Letter to my Congressman

Here's the first part of a letter that I sent to my Congressman:

Dear Representative Vernon Ehlers,

Right now Congress is in the process of trying to hammer out some budget cuts to cover the costs of the hurricane rebuilding in New Orleans. I applaud Congress’s attempt to cover the extra costs with budget cuts.

Unfortunately, these cuts seem aimed at the poorest people in our society that can least afford the cuts. There are plenty of other areas that could be cut to make room for the hurricane rebuilding. Just look at the recent transportation, farm and energy bills. They were loaded with pork barrel spending.

The Republicans have done a good job at amassing a lot of federal debt. Debt is easy in the short run but a killer in the long run. During the short time that President Bush has been in office, he and the Congress have amassed huge deficits. The budget deficits have been huge not to mention the extra appropriations to cover the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I just heard that we are spending 12 billion a month in Iraq! Just 3-4 months of that cost would cover all the hurricane spending.

I used to call the Democrats tax and spend liberals. At least the Democrats took in enough money to cover their spending priorities. I have recently started calling the Republicans borrow and spend. We’re living on credit card debt. It will be my children and grandchildren who will pay the bill for the irresponsible actions of those in power during the past 5 years. The Republicans can’t blame the Democrats for this runaway deficit spending.