Social Security
Congressman Kagen recently aired a misleading television commercial attacking me on Social Security, implying that I want to end it and have retirees suffer. This is a ridiculous claim. 1. Factcheck.org The non-partisan watchdog organization that examines a politicians commercial for accuracy, Factcheck.org, called Congressman Kagen’s attack “senior scare.” Analysts at Factcheck concluded that Congressman Kagen’s advertisement could “mislead retirees into thinking their benefits could be at risk and to suggest Ribble would phase out the program without replacing it with a new...
Read MoreSending Jobs to China
In a recent television advertisement – entitled “Appleton Paper” – Congressman Kagen states, “he represents Wisconsin workers and Wisconsin jobs, not the corporations who’ve stolen our jobs overseas.” Nice campaign rhetoric, but if that’s the case why did Congressman Kagen allow manufacturing job tax credits from his “stimulus” package go to foreign companies based overseas? 1. Since Congressman Kagen’s “stimulus” was passed, nearly $2.3 billion in manufacturing job tax credits have been awarded to companies based ...
Read More“Politician” Reid Ribble
In Congressman Kagen’s recent television ads and mailers, he refers to me as “Politician Reid Ribble.” Statements like these just make me laugh. Congressman Kagen’s an incumbent who’s trying to hide from his own incumbency, by trying to present me – a 30-year small business owner – as a politician. For the past three decades, I have worked as roofing contractor. I have owned Security and Luebke Roofing based in Kaukauna, Wisconsin since 1981. Putting a new roof on a building is about as far from ‘politician’ as you can get… Roofers actually create things –...
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