I’m sick of paying!  I want MY Money and MY America back!

Suggestion to reduce healthcare costs: 1)Competition-the more companies ALLOWED to offer Healthcare nationally the better-the free market system will reduce costs as more companies will be vying for your business-this should also result in the elimination of lobbyists who “buy” access and votes to create mini monopolies. 2) It should be portable- job to job/state to state 3) Congress provides their own healthcare which should be the same as what is available to their constituents who are paying for it. They get this healthcare only while in office and can COBRA after their term expires… they pay just like we do! TERM LIMITS !!!!

Unlike many members of Congress, most of whom have no experience in the private sector or balancing a REAL budget and who consider the American taxpayer their personal piggy bank, returning time and again to OUR watering trough, in the form of TAX after TAX after TAX to correct their misguided mandates, to work is a concept apparently foreign to them. By the way, how much time do most of them actually spend working? Not playing golf, partying and socializing, flying to foreign countries with friends and family, meeting mistresses and under aged boys and yes all on our nickel! Perhaps if they had to pay their own way and fly coach like the rest of us they would have a better understanding of our struggle for survival. How many of them took private jets to the Energy summit in Copenhagen…what hypocrites! One Congressman admitted he had no idea that the room rate per night was $2,200! Why not?... and guess who paid for that as well? We did!

Suggestion: Congress must publicly account for their attendance, travel and voting record while in office/the number of staff they employ and the cost for that staff/fully disclose campaign contributions in an easily accessible manner to their constituents/disclose all of their holdings/tax returns /and expense accounts/ Did you ever wonder why anyone would spend millions of dollars to get elected to a position that pays substantially less…think about it.. How do so many wind up millionaires as career politicians and create political dynasties when their private sector counterparts don’t even come close…and then they move on to become lobbyists! Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! Eliminate lobbyists! Term Limits!

Suggestion: Requirements to hold public office…1) have balanced a budget in the private sector without any government assistance. 2) each candidate running for office would be allotted equal capitol , this would level the playing field and illustrate a candidates creativity and fiscal responsibility on a fixed budget…similar to what taxpayers already do in REAL LIFE/ Campaign time would be limited to 1-3 months prior to an election as so many run for office while already holding another..I wish I could apply for another job while still getting paid for one I am not doing!

Suggestion: Pensions: Congress should not be able to vote themselves pay raises/perks, etc. but should be required to receive social security just like the people they allegedly represent! /pay raises should be determined by their employers…we, the US taxpayers!!

The “Porkulis” package which no one in Congress even read is about to quietly pass a Cap and Trade Tax Bill on energy … a 40% tax on energy, that will further devastate small businesses not to mention making it even more difficult for struggling families to survive. There won’t be any Christmas lights next year!...No one will be able to afford it! Oh, I almost forgot I am not supposed to use the word Christmas anymore either. Who is making these rules? The same phantoms that are writing these 2,000 page bills? If you think government invades your privacy now just wait for Cap and Trade. One provision in this bill requires a new government agency, possibly an arm of the EPA(including taxpayer payments to salaries, healthcare, pensions, perks, etc.)to enter your home and inspect it for energy efficiency, in effect do a FORCED energy audit. The Homeowner will then be REQUIRED to make the recommended changes i.e. new furnace/boiler, windows any energy upgrades deemed necessary by BIG BROTHER. You see I have actually read some of the bill! Can you imagine how much this will cost?...Not to mention trying to re-coop the costs in your sales price even if you have the funds to spend in the first place?…let me guess another government created oversight agency and another tax credit to help we indentured servants who are just incapable of managing our own lives… Whoopee! And as usual time is never of the essence with government. If you think it is difficult to sell your home now in a timely fashion just wait until the government injects itself further into your life. Remember Title V ? Big Brother is already in your septic tank!

Czars –Who are these people? The president has appointed 32-+ czars who answer only to him and have the “final word” on everything from cars and energy to obesity and your pay, monitoring almost every aspect of our lives. They are not vetted nor elected by anyone. They are all paid salaries and perks…I guess I missed that article in the Constitution. And now the President is creating Debt Commission, hand picked by him, to determine whether or not Congress is spending too much. This would be laughable if it was not our tax dollars that they are wasting again!

Suggestion: Eliminate them all! Remember what happened to the Russian Czars? We already have a Cabinet full of income tax evaders which we should also replace with law abiding citizens. P.S. No pensions for law breakers! Think of how much we would save on Congress alone! See, this is how you save money…cut the fat! Starting with make work government jobs. Nothing incenses me more than driving down 495 and seeing Mass Highway signs saying “We’re working for you” that cost us $25 million nationwide. Yes, it saved some jobs but how many at that price? Some calculations estimate each job cost us $100-$500k each…. Where do I sign up? As usual, government overpays for everything. You cannot spend yourself into prosperity just into greater debt which the public knows but obviously Washington does not which is why the country and the world are at this juncture.

Suggestion: Get government out of everything except what the Constitution charges them to do. They are not Santa Claus but have entrenched themselves into so many aspects of our daily lives no one is going to kill Santa. Even Santa does not reward bad behavior . Think of the money we would save if it never went to Washington in the first place! If we were ALLOWED to keep OUR hard earned income rather than sending it to DC, people might then have A modicum of disposable income. This may help to restore people’s sense of control over their own lives which is sorely lacking due to government’s invasive attempt to micro manage every detail of it. This would naturally stimulate the economy as people would not be as fearful to spend. It is no longer a question of having more it is a question of having enough which we do not right now as Uncle ‘Sam digs deeper and deeper into OUR pockets!

Suggestion: Put the money back in the hands of the people that earned it by not taking it in the first place and send the stimulus back to us! Consumer confidence is at an all time low. Unlike Congress most taxpayers don’t spend more than their means and have cut back creating a domino effect in our economy . Cut taxes across the board while simultaneously cutting spending/One cannot work without the other as WE are all acutely aware. It’s like going on a diet without out exercising…no pain no gain! The private sector supports the monopoly of the public sector which is paid more for their counterpart jobs, perks and pensions!!!When people collect for periods of time that exceed the amount of time that they actually worked you are in negative digits! Again, overpaying for people not to work. John Edwards was partially right about one thing …there are 2 Americas but it is not the rich and poor rather it is Congress…the rule makers / breakers and the American taxpayer who picks up the tab for their misguided mandates. Perhaps if our illustrious elected officials had to live like the constituents they allegedly represent they might vote differently. Let’s face it politicians votes are based on their own best interest not ours ….their employers! TERM LIMITS!!!TERM LIMITS!!!!TERM LIMITS!!!!

70% of the stimulus money has not been spent. Much of the money was used for bail outs, political pay-offs, keeping state governments afloat and high salaries and bonuses to bankers and Wall Street, as our legislators neglected to place any restrictions on where the money could be spent, . Incidentally, the jobs they take credit for saving…primarily public sector…not private. And why is that?

Call me politically incorrect for wanting to keep my hard earned cash for my own family and determine for myself what healthcare plan, car or soda suits my needs.

We know what the problems are…we need viable solutions. If you believe government is the remedy you are in serious trouble. What has government ever run under budget or on time? Government is interfering with every aspect of our lives, acting as though they know what it better for us than we do. By allowing government to make decisions for us we are rapidly losing OUR DEMOCRACY.

Congress needs to stop playing partisan politics and do what is good for the country for a change-that’s change I can believe in. Remember, the right thing to do is never the path of least resistance or we would all take the first time.

Our country is the greatest , most generous and was the freest in the world…why do you think everyone wants to come here? Unfortunately, we are becoming a “Nanny” state where government makes decisions on our behalf without our consent and punishes the responsible for the irresponsible by forcing a redistribution of wealth. Charity begins at home. GOD SAVE AMERICA!

Sue Meola, ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

“ I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” Thomas Jefferson, 1787