Posted by Jacques on September 24, 2009 | 11 Comments
Two wars, five trillions dollars and counting, three trillion dollars to bail out large banks, giant insurance companies and all of the corruption on wall street.
Unemployment is in the double digits, and home foreclosures are forcing families to become homeless.
When are the American people going to get a “bail out”? The answer is we won’t of course. The government has no reason to bail us out! We don’t have any lobbyists in congress or in the white house.
There was once an American Dream! It was stolen from us however; there is no longer a dream, it has become a nightmare: factories are closing to be shipped overseas, American jobs are systematically destroyed, to be replaced by cheap labour in third world countries–all of this so that the large corporations could make triple their profit margin, and avoid paying taxes. How could our government allow this to go on?
Who are these people we elect to government? They are merely businessmen that run for office not to serve the American people, but to serve their own greed, the lobbyists, foreign companies, and special interest groups.
Long gone is the American dream. We are becoming slaves in our land. The money we work hard to make is taken from us in order to bail out large corporations and banks. These are the same banks that constantly raise the interest on our credit card bills. They borrow our hard earned money from the federal government at less then 2%, and they have the nerve to then turn around and raise our interest rates to 25% or higher!
Our government was supposed to bail out home owners with troubled mortgages. More lies as usual. They gave the banks 27 billion dollars–27 billion of our tax payer dollars and yet the banks refuse to help those with troubled mortgages. Much of this money they received cannot even be accounted for. It has been stolen just like the rest of the 2 trillion dollars of bail out money given by Bush and Obama.
For too long have the American people been in a deep sleep while our dreams and lives have been stolen away from us.
Are we going to wake up before it is too late? We must! It is time to make our voices heard. I ask all of you to write to your congressmen, senators and president. We must make them understand how we feel. The must understand that they have to act now.
Thank you for your support, and may God bless us all!
-Jacques
Posted by Jacques on September 23, 2009 | 82 Comments
For the past 20 years or so, every now and then our presidents and law makers have brought up the topic of Universal Health Care. The Obama administration now seems adamant about bringing health care to all Americans. At what cost will this be however? Are we really going to trust the government with a decision like this after the constant trend of miss-managing our tax payer money with excessive spending?
How do they seriously consider getting this done anyway? Our federal budget is eleven trillion dollars and swiftly growing. They have bailed out banks, insurance companies, auto companies, and wall street, all the while situations for the average American family have been deteriorating. Why is it that our government feels that the large corporations deserve help more then us? I’ll tell you why. It is because we have no lobbyists in the halls of the capital and of the white house.
Our politicians already have our vote to be in power and so now is the time for them to pay back the special interest groups who donated billions of dollars to their campaigns. Our President now wants to hand over our money and future to the health insurance companies. How could we just go alone with it while the politicians and health insurance executives negotiate our lives!
These are the same type of companies and executives that have been bailed out by our hard earned money; now the government wants to give them more? I guess it wasn’t enough. Our law makers must still owe more money, so that more CEO’s and executives can continue getting billions in bonuses, while the average American family see their future evaporate before their eyes.
Our law makers want mandatory health insurance for every American? Great! Who is going to pay for this Mr. President? The average Americans can barely keep their heads above water with the rising cost of living, home foreclosures, unemployment, and eduction. Is this “universal health care” going to be paid with new taxes, so that the average American could continue making your special interest groups fatter and fatter? Is this how our government wants to reward the hard working citizens of this country?
No Mr. President, the American people will not stand for this! Enough lobbyists and special interest groups taking our money for their extravagant and corrupt lives; enough big government intervention trying to tell us how to spend our money and live our lives! You need to keep your campaign promises, and end this trend of Washington back door deals and corruption.
I am no expert on health care planing, but I believe that in a country with 300 million, we could still find few honest experts to lead the way in making health care affordable and fair for every American family. Health insurance companies and corrupt Washington politicians should not be dictating this matter. Perhaps the proper way of getting universal health insurance is to establish a non profit organization that would be supervised and monitored by a group of experts without any ties to a political party or special interest group. The experts chosen would be responsible for researching and determining which ways if any would allow all Americans to be able to afford health insurance without infringing on peoples’ choices and freedom.
Private insurance companies should also not be allowed to wield the power they do. They are currently part of the problem and we cannot allow them to have any lobbyists in our government.
It is our life, future and final decision. Let us make our voices loud and clear: Enough corruption, and miss-handling of our money and future. We are rising to reclaim our freedom and future.
I look forward to discussions on this matter and seeing what people think. Thank you for your support!
-Jacques
Posted by Jacques on September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments
Our politicians have been elected by the people, for the people. They have been elected to serve us, and to do what is right for the country. They make an oath on the bible to uphold the law of the land, and to be fair and just. Is this the reality of the situation however?
No! Instead of serving the American people, they serve the lobbyists and special interest groups. They serve the oil companies, the auto-mobile manufacturers, the pharmaceutical companies etc., all the while making their pockets fatter and fatter.
Our senators and congressmen don’t work for me and you as they should. How can they represent the American people, if 90% of the money raised for their election campaigns come from these special interest groups? As long as these special interest groups and lobbyists are allowed to roam the halls of our senate and the oval office nothing will change. They are really the ones in control of our country; we are being fooled and deceived into thinking we have a voice.
This corrupt practice must end! These thieves and criminal must not be allowed to desecrate the sacred institutions of our government.
The white house and the capital are the property of the American people. They belong to us and to us alone. We must win back the right to really decide who enters them; our elected officials must once again start working for us, not for corrupt lobbyists and corporations.
Nothing will change in our country unless we speak out and make our voices heard: “no more lobbyists in Washington!”
Nothing will change till we force our president and congressmen to pass a law prohibiting any campaign donations from special interest groups and corporations.
Let us all start by reaching out to our President, Senators, and congressmen. Let us write to them and let them know how we feel on this matter. They must understand that they work for us, and if our interests are not met they will not keep their offices next election.
Dear Mr. President, one of your campaigning points during the election was to stop the special interest groups and lobbyists from controlling Washington. It is time for you to step up to the plate and deliver on your promise otherwise your word will be empty and hallow like the rest of our politicians.
Let us all unite and make our voices heard! We must change the status quo and get our country back before it is too late.
It is time to make our politicians understand that we don’t only count during the elections. We put them in power to deliver on their promises. After all they are elected by us the people, and they must serve us to the best of their ability.
Let us unite and march to reclaim our country and freedom! Our future can not be negotiated behind closed doors and in secret deals!
Thank you for reading. I look forward to seeing your responses.
-Jacques