*** Write your Congressperson***

[Haole Girl]

Tell them what you think of the the U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for this bailout:

https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[Haole Girl]

1. I just tried to call my Senator...

Just got a recording saying all lines are busy & then it simply disconnected.

Nice. :-(

[redqueen]

2. Toll free numbers here!

1 (800) 828 - 0498
1 (866) 340 - 9281
1 (866) 338 - 1015
1 (877) 851 - 6437
1 (800) 459 - 1887



My humble suggestions:

No equity, no deal. Other countries have faced similar crises and come out ahead, because those citizens got an equity stake in their investment (not handout). IMO this is a huge opportunity to socialize at least PART of the profits. We will only get it if we ask. So I suggest we ask. (Demand, actually.)

Also, you might consider informing the person you speak to that you hope the congress person is smart enough to realize that the "This must be done by Friday!" scare-tactic is a lie. If it really had to be done by tomorrow, they wouldn't have been sitting on it for months while they hashed it out, would they?

It's no emergency, and burdening future generations with this much debt deserves careful deliberation... not a rushed, lie-filled con-job.

[Haole Girl]

3. Thank you for the phones numbers

And the suggestions! :hi:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. I just called my Congressman's office and spoke to a person there clearly stating my

opinion that to trust the premise of what Paulson is saying wrong, reminding him that this is the same administration the lied about the reasons for the Iraq War. I told him that the Senate and House Democratic leadership, although amending Paulson's original "plan" to include safeguards for the American people, are still accepting what Paulson is saying is true.

I told him that there is something underlying this that I do not trust in the least. I don't know what it is, but this really has to be closely examined.

My Rep is a Progressive Democrat and I have a feeling that he'll get what I said.

[Haole Girl]

5. Good!

:hi:

[CitizenLeft]

6. I don't have a congressman.

Rest in peace, Stephanie. :cry:

"Replacements" are lining up to take over, but so far, no one concrete unless I've missed it (entirely possible, since my attention to local news is pathetic at best).

Sherrod Brown? Yes.

[Haole Girl]

7. Call your Senator, or write them

It took me a few hours, and I never could reach John Cornyn's office (no big surprise there), but I did reach Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson's office & voiced my concerns.