JJF ([info]carpdeus) wrote,
@ 2008-10-02 09:02:00
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Current mood: pissed off
Current music:Jackhammers outside my window
Entry tags:politics

An open letter to Rep. John Boehner, from a constituent
Representative Boehner,

As one of your constituents who voted last election and will be voting against on Saturday, I want to ask you to take George W. Bush's hand out of your ass and actually think about the Bailout package that you couldn't lead your party to pass earlier this week and vote against it's passage when it comes up again.

Yes, something needs to be done, but this package has no oversight and little value, though it has a great price tag.

Have the FDIC work on buying out $700 billion dollars worth of loans from banks. That would restore confidence and fix the underlying mortgage crisis that precipitated this mess.

I don't expect you to do this. You have so consistently been George W. Bush's man that you are little more than a puppet who cannot speak for yourself and will pass the plan because the man pulling your strings tells you to. Regardless of the facts. Regardless of your constituents.

Because you, sir, are proof the problems inherent in a representative democracy.

Sincerely,

One outraged constituent


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[info]dracphelan
2008-10-02 01:47 pm UTC (link)
That's one thing I am happy about. There are several Texas Republican Reps who have said no to this. What I find hillarious is the fact that it is the same plan, but they have now upped the cost by raising the FDIC insured deposit amount (though it needs to be done) and added in some tax cuts. This proves to me that the people pushing this do not care what the voters actually think about their plan. (Calls to congressional offices are 99 to 1 opposed to this plan.)

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Almost true
[info]carpdeus
2008-10-02 01:56 pm UTC (link)
In certain districts, the calls are running 99-1, but not all.

And nationwide polls show that it's an almost even split. If the polls showed 99-1 against, or even 70/30, it would fail in a heartbeat. (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/963/wall-street-bailout-approval)

Point of fact is, the drop in the Dow on Monday, meaningless though it is, was enough to make folks look at their IRA accounts and see them go down and allow W's FUD to influence their calls to their representatives.

We'll see how it pans out. But I feel we lose no matter what.

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