Ryan ChartrandDear Representative,
The following words are written on behalf of the remaining men and women of our country that believe in the sanctity of law and the God-given rights enumerated to all in the U.S. Constitution. Though you have undoubtedly received letters in previous years requesting handouts, favors and preferential treatment from your constituents, this letter is different, this letter is unique, this letter is just. Within it is a request that can be fulfilled without the grievances of fellow citizens, without the labor of other workers and without a perversion of the rule of law.
On behalf of my fellow Americans, I humbly request to be excluded from the financing of the so-called stimulus package. It is not because we do not wish for our economy to be stimulated or that we object to the trillions in spending ready to commence; it is because funneling money to special interests is unethical, doling out cash to irresponsible people and businesses is not smart, and refusing to give us a say in the matter is not fair. Until now you have chosen how much we spend, you have chosen who receives the monies we earned, and you have chosen to neglect the voices of the people footing your bill, we the people.
We wish to choose as well. We wish to voice our opinion, not just with our calls and our letters, but with our pocketbooks, at our own will. We do not wish for you to judge on our behalf and at our expense the best course of action – we wish to judge for ourselves.
You should need no reminding that the U.S. government is in need of a stimulus greater than all the failing businesses combined. It is you and your esteemed colleagues that have run this great ship aground with your reckless spending on requests of handouts and favors from your constituents. It is you that was too spineless to say “no.” It is you that has lived beyond your means to the point of crippling our country with debt. If spending was actually a solution to this problem, then the problem would never have begun in the first place; we cannot spend our way out of debt, and we cannot print our way into prosperity.
This letter is requesting on behalf of millions of Americans not another handout or favor, or the perversion of the law for our benefit; we simply request not to be collectively subjected to additional debt for increased government wastefulness that will benefit a few at our expense. On behalf of millions of disgruntled Americans, I request that you acknowledge the unwillingness of we the people to participate in the further encroachment of our sovereignty and vote against the stimulus package.
Respectfully,
Jeremy Hicks
Jeremy Hicks is a 2008 political science graduate, the founder of the Cal Poly Libertarian Club and a Mustang Daily political columnist.