Letter to Congressman Paul Hodes

Dear Congressman Hodes,

Thank you very much for your e-mail wishing me, and my family, a Happy Thanksgiving.  I would like to extend the same wish to you and your family.

Many families across our Granite State are struggling this Thanksgiving.  As we sit with family and friends to give thanks for all of the good things in our lives and to remember the sacrifices of all of our countrymen serving our great nation, it is fitting that we reflect on the reasons for the suffering felt across New Hampshire and the country in general. More importantly, it is fitting that we reflect on what we can do, together, to reduce the damage being done to many American lives and livelihoods.

The policies pushed by the current administration (and those of the previous administration, too, in fairness) have done damage to America and I respectfully request you to consider your contribution to that damage.

We sent you to Washington, not to solve our problems, but to protect our freedoms.  Respectfully, in this regard you have failed the people of the Granite State’s 2nd District by supporting a radical agenda of government growth that threatens the very viability of our great nation.  More taxes means less freedom.  Government mandates mean less freedom. 

•    We have seen a $787 billion “stimulus” package that has not, cannot and will not create sustainable private-sector jobs because the “stimulus” is based on the flawed premise that the government can create jobs.  The Democrat leadership has vilified the proven strategy of trickle-down wealth creation and chosen a policy of trickle-up poverty by using the force of law to remove capital from our most productive Americans to give to our least productive Americans.  Such a policy of “wealth spreading” is not sustainable. 

•    We have seen an unemployment rate reach 10.2%.  We are suffering this waste of the productive brilliance of Americans because of the uncertainty that this government has created in the minds of our small business owners, who, we all know, are the engine of sustainable job growth.  Small business owners don’t know what the future holds because of the uncertainty caused by the government’s inexorably relentless crusade in social engineering (cap & trade taxes, health care taxes and mandates, expiring Bush tax rates, Cash for Clunkers, Homebuyers’ tax credit and on and on).  Until this uncertainty is reduced, businesses won’t risk hiring.  Ask your constituents, as they will tell you.

•    We have seen a Cap & Trade bill pass the House that would further erode America’s competitive position in the international marketplace for no apparent gain.  The revelation this past week of a system of corruption among the “scientists” pushing the radical climate change agenda should cause all rational thinkers to give pause to any legislation along these lines.

•    We have seen a president unhesitatingly apologize for America in front of world leaders only to return from Asia, scolded in disbelief by the Chinese who, appear to have a better understanding of capitalism and its virtues, than does our president.

Please, at this time of Thanksgiving, give pause to what you wish your legacy to be among your fellow Granite Staters.

I would ask that you advocate:

1.  Return of unspent “stimulus” money to the Treasury.  No more slush fund for pet projects.  That’s not how our government is supposed to work.

2.  Reject the current Health Care bills in all forms and incarnations and start over.  Frame the solution by the principles of a just and proper government (one that protects freedom) rather than the wealth-spreading colossus the deliberations upon which we Americans are watching in horror.  No one will blame you if you change your position.  No one will call you a “flip-flopper”.  Reject the current Health Care approach of Reid & Pelosi and your NH constituents will elect you year after year.

3.  Help create the environment for sustainable job growth by adding stability to the political landscape.  Stop tinkering.  Lower payroll taxes and personal income taxes and sit back and watch what unfettered Americans can do.

4.  Support an investigation into the fraudulent “data” that is the lynchpin of the climate change crusade and the self-destructive Cap & Trade bill.  Send an email to your constituents stating that in light of the new evidence, that you can no longer support Cap & Trade until a full investigation has been conducted. 

5.  Stop the spending.  Please.  For the sake of all Americans, please stop the spending, even if you think the cause is worthy.  Please. 

6.  Support the audit of the Federal Reserve.  The dollars you allow the Fed to print on a 24-7 basis aren’t real to politicians, but they are real to us.  A dollar used to represent a claim on the BEST that any of us could produce.  Currency was once our sacred bond to each other as a store of the value that we created through our hard work and risk taking.  Congress has devalued that sacred bond by turning the greenback into the laughingstock of the world.  No country has ever devalued its way to prosperity, yet this seems to be the course set by this Administration, the pathetic claims to the contrary by Secretary Geithner notwithstanding.

I understand your request that we all give of ourselves during this holiday season to help those in need.  But sir, respectfully, this government has already established the framework to take, at the point of a gun, a larger portion of what I have earned and give to whomever our public servants have deemed in “need” than ever before in modern history.  High taxes and government mandates are inconsistent with Freedom.  You’ll forgive me if reject your plea for further sacrificial offerings until such time as you address the concerns that I have presented to you.

Again, I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving; I look forward to hearing from you soon. I would enjoy an opportunity to speak with you for a few minutes the next time you are in the Nashua area.

Best Regards,

Craig Powers
31 Cedar Street
Hudson, NH
03051

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