Open letter to the Leadership of the Republican Party in general and
Speaker of the House John Boehner in particular.
I thought it would be a good idea to remind the leadership of the Republican Party of some facts that they seem to be ignoring.
1. The Federal Government is bankrupt and you just "compromised" an agreement with
the democrats to increase deficit spending and federal debt in the 2011 budget.
2. Speaker Boehner is "Speaker of the House" and not "minority leader" because angry
voters decided to throw out the "tax and spend" democrats and replace them with
republican candidates in the 2010 mid-term elections. These candidates promised to cut deficit spending and fight the growth of big government.
3. When the democrats had a veto-proof majority in both houses of congress, did they
work for "compromise"? No, they crammed Obamacare down our throats and made
incredible comments like,"you'll have to pass the bill to know what's in it." Now when they've lost the house they are crying for "compromise". If Republicans fall for that crap you won't have to worry about losing your seat in the 2012 elections, because the folks who gave you a majority in the House last year will be looking to replace you in the primaries next year. You'll never make it to the general election.
We recognize the both parties bear responsibility for the unsustainable size of the Federal Government and we're hoping this congress will be the one to stand up and say "no more". Refusing to raise the debt ceiling will not result in causing grandma to eat cat food, as the democrats claim. What it will do is to put a leash on the government bureaucrats and force them to reduce the size and scope of government because the public's credit line is maxed out and we don't want to raise the credit limit.
We are not going to "spend" our way out of this economic situation. We're headed for an
inflationary "train wreck" and we the people are just hoping the folks we elected last year
will find the courage to grab ahold of the brake and pull it back hard. The prices of food
and energy are high and getting higher, in large part because of the unrestrained printing
of new money in a way that has created currency crises in other countries in the past and poses a real threat to repeat it right here in the U.S. in the not-too-distant future.
We are asking you all to exercise some common sense and not fall for the lies and scare
tactics about not raising the debt limit and do something for the good of the country for a
change and vote instead "NOT TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT". There's a whole lot of
government that could be cut and we love to see you all do your jobs and cut some of it.
And while you're at it, you might re-read the constitution and work to reassert your authority over government spending and authorizing foreign military action by means of the Declaration of War.
We also feel that serving in Congress is a duty and a privilege, but not meant to be a lifelong
career. Some respectable term limits would contribute to improved government because
then we might have more statesmen, serving and then going home, rather than the
lifelong political parasites we have now, who vote their own interests in order to get re-
elected, rather than voting for the good of the country as a whole.
You got us in this mess, so we're asking you to do the right thing right now to start getting
us out, or we'll get you out and put in somebody who listens to their constituents and
works for the good of the country. We're not asking for compromise, we want backbone
and lots of it. Stop the spending, now. We're broke.
