Letter to My Representatives

So I love to listen to talk radio including Neel Bortz, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity. I also love to watch on tv Glenn Beck, Hannity, and I do stay pretty loyal to Foxnews. I know most of them are very far right conservatitives but I do agree with a lot of things they talk about. At the very least it gets me thinking and looking the issues up for myself. I will check out the other news stations but have found them to by partial to the left and I do not feel they give accurate balanced represenation of the news.

So a few weeks ago I am watching Glenn Beck and am getting all fired up about some issues he is talking about. I have been getting fired up a lot lately about all the "great" things Obama is doing with our country. We may soon know what it is like to be a 3rd world country - no - I hope not - I hope people start waking up and realizing what the consequences are to these choices Obama is making. Just look at CA. OK so I am off on a tangent already. (warning - I may do that a lot)

Letter - right - so I decide to write my representatives. Here is the letter I wrote and emailed to my local representative Zack Wamp, my Senators, and Governer.

MY LETTER

Dear ...

This is the first time I have ever written to any of my government representatives. I used to have faith in our country, our constitution, and our government officials of all levels to uphold our freedoms and rights. Those elected may have had a different point of view as me but that foundation of the bloodline of this great nation still flowed and my basic freedoms and rights stayed close to the same. I used to think how great our country was because the way it was set up, with the checks and balances our founding fathers put in place, to protect from any one entity from gaining too much control.

What is happening to all of that? And why are you, as my representative not doing anything about it? Our constitution is on fire and you who have been elected by the people to protect it are sitting around and either being bullied or just a coward (or maybe you are too concerned about reelection or your own power) to do anything about it. With the way things are going the face of the free enterprise, our market system, our hope to achieve and be successful if we work hard, our security in our safety from foreign and domestic threat - is all in jeopardy. PLEASE do something! Stand up and say something. Fight for us. Don’t allow what is unconstitutional to continue happening. We will stand behind you.

I am mom of 4, I have received my education from UCSB, been a financial advisor, and currently stay home with my children. We struggle with one income, but own a home, and do ok. My husband just finished getting his education, and it was always our hope as soon as he completed he would go out and get a better job. Where are the jobs? We always viewed America as a wonderful place of opportunity and freedoms. We thought if we work hard, have good ideas, and great work ethics, we will be successful! Now I am not so sure any of those will be rewarded, and am scared like I have never been before. Having experience as a financial advisor, I have always had faith in the markets and never before second guessed putting money in it over the long term. Now I question how safe it is even over the long term. With these auto companies and the reconfiguring of the structure where previously the secured bond holders would get first pick, is changing after over 200 years of staying the same. How does that secure future companies to get loans when no one can guarantee anything? When government is taking control at such fast overwhelming speed. It is incredible to me that none of you government officials are saying or stopping this! It is incredible to me that most of the media is saying nothing! Are all of you so caught up in your own worlds of wealth and prestige, who you know, and the good old boys club, that you don’t see what you are allowing or doing to this great nation? It will not be so great for very long! Look at history, look at our constitution, protect us little people who are the fabric of this nation. HELP US!!!

Deeply concerned,
Lisa Doolittle

Thier replys:

Dear Lisa:

Thanks for sharing your personal story with me. Many people have written to me with stories similar to yours. We will work through these difficult days and do everything we can to help regular people whose lives have been greatly impacted by this recession. Any action taken by Congress must stimulate investment, job creation and economic activity.

The federal government has once again overstepped its role, exerting too much control over the free enterprise system. The failure of the automakers bailout and the grossly mismanaged Troubled Asset Recovery Program (TARP) are prime examples of what happens when the government inserts itself into private industry.

President Obama has taken partial ownership of General Motors (GM), promising not to micro-manage the company even though he has already fired GM's CEO. This is not the proper role of the federal government.

Consistent economic policies like tax relief for working families, help for small businesses across the country, and less government spending are needed to get folks back to work and our economy moving again. I will continue fighting against the expansion of the federal government and for a more conservative approach to our economic challenges.

In an effort to return the federal government to its constitutional role, I have signed on to co-sponsor the Enumerated Powers Act, H.R. 450, requiring the Members of Congress to prove the constitutionality of each bill introduced in the House of Representatives.

Warmest Regards,
Zach WampMember of Congress


AND...

June 15, 2009


Mrs. Lisa Doolittle
5525 Sarah Dr.
Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363

Dear Lisa,

Thanks for getting in touch with me and letting me know what's on your mind regarding the future of our country.

Although ethics rules prohibit me from discussing political issues in my official U.S. Senate correspondence, I can say that, with the elections behind us, I will continue to work hard in the Senate to get things done for Tennesseans. I'll support our new president when he's right and oppose him and come up with a better idea when he's wrong. Senators on this side of the aisle don't need new principles and don't need to hire a PR firm. We need to turn the principles we believe in into solutions that affect Americans on an everyday basis - solutions on energy prices, health insurance, helping to balance the family budget, boosting the economy, and keeping spending under control.

I'm grateful you took the time to let me know where you stand, and I'll be sure to keep your comments in mind as these issues are discussed in Washington and in Tennessee.

Sincerely,

Lamar


MY RESPONSE:
Well... I learned something new, the Enumerated powers act. I wonder of course 1) who wrote these responses? was it their pr secratery - did they ever read my letter. 2)are these a generic response?, my hope is they at least read it and know what they people they are representing feel.

My next thing I want to write to them about is National Health Care issues. We'll save that for another post.