Additionally, your correspondence will do two things — show your representatives you’ve got their back if they stand for what you elected them to do and tell others who may be going all wobbly you’ll have their backs if they stand firm.
It might possibly give the rest a warning shot across the bow.
“Some in Congress and the new administration apparently see the country’s present recession as an opportunity to change the federal government’s spending priorities more generally or simply to reward loyal political constituencies.”
Apparently? Rahm Emanuel specifically said so back in the fall: crisis creates the opportunity to pass stuff people wouldn’t ordinarily stand for. That’s my paraphrase, but I think it’s accurate.
Colonel, USAFR
Suggestions:
Guarantee bank deposits completely.
Tax refunds and credits to individual taxpayers. More at less income, less at higher incomes.
Tax credits to large and small businesses for new AMERICAN hires in America.
Tax credits and accelerated depreciation to new and old, large and small businesses for capital investement in the United States.
Cap executive pay and bonuses.
Tax credits to individuals for health insurance premiums.