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Posted by RodZ on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Yesterday I posted correspondence to and from my Congressional Representative, Charles Gonzalez. I had expressed my concern with growing size of the debt of this country and the continued spending by Washington without regard to the results. His reply to me illustrates how detached Congress is from the reality of what is happening to folks around the country.
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Posted by RodZ on December 9, 2009 · 1 Comment
The following is a response from Mr Gonzalez to a letter I sent to voicing my concerns about the extremely large debt the United States is amassing due to the current laws being enacted by the Congress. I received the following letter from the Honorable Charles Gonzalez, of the 20th district, San Antonio [...]
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Posted by RodZ on November 20, 2009 · 10 Comments
‘Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..’ ~ Thomas Jefferson We are now underfunding the Military and reducing our defenses! Why? We have money for social programs, we have money for large social programs, we have a large national debt and as usual the military is the place [...]
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Posted by RodZ on November 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Did you ever wonder how The United States got into such a deep financial hole? If you listen to the rhetoric you are lead to believe it is fault of George Bush, big business, the evil CEO’s, the banks, the insurance companies and the list goes on. It is never the congress or the administration. [...]
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Posted by RodZ on November 7, 2009 · 1 Comment
Being the President of the United States has to be the hardest job on the planet. When you take office you are briefed on world affairs and domestic affairs. It must be frightening considering every Presidents hair starts turning grey within months of taking office. The intelligence information the President receives is never known the [...]
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Posted by RodZ on October 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Come on folks do you really believe that we now have a public option? I don’t, once again the boys in Washington have crafted a bill that is politically expedient. Shifts the responsibility and the costs to the states and now will be able to go to the voters and say look, we did it! [...]
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Posted by RodZ on October 6, 2009 · 3 Comments
Mr. President, you are the new great communicator, you go on television and speak in sweeping generalities about “your” healthcare proposals and our need for them. I have spent many hours listening to the news, reading articles, and looking at my own personal experiences with healthcare providers and talking to many other people on [...]
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Posted by RodZ on October 4, 2009 · 1 Comment
Yes-23.com, Politics and the Common Man have been promoting a campaign to urge Americans to write their Representatives. It is our contention that votes trump lobbyist dollars. I further contend that every time the people send a new party to congress or select a new party to the Presidency that party claims a mandate for [...]
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Posted by RodZ on September 30, 2009 · 2 Comments
Come on America wake up! Our lives in this country are on the verge of changing in a manner you won’t like! Let’s face the facts! Our economy is in trouble! The Bush administration rushed forward with an ill conceived plan that Congress rushed through the legislative process and the boys on the hill began [...]
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