Representatives, not rulers elected

Great letter to the editor.

I attended Rep. Steve Kagen‘s listening session at the Brown County Central Library and have since heard concerned citizens described as Nazis, brownshirts, terrorists, unAmerican, evil-mongers and paid mobs.

We have been contacting senators and representatives for months regarding their rushed massive spending and government takeovers. Unemployment is skyrocketing, businesses are closing, and the federal deficit is projected to quadruple last year’s record.

If nationalization of health care passes, the Congressional Budget Office projects an additional deficit of almost $300 billion. This government has not exactly earned the confidence of the American people.

Our outrage is about government bureaucrats, appointed by the president and overseen by Congress, mandating our health care; it is about financially penalizing American taxpayers and businesses if we don’t take a “government-approved” plan; it is about covering “non-U.S. citizens.”

These are all in the bill and more. Yes, we are frightened — these officials are supposed to be our representatives, not our rulers.

Thomas Jefferson said, “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

George Washington said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force … it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”

Jan Weycker

(Source – We elect representatives, not rulers – Green Bay Press-Gazette)

It is pretty sad when elected officials act the way the Representative Steve Kagen and others have acted when it comes to responding to concerned citizens.  Look at the actions of the federal government since the liberal Democrats have been in control.  The crap that has been shoved down the throats of the American people is ridiculous.  These people are ELECTED Representatives and should be listening to constituents, respecting constituents.  Instead they continue to act as rulers who can do whatever they want.

Hopefully people of the 8th District remember what Steve Kagen and his liberal buddies have done to this great nation when November 2010 rolls around.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Bring In A Rookie (berrylaker.blogspot.com)
• Kagen Race Getting Crowded, Now Four In The 8th (berrylaker.blogspot.com)
• Steve Kagen Wednesday Listening Session, Green Bay (berrylaker.blogspot.com)

Advertisement