Going to send checks to President Obama and see what happens

sent to me by JD Sutton

Well, gee Hastings, y'know he sat out the vote on the debt-limit/spending bill even when it was obvious which way it was going. That way he couldn't be blamed by his Tea Party backers for increasing the debt-limit, nor could he be blamed if the country defaulted. Responsibility to the country and his constituents (except the nut-jobs on the far right) be damned.
Years ago JFK wrote (with the help of several others) wrote a wonderful book, Profiles in Courage, about people who stood up and did what was right in the face of doing what was popular. Rubio's title will be Profiles in Expediency.
That earthquake last week up the Mid-Atlantic was the Founders spinning in their graves.

That idiot Rubio returned all of the checkes I had sent him-couldn't even bother to forward them on. And, that idiot Webster never sent me the letter he promised detailing his personal efforts to reduce the debt. Why should that surprise me?

open letter to the US Senate 8/11/11

Now that the "crisis" regarding he debt ceiling has been resolved, It is now time to turn our attention to the actual deficit and how can we resolve it.

Although I am not a resident of *******, I hope that you will take the time to read and consider the suggestion I am going to make. I have tried to communicate with my Senator, Marco Rubio, and have s...ent letter after letter to no avail. He does not have the time to either read, or respond to my suggestion. It is sad that I should feel compelled to go to others for something he should most certainly be concerned with.

The American people are not stupid. We realize there is a clear and present danger with the amount of money we owe to other entities. I cannot run my household in this manner and neither should the government.

I say that you, as our elected body, propose to one of the charitable organizations that is well respected by the American people, such as the Red Cross, the United Way, The Salvation Army or the like and ask them to help manage the debt issue. They do this by approaching the Fortune 500 companies, to start with to allow their employees to donate directly to the debt via the charitable organization.

I give you this example: Suppose there are 100,000,000 people that want to donate $2.50 a week . That would be, obviously, 250,000,000 a week (before the charity takes administration fees) for 52 weeks which would equal a whopping 1 billion, 750 million 1,750,000,000 sent to the PRINCIPAL of the debt each year. Now think that some citizen's, like me, would be willing to do more than the $2.50. It would make an enormous difference. Over 10 years, that would be an amazing contribution and sacrifice made by the American people.

Propose this to your colleagues. Make a difference, ignore partisan politics and seize this opportunity to help your country. I am 55-this will not affect me greatly, however, it will affect my 14 year old nephew Bradley
Take the bull by the horns. Just do it!

This was sent to me by Thomas Palmer of Greensboro, NC

The latest ridiculous congressional mud fight over the debt ceiling shows how dysfunctional congress has become. The following would be a huge step in taking the U.S. back from congressional parasites who make a career of living on the public dole and private bribery. Please read it and pass it on if it makes sense ...to you.

This is bipartisan in nature and is going to both Democrats and Republicans. We should all seriously consider helping with the change suggested below. This is something I will fight for and I hope you will too. This is short so please read it all the way through and then decide on forwarding.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

I'm asking each recipient to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

letter to Marco Rubio, August 8, 2011

August 8, 2011

Sen. Marco Rubio
US Senate
317 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510

Sen. Rubio,

Sorry to be sending two weeks this time, but I will not have access to a computer. Therefore, enclosed you will find a check for $10..

I am still looking forward to response and acceptance of my challenge.

Regards,

Hastings Henderson

letter from Robert King

Governor Steve Beshear
700 Capitol Avenue, Suite 100
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

July 29th, 2011
...
Mr. Governor,

Good Afternoon. My name is Robert King, a student at Eastern Kentucky University and more importantly a citizen of the Commonwealth. I want to first commend you in the recent years for doing what I believe is an exceptional job in controlling our state’s finances and for actually shrinking our per citizen state debit (Approximately $9,434 per citizen as I write this, according to www.usdebtclock.org). However, I am writing to you today to discuss the absolute frustration and fear I have of our national debit. As I am sure you agree, our country is spending far too much in a time where our economic system is crippled. Today I come to you with what I believe to be a solution. For the past month, I have been challenging Representative Ben Chandler to donate 1 percent of his income directly to United States Treasury, in hopes of suffocating this disturbing national debit. Today, I am challenging you to do the same.

Fortunately, you will not be alone. Members of Congress, such as Representative Daniel Webster of Florida have vowed to contribute 1% of the salary, and encouraged his to do the same. Personal friends of mine from all over the United Stated have been challenging their elected officials to do same, in hopes that together, we can solve the issues our public servants are failing to fix. All of us have as well contributed 1 percent of our income specifically to be used against the National Debit. We believe that spending cuts are not a viable solution, but actions from individuals are necessary.

I am enclosing my check for $3.23 addressed to the United States Treasury specifically to be used against the National Debit, an estimated 1 percent of my income for the past week. It is my hope you will forward it to the right people and considering writing a check of your own. By no means am I trying to be political Governor, I am just begging those that claim to represent me for results.

If you have any questions about my challenge or solution, please feel free to contact me.

I eagerly await your reply and offer only sincere and most kind regards,

Robert Charles King

letter to Mrco Rubio, 8/5/2011

August 5, 2011

Sen. Marco Rubio
US Senate
317 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510

Sen. Rubio,

Here is my check for the week.

I am working on a letter I will be sending to the entire Senate next week regarding my suggestions you have elected to ignore.

I will be sure to send you a copy.



Hastings Henderson