http://mchughwatch.com Keeping the record straight Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:38:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An endorsement from the UAW local 465, based at the Massena GM Powertrain plant, appeared in the Watertown Times today. The UAW prepared and submitted to the US Department of Labor petitions for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance. According to the endorsement letter, within hours ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/10/27/uaw-endorses-mr-mchugh-%e2%80%93-but-why/ The first thing young doctors learn when they answer a resuscitation call is – the first pulse you take is your own. In other words, a life is in your hands, the decisions you make are critical and are literally life and death. Slow down, think clearly, be ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/10/01/take-your-own-pulse/ “Socialized Medicine” – Mr. McHugh’s distortion of a National Health Insurance program still rings in my ears. A distortion he purposely and repeatedly used to denigrate a noble and way overdue solution to a pressing national problem. Of course he did it to appeal to his voter base’s ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/09/29/lots-of-explaining-to-do/ The following was submitted as a letter to a number of prominent North Country Newspapers four days ago on Tuesday, Sept 23rd. It has not appeared (no hard feelings) so I publish it here: There is something very, very wrong. We are told that the root cause ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/09/26/rush-job/ Ted Ford, author of the Danger Democrat blog today thanked me for a news link that I sent him regarding Gov. Palin. He called me his, “Friend, fellow lefty, sole thoracic surgeon in Sackets Harbor and former congressional candidate.” Yes, I am a good friend of Ted, Sackets Harbor’s (not ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/09/13/lipstick-on-a-pig/ Mr. McHugh introduced HR 6321, the Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief act, on June 18, 2008. Political IV summarized the bill in his post of 7/23/08. Mr. McHugh, in his press release, claims that he is leading the effort to reduce heating costs by offering a $500 tax ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/07/24/deja-vu-all-over-again/ Part of campaigning for a congressional seat is having Editorial Boards with the various newspapers across the district. These take the form of interviews with two or more representatives of the newspaper, usually with the either the publisher and/or the managing editor in attendance. Whether it was the ... http://mchughwatch.com/2008/04/08/the-measure-of-a-congressman/ This week we will look at where our healthcare dollar is being spent and where our money goes. Be forewarned: this is tough stuff and can't be presented in a sound bite. You are going to have to wade through the numbers and follow the money. Doing ... http://mchughwatch.com/2007/12/16/health-care-part-2-where-does-all-our-money-go/ When I first entered politics in 2004 one of the biggest hurdles in explaining my roadmap to healthcare reform was to convince people that the system was broken. I tried to accomplish that by telling them of the 47,000,000 Americans – one sixth of our population – were uninsured. ... http://mchughwatch.com/2007/12/06/67/ The alternative minimum tax (AMT) was enacted in 1969 to target 155 wealthy households who were able to arrange their tax liabilities such that they paid little if any taxes1. I was a freshman in college when the announcement was made by the then secretary of the treasury ... http://mchughwatch.com/2007/11/25/my-question-what-does-john-mchugh-have-against-the-middle-class/