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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: economy
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Hooray for Sharon B., she hit the nail on the head with that article.
It has been my contention for many a year that congressmen and
senators should have a limited number of terms that they can
serve.  This problem has only become rampant within the last
30 years.  There was a time when congressmen and senators left
office for more lucrative pursuits, but, with these knuckleheads
finding out how to raise their salary and make money on the side,
they fight tooth and nail to stay in office.  How, just how, can
someone justify spending one million dollars to gain a two year
seat in Congress?  The salary is not that great.  Must be somthing
else, eeh?  

I don't give a damn which party, Republican, Democrat, or First
Annual Meadow, no person should be allowed to continue in office
for the obscene lengths some of them have.  If all they think
about is reelection, then the whole country suffers.  I say
throw the bums out.  Let's get some fresh ideas from people who
are not continually thinking only to the next election.  And
furthermore, outlaw the PACs that have eaten their way into
the very fabric of our government.  We have a congressman in
our district who has picked up 95% of his campaign money from
PACs, all of which are out of his district.  He will be spending
the 5th highest amount of money on his reelection bid in the
country.

All of you folks who are crying in your beer about the presidential
campaign, get off your duffs and look around at your local
congressmen and congresswomen and senators.  Here is the real
problem.  The congress and senate have been spending your money
like drunken sailors (no offense to sailors, it's an old cliche
I like to use).  Even as I write, congress is busy tacking
pork barrel legislation to the spending bill because they know
it HAS to be passed or the government goes out of business.
As a matter of record, the senate has been in session for the
past 24 hours doing just that.

Get mad.  Get educated.  Tell those Bozos that your MAD AS HELL
AND YOU AREN'T GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.  In my opinion, congress
presents a far greater danger to our future than the presidency.
The president has a very narrow choice of actions that can be
taken while congress can act with impunity until the courts
decide to restrain them.  Meanwhile, they get away with burying
the populace with spending, gladhanding, and outright lies.
They will tell you one thing at home, then fly off to Washington
and do just the opposite.  Whether you agree with your congressman
or not, you should examine everything he/she says or does with
a large dose of skepticism.  

My solution is to throw the rascals out after 6 years in the
House, 10 years in the Senate, and 8 years in the White House.
Only one of those is true now.  If we had a congress that was
not continually looking to the next election, we might get a
little more response to our real worries and needs.  I also
feel sure that spending would begin to drop as they stopped
trying to pay off certain segments of the population for their
support.
T. C. Wheeler