McMorris Rodgers' support for constituents questioned

This past spring, Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers, our 5th District Representative in Congress for 12 years and trying for another term, has been holding “Conversations with Cathy.” I attended one in Spokane Valley on Monday morning, April 4 at the HUB. The majority of questions swirled around finances, taxes and banking.

It was interesting that McMorris Rodgers supports a flat tax, opposes retirement protections (regulations to protect consumers retirement funds) and supports dipping into the “entitlements” to balance the federal budget and scrapping the IRS. She explained that Social Secur...