The Red Brick Times

  Sunday, October 19, 2008

Prior to the Wall Street bailout I sent an email to my congresswoman asking her to vote against it. She initially did, but then changed and voted for it. She did reply to my email (a canned reply I'm sure but a good one). I just sent her this:
Dear Congresswoman Sutton,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my email regarding the Wall Street Bailout. I appreciated your initial vote against it. I must admit that I don't understand your eventual vote in favor of it after another $150 billion or so of pork was added but hey, what do I know?

Now, a few weeks later, we can see how the happy Wall Street campers are using our tax dollars to stimulate the economy. The AIG executives are certainly spreading their new found wealth around aren't they? I sleep better at night knowing they've not been forced to give up their spa treatments, foreign golf/fishing outings and golden parachutes. I'm sure you can count on their votes next time around. Mine? Not so much.

Like most commoners I wish I had a lobbyist to represent me but I don't. I just have you.

FYI: 1) My neighborhood, a formerly good blue collar family one, went through a period where "for sale" signs were on every street. The houses never sold yet the signs have been taken down. Why? They were apparently an invitation to those so desperate they would break in to strip the copper pipes for salvage. 2) The night before trash day guys in beat up old trucks used to cruise by looking for whatever they could scrounge. Last week I saw two older women making the the trash rounds in a minivan. They were actually looking inside each and every receptacle, something the guys in beat up trucks never bothered with. It was scary.

I'm on the verge of losing my home and, surprise, it's paid off (no mortgage). I lost my kidneys last December (due to an autoimmune disease - no warning at all - I'm now a dialysis patient with medical bills beyond belief) so I'll lose it to property taxes that I'll soon be not able to pay. Think if I ask the AIG guys real nice they'll help me out?

I know, I know. You don't exactly need yet another complaining sarcastic letter and I really don't know why I bother sending you one. Ain't gonna make no difference no how. Oh well. Thank you (or one of your staff I suppose) for letting me vent. Without a lobbyist of my very own it's all I can do.

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