07-12-2011
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Under Attack...
Yet Again!
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Subject: A Call to Action
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From the United States Constitution — Section 7:
All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House
of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with
Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives
and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to
the President of the United States; ...
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Today, the Associated Press released an article entitled:
In this piece it is reported that Republican Senator Mitch McConnell
(KY) presented a proposal that would effectively turn the keys to the
piggy bank over to President Obama, allowing him, at his discretion,
to increase the debt ceiling by up to $2.5 trillion! In exchange for
this broad new power, Obama would be required to submit to Congress a
proposal for equivalent spending cuts — not from current levels,
but from Obama's own inflated future spending projections
— which would then be endlessly debated in Congress, with no
assurance that they would ever come to a vote, let alone be
implemented. And even if these spending reductions were to be
enacted, there is no parity here, since, as Peter
Schiff has so accurately pointed out, Obama would be increasing
the debt today, while any cuts would certainly be set to kick
in at some future date, and most likely be extended out over a period
of five to ten years, and possibly longer, rendering their offsetting
fiscal impact almost meaningless.
Now, why would the Republicans, who have a clear majority in the House
where, according to the Constitution, revenue bills must
originate, propose such an idiotic "compromise", giving up the
authority that the voters vested in them during the last election,
and capitulate to Obama's authority while burying us citizens under
addition debt, raising the a total load to just shy of $17 trillion?
As the article points out:
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[I]t would allow Republican lawmakers to avoid having to
support an increase in the debt limit, something many of them
find odious.
"Republicans will choose a path that actually reflects the will
of the people, which is to do the responsible thing and ensure
the government doesn't default on its obligations," McConnell
said in a speech on the Senate floor.
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Why would they do it? Because they are cowards! They prefer to both
have and eat their cake silmultaneously. Unwilling to take a strong
principled stand on the issue of the debt ceiling, they want to raise
it because it is "the will if the people", but they do not
want to actually have to vote on it because that is not "the
will if the people". What are the Republicans actually concerned
about?
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Any such proposals could also be used by Republicans in the
2012 campaigns, if only to blunt attacks made by Democrats.
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That's right. They are more concerned with political maneuvering and
reelection than they are on saving this country from total financial
collapse as we are currently witnessing in many European countries.
Why is anything like this proposal being discussed? We are currently
running a huge deficit and must cut federal spending immediately
to balance the budget and stop the bleeding. Even if we gave ourselves
a lobotomy and then were able to take this proposal at face value,
believing that raising the debt ceiling would be countered with
spending cuts of equal measure, that would be the same thing as
standing still, and we would continue to hemorrhage. It solves
nothing! The only possible path out of these dark woods is reduced
spending, and it is clear that neither the White House, nor the
Democrats, nor the Republicans are interested in taking decisive
action. Raising the debt ceiling won't address our problems, it just
makes things considerably worse.
Do not let this action stand! Contact Mitch McConnell and all of the
other Republicans† in the House
and Senate and tell them exactly what you think, not only of this
particular proposal, but of their entire failed record. Let them know
that:
- The President should not be given the ability to
arbitrarily raise the debt ceiling.
- Stop undermining the separation of powers embodied in
the U.S. Constitution.
- The debt ceiling should not be raised by any
amount, under any circumstances.
- The 2012 budget which begins this October, must be
balanced.
- Balance the budget with federal spending reductions,
not tax increases.
- Immediately de-fund and then repeal Obamacare.
- Every American citizen should have the choice to opt-out
of all entitlement programs.
- We are tracking their actions and we will remember each
and every one at the next election.
Here are links and phone numbers to some of the worst RINOs in
the Senate. Use this information to let them know exactly what
actions you expect of them.
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Name
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State
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Phone No.
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Email Contact
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Mitch McConnell
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KY
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202-224-2541
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Email
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Lisa Murkowski
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AK
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202-224-6665
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Email
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Jon Kyl
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AZ
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202-224-4521
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Email
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John McCain
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AZ
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202-224-2235
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Email
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Mark Kirk
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IL
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202-224-2845
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Email
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Richard Lugar
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IN
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202-224-4814
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Email
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Scott Brown
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MA
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202-228-2646
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Email
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Susan Collins
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ME
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202-224-2523
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Email
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Olympia Snowe
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ME
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202-224-5344]
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Email
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Mike Johanns
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NE
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202-224-4224
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Email
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Tom Coburn
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OK
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202-224-5754
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Email
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Lyndsey Graham
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SC
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202-224-5972
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Email
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Lamar Alexander
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TN
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202-224-4944
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Email
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If you would like to harass my RINO state Representative, by all means,
please have at it! :-)
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Name
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State
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Phone No.
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Email Contact
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Dave Reichert
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WA
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206-275-3438
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Email
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And for all your other Representative and Senatorial needs, use this
link to Congress
Merge.
Remember, this is the second American Revolution, and you are all
soldiers on the front line of this battle. Fight back as though your
future was at stake — because it certainly is!
† I say contact the Republicans, because I have written off the
Democrats as beyond hope. As the past two years demonstrated, they are
operating from a social agenda that is to be imposed upon this country,
that does not recognize self-preservation as a counter-force. They
have demonstrated that they will not listening to our message. They
must all be replaced, but attempting to sway their opinion is a waste
of time.
[Thanks to Siska Van
Soolen DeYoung for bringing this news story to my attention.]
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