IT is done

You may have guessed by now that letter writing is not one of my strengths, but I've finally done it. I wrote my first letter* to my Senator... and sent it. Now that it's over, we can go home, right?

Kidding.

I started writing An Angry Mob of One as a way to announce my intentions into the stratosphere in an attempt to push myself into action. I also thought there may be other unorganized folks around who could use a little help in this area. For that reason, I'll be posting the letters I write so others may use them also.

Feel free to copy for your own use:

Dear Senator ( ),

The direction our country is heading is causing deep concern.

The Federal Government has taken ownership of several major areas of the economy at great taxpayer expense, such as the auto industry and financial services. The Federal Government is not a capitalistic endeavor and was never structured to be so. It will be a costly endeavor for us taxpayers

And now we are looking at major government participation in the most personal of areas which touches everyone – health care. This extensive involvement in managing our economy will stifle growth and opportunity.

On top of this we will have “Cap and Trade” and no one, absolutely no one knows what this will do. Except add more cost to every product and hit our pocketbooks even more, stifling growth.

Please help return the Government to a capitalistic economy and stop us from sliding into socialism.

Sincerely,

Me