John Hattaway

I am copying this from an email Rebecca (sister) sent me after getting it from Keith (brother-in-law):

Keith sent this to me, and I second his thoughts and wanted to pass it along verbatim.
Please read and take action! I believe even an email will make a difference!

-Rebecca

PS I have sent 2 of my 3, the House of Rep’s site is down and I WILL BE CHECKING TILL I EMAIL THEM MY THOUGHTS!
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First of all, I am absolutely opposed to the government going even further into debt in order to bailout greedy mortgage lending companies and our fellow Americans that make poor money decisions.  The whole bailout/rescue plan smacks of welfare and only serves to reinforce the same bad behavior/decisions that got the country into this situation in the first place.  This is America, home of the world’s largest and most productive economy!  It didn’t get that way because of government bailouts, but rather as a result of the ingenuity of hardworking Americans.  There is no reason that we can’t come up with a better way.
So I didn’t come up with this idea, but found it out on the internet and think that it is a valid alternative to the bad plan that is being considered by Congress.

1. Email your congressional representatives (if you forgot, or slept through, your high school civics class - every American has three: 2 Senators and 1 Representative).  Follow this link to send them an email: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml.  Tell them that if they vote for this bailout, you will vote against them during the next election.  This worked to stop the bailout plan yesterday and it can work again.
2. After you put your congressional representatives on notice, share with them the pdf document at the end of this post (hint: it is titled: The Common Sense Fix).  It outlines an alternative plan which many economists believe will actually work (Wouldn’t that be a novel concept, listen to an economist that knows something about the economy as opposed to a senator or congressman who only knows how to get elected).  This step is important because if you are not part of the solution you tend to be part of the problem.
3. Send this email, or one like it, to as many people as you know and ask them to contact their congressional representatives, put them on notice, and share with them this alternative plan.
4. Once you have done this, pray that your congressional representatives will be inspired to make the right choice.  ‘Pray for them to resist a spirit of FEAR and to embrace WISDOM. Even if you don’t like them or agree with them, pray for them and tell them you are praying for them. There is a spirit over this problem that must be broken. Also, most of the media personalities are afraid as well and that is affecting their reporting. Pray for fear to be removed from them; they are making this worse.’
   -Dave Ramsey

Just my opinion,
Keith

The Common Sense Fix

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