Extra - Editorial Reply
Letter to the Editor of the Arizona Republic(7/26/2011):
Lock them out! All of Congress should be denied access to their offices, staff, and other government facilities to which they are privileged. No per diem, no salary, no access to medical benefits, no transportation - NO taxpayer-funded perks. We may end the lockout when our representatives agree to a debt-ceiling increase that protects our most vulnerable citizens from cuts to earned 'entitlement' programs, and themselves being included in such programs, ie., Medicare and Social Security. This is
NOT about controlling spending, as House Speaker John Boehner would have us believe. It IS about paying for what has already been spent. To hold Americans hostage for political gain is unconscionable. It worked for the NFL. It will work for this game, too!
Lock them out! All of Congress should be denied access to their offices, staff, and other government facilities to which they are privileged. No per diem, no salary, no access to medical benefits, no transportation - NO taxpayer-funded perks. We may end the lockout when our representatives agree to a debt-ceiling increase that protects our most vulnerable citizens from cuts to earned 'entitlement' programs, and themselves being included in such programs, ie., Medicare and Social Security. This is
NOT about controlling spending, as House Speaker John Boehner would have us believe. It IS about paying for what has already been spent. To hold Americans hostage for political gain is unconscionable. It worked for the NFL. It will work for this game, too!
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