Regarding the story: Three RINOs Move Left to Support the Stimulus
I want to thank everyone that has stepped up and contacted these three RINOs, as well as their own senators. I hope you are also relaying this message to all of your personal contacts, and telling everyone you know that they must let their voices be heard on this critical issue. We must try to turn these three senators. I know it appears that I have become stuck on one issue here, but how we react to this situation will greatly affect the direction of our Country going forward.
The Democrats are desperate to have this bill labeled as bipartisan because it will not work and they know it. They realize that it is much more special interest and pork than stimulus. They need to be able to call it bipartisan. The Democrats realize that the bill they crafted is destined to pass, with or without Republican support. When this bill eventually passes we will be forced to ’share the wealth,’ but we should not volunteer to ‘Share the Blame.’
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The recent confirmation of Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury enraged many honest taxpaying citizens across the country. When I checked to see how my Ohio senators voted on this appointment I was disappointed, but not surprised, by what I found. Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown took the lead from former Senator Obama’s playbook, and did not vote on the controversial appointment. RINO Republican Senator George Voinovich voted to confirm the admitted tax cheat, Timothy Geithner.
Hoping to understand my representative’s logic, I immediately sent the following email message to Senator Voinovich.
Senator Voinovich,
I was very disappointed to learn that you voted to confirm Timothy Geithner for Secretary of the Treasury. His backers assert that he is the only man in America that can get us through this economic ‘crisis’. That is an absurd contention, especially when you consider the fact that he can not even manage his own tax issues.
There are only three possible reasons for his tax payment problems:
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The current ‘Stimulus’ Bill of $850 Billion dollars that was passed by the House and is now before the Senate will cost each taxpayer an average of $6,296 according to the most current tax statistics available.
However, if you have worked hard enough to earn over $100,000 per year your portion of that bill will be closer to $16,000. And if you happen to earn in excess of $200,000 your ‘fair share’ of this Stimulus ‘Bill’ will likely be over $50,000. The tax data used here are taken from US Census records, and can be found at the following link:
U.S Census Tax Return Statistics
Your portion of this debt cited above is in addition to the similar debt from the prior stimulus bill. One problem that no one dares to mention is that much of this huge stimulus package involves the creation of new government programs and expansion of others. The Federal Government is great at creating new programs, but finds it very difficult to cut programs. These programs and increased cost will continue long after the economy rebounds. The debt will continue to grow.
This bill is not about economic stimulus. It is about expanding government, special interests, and to pay back political favors. The root of this economic collapse was government meddling in the banking industry, mandating or encouraging unsustainable changes to lending rules to satisfy a political constituency. Now many of those same politicians that helped create the problem are ramming through the same types of ’solutions’ that got us here in the first place. There is much more ‘Bill’ here than there is Stimulus.
Here is a link where you can find the full text of the ‘Stimulus’ Bill as it was sent to the Senate.
http://readthestimulus.org/
When you get to the page check out the links on the left column. The ‘Senate Version’ link will give you the full text of the current bill. Click on the Spreadsheet link to get a quick glimpse of the amount of your money we are talking about, and how much will be spent on special interest projects. This bill is not about economic stimulus.
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