Letter to my Congresswoman

With the vote coming up very soon on the Health Care bill, I felt compelled to write to my Congresswoman, Anne Kirkpatrick of CD1 in Arizona:

Dear Congresswoman Kirkpatrick, While I am sure that nothing I or anyone else can say or do will discourage you from voting for the Health Insurance bill, I still feel compelled to convey my strong disapproval if you do vote in favor of the bill. I do not feel that our current system works well, and do believe we need to take steps to improve upon it. However, the results that the proposed bill I believe will do far more damage to our nation than it will help improve the health care system. And the damage will be far reaching, severe and will last long after we are gone, in my opinion. My reason for believing this is that it is fiscally disastrous. Let's bring this down to a simple analogy: If I am deeply in debt, I do not arrange to have my home completely remodelled, therefore plunging myself even further into debt, which I will not be able to repay. Instead, I do what is necessary to pay off my debt, save money, and put off the remodelling job until such time as I am in a position, financially, to pay for the job. This doesn't mean that I don't arrange to have repairs done that are needed to keep my home safe to live in, but I also take a hard look at what other ways I can cut back on unneeded expenses in order to make those repairs. My strong suggestion would be for Congress to step away from all these overly ambitious projects and take a long hard look at their fiscal irresponsible behavior. Stop appropriating funds you don't have! Strip away all earmarks and set asides from bills you do vote on! Wean this nation off goverment assistance and help our people to stand on their own as individuals, so they no longer need all these taxpayer funded programs! Close our borders from illegal immigrants, restore the value of our dollar, do all you can to make it possible for businesses to flourish in this country instead of having to locate abroad to survive. Be accountable, and hold your fellow Congressmen accountable to the standards of our founding fathers. Then, maybe then, we as a nation will survive and rebuild. But if bills like the health care bill are allowed to be passed, America as I have known it for my lifetime will become a faded memory, rewritten in the history books to prevent future generations from knowing freedom. Think long and hard before answering 'yea' to the health care bill... the lives of generations are in your hands.