Small Business Against Big Government

This will leave a mark!

Kirk Adams is a small businessman and supporter of SBABG’s mission.  He is running for Congress to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.  We are excited to see him take on the entrenched Washington insiders.  We need more small businessmen to run for office!

His opponent, Washington insider Matt Salmon, has been attempting to reinvent himself as a small government conservative.  Adams is taking him to task (see full video below). After a decade of lobbying for energy mandates, public employee unions, and crony capitalist projects, Salmon finally moved back to Arizona (from Washington), bought a cowboy hat, and is attempting to reacquaint himself with some conservative principles (such as don’t give money to liberal candidates like Ed Pastor and Joe Baca).

Yesterday, in pursuit of his new image, lobbyist Salmon released an opinion piece condemning congressional insider trading.  He’s right, politicians should never use their positions to enrich themselves, whether it’s through insider trading while in office or through lucrative lobby…err…other careers once they leave office.

What made his piece laughable is the fact that Salmon personally donated money liberal Congressman Ed Pastor, who was featured last month in a New York Times article about–you guessed it–congressional insider trading!

“When Ed Pastor was first elected to congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class.  Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed nearly as much in loans.  Today, Mr. Pastor, a miner’s son and a former high school teacher, is a member of a not-so-exclusive club:  Capitol Hill millionaires.”

So, what gives?  The Kirk Adams for Congress campaign asked Arizona voters, “Why would a former Republican U.S. congressman, turned lobbyist, donate money to a liberal Democrat campaign.” A few answers:

“They would give money to any campaign that served their particular needs.”

“Wasn’t principled in the first place and now he’s out for the money.”

There sure is something fishy about Matt Salmon.