Republican Magazine: Darlene Swaffar to Clinch Florida Congressional District 23

SPRING 2024

VOL 4 NO. 1

SPRING

Publisher JAY PARNASSA SHAPIRO

2024

Nate Cain Announces Candidacy for United States Congress Nate Cain, a Republican, U.S. Army Veteran, cybersecurity entrepreneur, and FBI whistleblower announces his candidacy for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. With a track record of integrity, selfless service, personal courage, and loyalty to his country, Cain is focused on restoring our Constitutional freedoms, strengthening our national security, and opening the doors to prosperity for all Americans.

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Nate Cain for United States Congress, West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. Nate Cain is a military veteran who stands for America First principles & the people of West Virginia. He is a family man whose foundation is upon God, Family and Country. Cain is an entrepreneur and small business owner in Berkley County, West Virginia, https://www.cain.associates For more information about Nate Cain's campaign for Congress in 2024 or to donate, please visit https://natecain4wv.com

"I am excited to announce my candidacy for the West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District," Cain said. "I believe West Virginia needs a strong and trustworthy leader representing them, with a track record of integrity and personal courage when it matters. I firmly support the U.S. Constitution and intend to boldly fight to restore our God-given rights to guns, free speech, religion, medical freedom, and privacy. I also pledge to strengthen our national security and sovereignty with strong borders, balanced budgets, accountable foreign aid, a strong military, and a replenished national strategic stockpile and oil reserve. By restoring American freedom and national security we will ensure an enduring prosperity that will last for generations."

“We’re keeping patients independent and healthier at home for longer.”

At a Ways and Means hearing on the benefits of health care at home, Medicare patients who receive athome care shared their stories of how both their health and quality of life have improved. Under the currently temporary Hospital at Home and telehealth flexibilities granted by Congress, millions of patients are now benefitting from the convenience of getting health care in their home. Because rural, remote, and underserved areas largely lack adequate health care services, Americans living in these communities can greatly benefit from expanded health care at home.

The witnesses who provide at-home, virtual care testified to the difference it has made for their patients – fewer emergency room and inpatient visits, and improved vital signs, to name a few. For diseases and illnesses where at-home care is possible, witnesses drew the connection between quality in-person and at-home care: in-person care is vital to setting the right treatments that patients can safely administer at home.

“I Felt Better. I Had More Energy”: Kidney Patient Shares Her At-Home Care Story Bell Maddux is a rural Pennsylvania working mother who testified about the importance of at-home care for her health and ability to take care of her family. In her moving opening statement, Mrs. Maddux shared the story of transitioning from in-center dialysis that required hours of travel and that left her tired to at-home dialysis that better fits into her busy life. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) asked Ms. Maddux to share how the at-home care impacted her quality of life.

Darlene Cerezo Swaffar is running for Congress in Florida’s 23rd District Drug-infested Brooklyn, NY in the early 1980's was a tough place to grow up, but Darlene Swaffar is thankful for the experience. Navigating the mean streets of the notorious ‘hood taught the young woman how to survive and thrive through the use of critical thinking and compassion for others. Today, Swaffar uses those skills like a superpower.

Darlene Swaffar is not a Politician. If fact, she is not an establishment pick. Swaffar has lived and worked in South Florida as an entrepreneur for the past 30 years, and she understands what every day Americans have to go through in their efforts to raise their children in safe communities while trying to earn a living. Now, she’s determined to do whatever she can to help make the American Dream a reality for her and her neighbors by running for Congress.

Best known in her Deerfield Beach community as “The Medicare Lady” ™, Swaffar runs a successful Medicare Health Insurance Brokerage firm. Her background is in economic development, accounting and finance. Her expertise in corporate recruiting, as well as mortgage and insurance, will be valuable assets in Washington. She’s also highly-skilled in project management, strategic thinking and problem solving.

Never one to back down, Swaffar intends to question government over-spending and bring issues that affect “We the People” to the forefront.

Swaffar is a Precinct Woman #A004, on the National Small Business Association Leadership Council, was Founder of South Florida First, Inc., and is a Board Member of Smartflorida.org As a candidate who believes in Law and Order and Fiscal Responsibility, Swaffar feels that our nation needs to focus on: Border Security, Economic Development, and Job Creation; Controlling Inflation; Ending Drug and Sex Trafficking; Revamping Education for our Children; Providing Solutions to improve Medicare and Social Security to prevent insolvency; and providing more support for our Veterans.

It's time for new Leadership focused on serving with honor and integrity!

Send Darlene Cerezo Swaffar to Congress and put a halt to the Progressive policies that are negatively impacting our country. Swaffar is a successful business owner who can bring practical experience to create jobs and opportunity for our community.

An expert in Medicare, Health Insurance, Banking, Mortgages, Recruiting, Project Management and Entrepreneurship, Darlene is ready to implement real strategies to improve the lives of Florida District 23 Residents.

Vote Swaffar Campaign 10 Fairway Drive, Suite 118, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441, United States (754) 444-2782

The Biden Tax Hike Will Likely Exceed $7 Trillion President Biden’s Budget Shows He Will Let Middle Class Tax Cuts Expire Hidden inside President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget is the revelation that he will increase taxes by a whopping $7 trillion, thanks to a range of tax increases and the expiration of Republicans’ 2017 tax reform. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) outlined a list of the biggest tax increases, saying: “President Biden’s $7 trillion tax increase on small businesses and families means fewer jobs, higher prices, and handing our competitive advantage to China. Far from going after the wealthy, these are tax hikes that hit workers, mom-and-pop business owners, seniors nearing retirement, and family farms and ranches. And with the IRS getting another $104 billion and an expanded ability to approve penalties, Democrats will be on the fast track to collect your life savings.”

The Details: President Biden Quietly Pledges to Let Trump Tax Cuts Expire Even as the President claims he will not allow the middle-class tax cuts in the 2017 tax reform to expire, his budget fails to show any plan to stop the increases and spends as though they don’t exist anymore.

That’s approximately $2 trillion in new taxes on top of the nearly $5 trillion explicitly included in this budget.

Sending Jobs and Companies Overseas with Higher Business Taxes than China Increasing the corporate tax rate to one of the highest in the world would put America at a disadvantage in attracting investment and jobs.

As much as 75 percent of the burden of corporate tax increases falls on American workers and consumers in the form of lower wages and higher prices according to recent economic studies.

Global Tax Surrender Allows Foreign Governments to Take American Tax Dollars President Biden’s global tax surrender to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sends American tax dollars to foreign governments and entities, while failing to hold China accountable.

Analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) finds that under Pillar 2, the United States stands to lose over $120 billion in tax revenues to foreign nations. And under the current OECD Pillar 1 proposal, according to JCT analysis of tax year 2021, American companies earned 70 percent of the profits that would have been subject to reallocation and taxation by other foreign nations, and the U.S. would have lost up to $4.4 billion in tax revenue to them.

A Second Death Tax Even Though You Only Die Once President Biden’s proposal to raise the top rate to 39.6 percent goes after small business owners who pay their business taxes via their individual tax return – despite his pledge not to raise taxes on small businesses.

A Tax on Wealth You Haven’t Even Earned Yet Democrats want to tax the “unrealized gains” of assets, a long-sought priority of progressives such as Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Under President Biden’s budget, Americans at the end of their careers – who have reached their highest earning level just before retirement – or those who have built up a business over a lifetime but not sold it, could be hit with a so-called wealth tax that would be an additional 25 percent on those assets. These are not the super-wealthy, but people who have worked a full lifetime and earned their retirement.

Charging tax before an asset is sold runs counter to how income taxation works under our Constitution; the proposal would require Americans to declare to the IRS the value of their home, business, and personal assets on an annual basis to be levied a new tax bill.

Hurting Americans’ Retirement Funds Democrats’ budget calls to raid the retirements of those with successful careers, capping the retirement plan benefits of certain individuals.

Going After the Sweat Equity of Small Business Owners Democrats call for another $104.3 billion to the agency, on top of the massive pay raise given to the IRS by congressional Democrats in 2022, and expand the ranks of those who have authority to approve penalties – regardless of the merits of those penalties.

President Biden is essentially reneging on the bipartisan agreement he made with Republicans in the Fiscal Responsibility Act to rescind part of the original $80 billion pay raise provided to the agency by congressional Democrats in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.

Newsmax, DIRECTV Finalize Renewal Programming to Resume on DIRECTV, DIRECTV Stream And U-verse EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and BOCA RATON, Fla., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DIRECTV and Newsmax Media, Inc. announced today that they reached a business agreement for a multi-year distribution deal that will return the Newsmax channel to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on March 23, 2023.

When the two companies were initially unable to agree on financial terms to extend their carriage agreement, DIRECTV lost the rights to distribute the programming on January 25, 2023. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence in the pay TV industry, and often consumers are caught in the middle.

"Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DIRECTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones," said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax. "As a standalone company, DIRECTV helped give Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago as it continues to do with upcoming news networks, which is why we are pleased to reach a mutually beneficial agreement that will deliver our network to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse customers over the next several years."

"This resolution with Newsmax, resolving an all-too-common carriage dispute, underscores our dedication to delivering a wide array of programming and perspectives to our customers," said Bill Morrow, CEO of DIRECTV. "Through our persistent negotiations, we reached a resolution under mutually-agreeable business terms allowing us to deliver the conservative news network at the right value – a reflection of the free market at work."

Newsmax will be available on DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse at no additional cost to customers, rejoining the now expanded and diversified news lineup which includes six 24/7 news networks – CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation, and The First.

This agreement marks DIRECTV's latest successful resolution of a carriage dispute, an unfortunate but increasingly frequent occurrence involving nearly every pay TV and streaming provider attempting to keep rising consumer costs in check. Over the past five years alone, the industry has endured no less than 140 distinct disputes pitting programmers or station groups against their primary distributors. While some resolve in as little as a few hours to days or weeks, others last several months to more than a year. During that same timeframe, DIRECTV has resolved public disputes with approximately 50 programmers or station groups, typically lasting a few days or weeks, but routinely extending to several months in some instances.

About NEWSMAX: Newsmax Media, Inc. operates Newsmax, one of the nation's leading news outlets. The Newsmax channel is carried on all major cable and satellite systems. Newsmax's media properties reach more than 40 million Americans regularly through Newsmax TV, the Newsmax App, its popular website Newsmax.com, and publications like Newsmax Magazine. Forbes has called Newsmax "a news powerhouse.