially to youth,
emphasizing that farmers
and ranchers provide food
and fiber.
Wrobleski represents
District 11, which includes
Grimes, Austin, Brazoria-
Galveston, Brazos, Cham-
bers, Colorado, Fayette,
Fort Bend, Harris,
Matagorda, Montgomery,
Walker, Waller, Washington
and Wharton counties.
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