Jack Hoogendyk
Information
Country:
United States

Currently Running For

Office:
US Senate
State:
Michigan
District:
Michigan
Party:
Republican

Current Office

Office:
State Representative
State:
Michigan
District:
61st
Party:
Republican

Jack Hoogendyk

 
Jack Hoogendyk
Looks like the Democrats are going to push for more taxes and fees. This memo came from Rep. George Cushingberry today. He is the chairman of the House Appropriations comittee. His memo calls for almost $1 billion in news revenue...
Jack Hoogendyk
Thinking tax increases will get us out of this budget fix? This essay from the Illinois Policy Institute is instructive.....
Jack Hoogendyk
  We're about to get a National Health Care Plan......
Michael Glenn Hignite
Michael Glenn Hignite
No problem! All we need it the magic Keynsian fairy to come in and sprinkle it with magic econ-dust.
August 24 at 6:07pm
Mark Collins
Mark Collins
What's the best thing that can happen?
October 12 at 7:32pm
Jack Hoogendyk
Ronald Reagan had it figured out more than fifty years ago. Ronald Reagan was a staunch free-market capitalist. He believed in limited government. He did not have an epiphany about conservatism when he decided to run for President...
Jack Hoogendyk
HR 2749 passed the House on July 30, 2009 with the support of every member of the Michigan Delegation, Democrats and Republicans, except one member: Peter Hoekstra. Read the sorry details here.
Jack Hoogendyk
A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress-HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped. HR 2749 gives FDA tremendous power while significantly diminishing existing judicial restraints on actions taken by the agency...
Fredrick P Wilson
Fredrick P Wilson
If John Dingell sponsored it, it is a terrible idea and should be defeated. THat must be the starting point for any discussion of this bill and any bill Dingell supports. THat most of our Rejpublican RINOs in Michigan supported this bill shows that it is time for a revolt within the Republican Party
August 14 at 5:00pm
Jack Hoogendyk
I served in the legislature six years, until leaving under the state's term limits law. I learned a great deal about how government really works in the state...
Jack Hoogendyk
By the time the panelists had finished their comments, we had run out of time for questions. Below are all the questions that were submitted during the panel. I have submitted them to David Littmann, Gary Glenn, Ron Edwards and Scott Hagerstrom...
Jack Hoogendyk
From onenewsnow.com Michigan State Representative Tom McMillin has introduced a resolution dealing with a Christian's right to stand behind her religious beliefs. Julea Ward was a part of the Eastern Michigan University Graduate School of Counseling...
Jack Hoogendyk
A "standing room only" crowd of over 130 gathered in Troy last Thursday to hear four panelists discuss the present and potential future of the Republican Party and the conservative cause in Michigan...
Rob J. Wagner
Rob J. Wagner
Wish I could be everywhere. . . !
July 19 at 11:03am
Jack Hoogendyk
State Senator Deb Cherry doesn't think pharmacists should have the option to refuse to fill prescriptions based on his/her moral or ethical beliefs...
Jack Hoogendyk
President Obama is coming to Macomb Comminity College. Join us as we greet President Obama to share our true concerns. Bring signs, lets RALLY! We are looking for people to start showing up around 1p.m. The president is due to arrive between 2 and 3:30...
Jack Hoogendyk
Personally, I think the talking heads, pundits, and even members of her own conservative base are a little to quick to write off Sarah Palin. "Quitter" they call her. I understand the concern but I think Sarah Palin will outsmart them all...
Jack Hoogendyk
No, this is not a typographical error. You see, when your party is not in power, it is your responsibility to be the party of opposition, the party of obstruction...
Debra Davis Daam
Debra Davis Daam
Bummer. You can only vote once a day. One person. One vote.
June 27 at 8:47am
Jack Hoogendyk
I quote Crain's Detroit Business from June 10, 2009: Levin's Tiger Stadium earmark still could be spent (AP) "A $3.8 million federal earmark intended to help save Tiger Stadium may end up being spent even if nothing is left of the stadium." Read the entire article here...
Steven
Steven
How's that hope and change working for ya, Jack?!!!
June 26 at 1:24pm