OK: Independent Candidate for Congress Slams Congressional Cowardice

From the Edmond Sun:

Congress is full of “fundraisers” who are scared to take a stand on any issue until disaster is upon them, said Dave White, an Independent candidate for the U.S. Congress, 5th District of Oklahoma.

“They see these problems that are coming way off in the distance. Yet nobody has the backbone to be fixing those things until the disaster is upon us,” said White, a 1987 Naval Academy graduate with a degree in economics who served his country as a Navy SEAL officer.

“Social Security is going bankrupt, yet there’s not a one of them willing to stick their neck out,” White said.

Social Security is a promise made to senior citizens, he said. Protecting Social Security will require gradually pushing back the age eligibility beyond age 70, said White of Deer Creek.

“I switched my party because first of all, the Republican Party has become too liberal for me during the past few years,” White said.