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Before we vote in November, let’s require every politician to sign a contract a “Representative Relief Contract”. Let’s demand every candidate for Congress give us a guaranty in writing that they will do and vote the way we tell them. If they don’t do as we say, the contract lets us terminate them, throw him or her out of office.
Let’s apply “Fiduciary Responsibility” to everyone in Congress.
Get a guaranty that a “Rehabilitated Congress” could never again be useless, would you join in this effort to stop it?
We are VERY worried about the debt – but we see that we are SO much more divided as a nation. Talk of the debt has become so politicized! And conservative social issues are so often bound up with fiscal conservatism.
Where do social liberals who are fiscally conservative go? Can we separate these issues? We so often see them bound up together. And we are strongly pro-choice – enough to make reproductive rights our #1 issue, all the while, worrying that our grandchildren will be paying the tab for what we’re doing right now.
Every time we write to our representatives about our deep concern about the debt and “deficit spending,” we include our strong desire that these politicians keep their hands off Roe v Wade. But we feel we are not heard – our voices are not heard.
What can we do? What can fiscally conservative, socially liberal people do? WHY must “conservative” mean you are fiscally responsible and anti-gay rights and anti-choice?
We feel like orphans.
Jon and Donna
Jon and Donna,
Thanks for the great comment. You make an excellent point. Can we be fiscally conservative and socially liberal?
We think you can. This issue is going to affect everyone in the political spectrum. It’s going to take people and congressman and women who can separate the need to deal with the debt from social issues. We are going to have to put aside our disagreements on the standard social hot button issues like abortion and gay rights to solve this problem.
Most importantly because they have no effect on bringing down the debt.
Feel like orphans no longer because our team is a mix of liberal and social values. Here we are focused on controlling the debt so that we can continue to believe what we want to believe.
-The WeCantPayThatTab Team