by Madeline Duncan, Eubank, Ky.
Dear Editor:
The unthinkable has happened – a Republican won the Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy.
What is going on in Washington that could allow that to happen?
Could it be the stench of corruption far exceeds the smell of hog manure in Iowa that taxpayers were expected to pay for as an earmark in the Stimulus bill.
We’ve seen big banks bailed out because of their own mismanagement only to pay executives huge bonuses of taxpayers’ money while Americans are loosing their homes and struggling to feed their families.
We’ve seen a stimulus package of nearly a trillion dollars that if it were passed, would keep the unemployment rate from going over 8 percent. It’s still double digits and so many Americans have lost everything as a result.
People are angry.
The stimulus did not work. It was done hastily and very poorly designed and there were no safeguards. We don’t even know where a lot of it is and there’s talk of another stimulus.
The clincher is the health care bill which more than 60 percent of Americans don’t want. We were promised transparency and bipartisanship. Instead, we’ve gotten back room wheeling and dealing, bribery and imperialistic arrogance.
“We the people” have been treated as if we’re too stupid to understand or read the bills. If we knew what was in the bills, we might even approve of them. The chances are good, though, when things are done behind closed doors, the people are getting ripped off.
The debt level is more than I can even imagine and we’re still spending money we don’t have without considering the consequences.
We the people need to stand up and say ... E-N-O-U-G-H.
Our politicians need to hear what “we the people” are saying or prepare for unemployment.
We need fresh ideas and minds if there is any hope for our survival as a free nation.
We were promised “change you can believe in” but were given more of the same only many times worse.
Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts have all voted Republican so far.
If the Democrats want to survive, they’d better wake up and listen to the people and stop selling their votes to the highest bidder.
If the Republicans want to survive, they’d better go back to their conservative platform and stand on it.
They need to find candidates with integrity and sacred honor willing to pay the price to do the right thing.
If our country survives, we need to get rid of lobbyists and wheeler dealers and find candidates who can listen to the people and read and consider carefully what each bill says and the consequences if they pass it.
If our nation survives, “we the people” need to hold our leaders accountable for their decisions and if they don’t hear us, we need to find someone who will.
Most of all, we need to cover them with prayer and encourage them when they do right. We need to tighten our own belts and help one another survive some very hard times.
Thank you,
Madeline Duncan
Eubank, Ky.
