I was disappointed that noboby thanked Congressman Kline for his service to our country both in the military and elected office. At times the audience was clearly disrespectful towards others of differing opinions and I felt some where disrespectful to our Congressman. I respect differing opinions however, it was clear the audience was as divided and grid-locked on many issues as is congress. I was amazed when a select few blamed congress for grid-lock while the obvious display of division was so present amongst the audience. Much of the division was either lack of facts, mis-information, and or party affiliation (go figure). I personally thanked Congressman kline for his services to our country, his availability to his constituants, and the facts presented on slides for the audience. I also suggested to him that in my opinion as a local elected leader that the people are looking for stability and direction. Iran is a flash-point to a major war, the European union is having all kinds of debt issues, and the USA has an enormous debt burden. I feel the people have no clear direction or plans from our federal leaders which could give the needed stability to business growth, consumer spending, and lower level government planning and investment.
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Matt Lehman Shakopee City Council

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I do agree with Congressman Kline's expand and grow GDP approach by creating a stabile environment for manufacturing expansion and job growth, stable outward projected taxation to lend future confidence in consumer purchasing decisions. He made it clear where he and Pres. Obama agree however, its clear to most after looking at the facts, that we need spending cuts, entitlement reforms, domestic energy plans, and a host of other things all combined to get out of the mess we are currently in regardless of blame. BTW insider trading in congress is currently illegal.
Defense cuts where discussed and it concerns me that we would tell our enemies that we are down-sizing to handle a single front war. I suspect if we get into a war, our enemies would then know we are defenseless and may attack on a seperate front? The issues and decisions Congressman Kline faces are huge, tremendously complicated, and seem to carry the countries future success in the balance. His experience is reassurring while his vision is realistic and to the point. Thank you Congressman for the efforts you put forth for the country and its citizens

Matt Lehman Shakopee City Council

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