New York, New York- Today, Dino LaVerghetta, the Republican-endorsed candidate for Congress in New York's 14th Congressional District, condemned Carolyn Maloney for her ties to the Socialist Party. Last week, the Democratic Socialists of America ("DSA") revealed that seventy U.S. Congress Members belong to their caucus. The DSA proclaims to be the largest Socialist organization in the United States. According to their website, DSA members openly "reject an international economic order sustained by private profit." Among the Congress Members listed was New York's own Carolyn Maloney.

Dino criticized Maloney for her Socialist ties. He stated that her adherence to the DSA's beliefs makes her unfit to represent a District sustained by the financial industry. Mr. LaVerghetta stated:

Carolyn Maloney's membership in the Socialist Party is simultaneously shocking and wholly unsurprising. It has long been known in political circles that Maloney is bored by economics and confused by finance. Her membership in an organization that openly rejects the notion of private profit, however, proves that Carolyn Maloney actually has contempt for the free market system that made this country great. Carolyn Maloney represents the financial center of the universe, yet she apparently opposes our free-market capitalist system. Don't the People of our District deserve a Representative that believes their work has value? Shouldn't their voice in Washington be one that speaks up for their interests rather than one that vehemently opposes them?

In truth, however, we should have seen this coming. When asked to choose between putting her trust in government or the individual, Carolyn Maloney has chosen the government every time. This is someone who has vocally opposed making the 2003 tax cuts permanent, proposed taxing Wall Street bonuses at 100%, voted for wasteful government stimulus packages, voted for the disastrous Obamacare legislation, and voted for the stifling financial regulations recently passed by Congress.

Disturbingly, Carolyn Maloney is the Chair of the Joint Economics Committee. This is a job she has never taken seriously. For example, instead of appointing an expert as the Committee's General Counsel, she appointed her election lawyer, Andrew Tulloch. I guess we shouldn't expect anything more from a card-carrying member of the DSA. Why should she take her role on the Joint Economic Committee seriously when she thinks our economic system is a joke?See full article