Marlon, I think it would have more impact if you started it with the following: "As a small business owner..."
Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:38 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [WISPA] Letter to my senators Hi All, Here is the letter that I sent to my senators this am: Dear Senator Cantwell, Please vote no on the stimulus bill. As written this bill seems set to mainly put pork barrel money into the hands of the large companies who's misuse of investment funds clearly led to the current market crash. Giving more of MY money to the liars, cheats, and thieves on Wall Street will do NOTHING to make me turn loose of the hard earned money that I get to keep. Please keep in mind that no company is too large to fail. If they screw up they deserve to fail. That is the only way that new, creative enterprises can ever get started. The current mess we are in has far more to do with my confidence as a consumer than anything else. I'll be paying off debt, building a cash reserve and doing without some of the nice things I'd like to have. In a year or two I'll likely start spending money on fluff again. Then again, if I have to worry about paying off a greatly increased government debt (or my grandkids having to pay it back) I'll hold on to every cent I can for as long as I can so that my family does not end up in even worse shape a generation or two down the road. Again, please stop the madness! Don't rush into a trillion dollar shopping spree. Vote no. Sincerely, Marlon K. Schafer To send yours is easy, click here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Select your state, then click on the link. I typed mine in word first so that I could spell check it. Once the bill passes I'll send something similar stating that they need to put the money into the engine that drives our economy not the rest of the train. Small business makes up 95% of our economy last I knew. (anyone have current numbers???) So this package really needs to go to those small sub 10m per year (or is it 100m? What is a small business?) companies not the fortune 500 or even 1000. If you don't vote you can't bitch! Get off those lazy computer geek butts and make your voices heard! Fingers crossed, Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) WISP Operator since 1999! [email protected] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
