Draft:Terry N Le

Terry Le (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 13. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024. Terry Le was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army from 2017 to 2018. Le earned a high school diploma from Amundsen High School. His career experience includes working as a caregiver, businessman, machine operator, and restaurant worker. His family were war refugees fleeing communist Vietnam so he has a deep love and passion to his communities and the duty to uphold personal freedoms. He was brought up and raised in the city pf Chicago. He graduated from high school in Amundsen. He went to college in UIC for a short period of time then decided to leave to join the military. His military career was cut short when he injured his shoulder. He has worked as a businessman in a small business, machine operator and in the healthcare field. His top concerns in Chicago is public safety, economy, education, fiscal responsibility, lowering taxes, single parent household rates. He believes that the most important things in life are those closest to home: our faith, family, and friends, our churches and community organizations. He believes strong families and communities are the starting place for self-government. I recognize that there is no government program more effective in raising a child to succeed and become a good citizen than a strong and loving father and mother. He believes that investing in our forgotten high crime neighborhoods is the key and that citizens deserve a safe and healthy community. He says that children that grew up without a father are many times more likely to commit crimes, drop out of school, live in poverty and be incarcerated stating that we need more polices that gives incentive for marriages and for couples to stay together. He says Illinois has the highest statewide and local tax burden and it is one of the main cause for the large exodus from our state. The highest tax burden of this state has made it the least friendly state to start a business which explains why Illinois has the 3rd highest unemployment rate in America. Illinois has the worst pension crisis, worst bonds crisis making it the worst state for retirees, low income earners, worst for racial financial equality. We need to cut taxes, help give relief for small businesses, cut regulations, smaller government in order to boost jobs and grow the private sector.