"Dr. Steve Sauerberg's 2008 New Year's Resolutions to Strengthen Illinois"

by Steve Sauerberg, M.D.

As 2007 draws to a close, I thought it was important to share with you my 2008 New Year's resolutions to strengthen Illinois. We have an historic opportunity this year to change direction - we have an opportunity to return Illinois values to Washington by electing a new U.S. Senator.

The career politicians have had their turn at the wheel and the results have been disastrous. My campaign is about offering real solutions to the challenges we face as Americans and as Illinoisans.

Below you will find my New Year's resolutions, a positive blue print for improving the lives of the hard-working men and women of Illinois. If you agree with me - that we can do better than politics as usual in Washington and Springfield - then I urge you to join me and CONTRIBUTE to my campaign.

1. Protect tax relief currently enjoyed by Illinois families - make 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent

2. Pass real tax reform - our tax code should be fairer, flatter and substantially simpler

3. Secure our borders - fully fund efforts to build a fence along our southern border and actually build it

4. End benefits for illegals - taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for benefits for those who have nothing but contempt for our laws

5. Deport felons - illegals who are convicted of felonies should be immediately deported upon the completion of their jail sentences

6. Pass private sector market-based healthcare reform - 40 million Americans without health insurance is a disgrace, but socialized medicine is not the answer

7. Eliminate frivolous lawsuits - we need to reform our tort system to protect patients not unscrupulous trial lawyers

8. End wasteful "earmark" spending - we must end the politicians addiction to wasteful pork barrel spending and our tax dollars

9. Prioritize and cut spending in Washington and Springfield - its time for our elected leaders to start to make the tough decisions about spending priorities

10. CHANGE WASHINGTON BY CHANGING WHO WE SEND TO WASHINGTON to be our U.S. Senator!

After 37 years on the taxpayer dole, Dick Durbin has had ample time to address the challenges facing Illinoisans. It's time for new energy, new ideas, and new leadership. With your help we can change direction and return Illinois values to Washington and CONTRIBUTE to my campaign.

Thank you for your support and God Bless.

Sauerberg for U.S. Senate - P.O. Box 667, Lombard, IL 60148. For more information on Steve's campaign please visit our website at http://www.sauerberg2008.com/.

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November 2007 Newsletter

"9/11 Six Years Later: Time to Renew our Commitment to Winning the Global War on Terror"

by Steve Sauerberg, M.D.

(Western Springs, IL) -- "Six years ago our world changed forever. Radical Islam's war on the west did not start on that fateful morning six years ago - no, their war on our way of life started many years before then. While September 11th doesn't mark the beginning of this war it does, however, mark an important beginning - the beginning of our commitment to fight back, to defend our values and our way of life.

It began on United flight 93, when dozens of brave men and women decided to take the fight to their terrorist captors. In making the ultimate sacrifice, the heroes of flight 93 saved thousands, potentially tens of thousands, of lives and most importantly their actions marked the first strike back by Americans at our terrorist enemies.

Six years later, it is time for us to renew our commitment to winning the global war on terror. It is a time when we should remember the victims and the heroes of September 11th. It is a time when we should not only remember their sacrifices, and the sacrifices of their families, but a time when we should honor that sacrifice by recommitting to fighting and defeating the forces of radical Islam.

Too many of the politicians in Washington have forgotten the lessons of September 11th. For far too many of them - like our own Senator Dick Durbin - a commitment to winning the global war on terror has sadly been replaced by a cynical commitment to score political points.

Contrary to the wild-eyed charges of Dick Durbin's friends on the left - we did not ask for this war nor did we start it, but we should be committed to winning it. The radical Islamic terrorists who struck us on September 11, 2001 continue to pose a real and serious threat to our nation's safety.

What we need in Washington right now is leadership. We need elected leaders who will support our troops - not use them as political pawns by threatening to de-fund them. We need elected leaders who will fight to give our law enforcement agencies all the tools necessary to find and destroy terrorist networks at home and abroad, not politicians doing all they can to hamstring these efforts. We need elected officials who will trust the judgment of our military leaders on the ground, not politicians more interested in winning the partisan political battle at home than they are the real war abroad.

The bottom line is that we need to renew our commitment to winning the global war on terror. The career politicians like Dick Durbin have forgotten the lessons of 9/11, but like most Americans, I haven't. When I am the Senator from Illinois, I pledge to remain vigilant in our commitment to fighting and winning the war against radical Islam."

Sauerberg for U.S. Senate - P.O. Box 667, Lombard, IL 60148. For more information on Steve's campaign please visit our website at www.sauerberg2008.com.