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Surety Bonds are required for every elected and appointed official throughout the United States - including State School Boards, Districts, Mayors, Sheriffs, and County Officials. A mother with a 16-year-old boy who has autism begged the schools to let her son have an exemption. They refused. When forced to wear the masks he became distraught and he harmed himself so badly that he had to be hospitalized in a mental institution. The mother obtained the bond for the superintendent of her school district. The superintendent was carrying a $4 million liability per bond claim so the mother served the superintendent...

Despite unlimited money and talk, most government stimulus aimed at small business is wasted, because most small businesses cannot do government work. That is because they cannot get bonded. They cannot get working capital. So they lose jobs. They even lose their businesses. But few notice because they are so busy talking about how much they love small businesses. But it doesn't have to be that way.

I hope I've posted this correctly, and in the correct forum, I'd rather it didn't get pulled :) Dear Fellow Freepers, First of all, I'd like to say thanks for the great job you guys do for us. I, for one, do appreciate your genuine concern for our Country. As a Republican, I have worked hard to help elect concerned, responsible, Republicans to office...and our industry needs your opinion and help. This issue is gathering steam from some very powerful forces and needs to be (IMO) stopped. Being in the transportation industry and being that I am just a small...