Congress Must Act Now
By: Lee S Gliddon Jr
Does anyone wonder just why neither the Senate or the House of Representatives is doing absolutely nothing about the high gasoline and diesel fuel prices? Why is it that they cannot see that the entire American economy is being adversely affected by the costly fuel prices that are driving up every cost we are faced with? Food, insurance, utilities, clothing, and every other imaginable cost is rising yet nothing is heard from Washington except denial after denial by, Harry ’Hands Up’ Reid, Senate Majority Leader and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House Each of them deny allowing any Legislation to be voted on that will cure our economic woes.
Both Reid and Pelosi are not going to allow any actions to be taken until after November 2008. What this means is that you and I are to be faced with continuing price increases for another four (4) months!
Why?
Because they are betting that Barak Obama will win the Presidential election and then they might allow some Legislation as relief with major stipulations!
This is their fondest dream come true! This is exactly what Reid, Pelosi and the most Liberal crowd has been hoping for with all their might!
Why? Allow further explanation.
Once a piece of Legislation is submitted and approved by either Reid or Pelosi to go to the floor Amendments are allowed to be tacked on and voted for.
Imagine a Bill that says, “Offshore drilling allowable,” is allowed to the floor for debate. You can bet all that you own that such EARMARKS and Amendments will be added addressing, “Tax Increase, Big Oil sur-taxes, Capital Gains Taxes, Governmental Expansion, and GIFTS to their major contributors. With a person of their political persuasion, say Obama, as President sitting, no matter how small their victory margin that President will not Veto that Legislation! No matter how much waste and cost to the American Citizen is in that Legislation it will be signed in to Law!
If John McCain were to gain election their tactics would be to demand that their largess and tax increases were added or they would stand firm and vote against it!
Now, let me share another thing. A way for us, the American voters to STOP all this BS, and that is what it is, flat in its tracks! It takes guts and some time and effort but it would solve all of our problems in a heart beat! Each of you must not only write your Senators and Congressmen/women, demading immediate action and immediate Legislation to address our oil, energy and economic woes before a single piece of Legislation addressing anything else is, Noting except America’s energy interests and NO AMENDMENTS and NO EARMARKS!
If you decide to act, and I pray that you do, you must be willing to add a firm statement and mean it. In your letter you must inform each elected official you write that, whether Republican, Democrat, Liberterian or Independant of your intent to vote for his/her opponent if they fail to put America ahead of theier own interests!
I have already started and I pray that you will join with concerned Americans that do not want to see America as declining in the eyes of the world. At age 67, to be 68 later this month, I’m angry to see America fall into the disarry that it has…Sad…So very sad.
