Busy Signal On Capitol Hill

If you've been trying to contact your Congressman or Congresswoman to tell them how bad of an idea this Stimulus Bill is - and I most certainly hope you are - then you may have noticed that you're getting a busy signal more often than you're getting anything else.

Somehow, I don't think people are swarming the phones telling Congress how great of a bill this is. America is making it loud and clear that this bill is a disaster waiting to happen.

If you haven't contacted your Senator yet, please do so. If you're even half as mad as I am, then you have to make your voice heard.

Since the phones are all tied up, try email or fax. You can find those numbers in my previous post. I didn't bother to write to Senator Chuck Schumer, who believes the bigger the bill the better. However, I did send a fax to New York's new senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Democratic Senator Gillibrand voted against the bailout as a New York state representative; which shows more guts and sense than many of her male Republican counterparts.

Unfortunately, I don't believe she'll be breaking ranks on this one, which is a terrible disappointment for what appeared to be an otherwise very positive looking Senator.

My fax is below in case you wish to use any part of it:

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
531 Dirksen Senate Office Building,
District of Columbia 20510-3204
Fax: (202) 228-0282

Dear Senator Gillibrand:

Upon hearing of your nomination, I read your record and was pleased to see how you voted steadfast against the Bailout. As a New Yorker and an American, I am proud to have such a fiscally responsible Senator.

However, this Stimulus Bill is of great concern to me and many others who I speak to. The people mistrust their government. There is a tremendous record of irresponsibility and overspending, and I believe the government is now overreaching like never before. No other entity in the United States of America but the Federal Government would dare think that you can spend and spend your way out of your problems.

Please consider past results: TARP was passed, and no one knows where the money went and how it was used. The government can use words such as oversight, but even with the best of intentions it simply does not happen. The government's record on responsible spending does not exist. Trusting the government with another trillion in spending would be equivalent to letting an alcoholic run a liquor store or a drug addict run a pharmacy.

I also see many prominent people, including our President saying how bleak our circumstances are, and we must act now. Rash action without thinking things through does not work. I see these calls for immediate action as scare tactics, or when one watches an infomercial, where if we "act now" we get additional junk.

I hope you once again can see the responsible side, and choose to say no. Without a doubt we are going through hard times, but burdening our children with trillions of dollars of debt so we can supposedly avoid hard times is not only selfish, but doomed to fail.

This is being sent by facsimile since your web site does not post an email, nor can I reach your office by telephone. Thank you for taking the time to read this.