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Vote to make government more responsive to citizens

Letter date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Letter publisher: 
StatesmanJournal.com
Letter author: 
Don Poole
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What do we get for our tax monies?

We, the People, get national security — our military for which we should be grateful.

We, the People, have a Congress that uses our money to make more laws. We get more laws and more lawyers and less police protection. We get more lobbyists and less voice in our own government.

We, the People, pay more in taxes, which is used to support illegal immigrants. We, the People, get health care when we cannot afford it. So do the illegal immigrants. We, the People, get government assistance when we cannot afford to feed our families. So do the illegal immigrants. We, the People, get more illegal immigrants because of it.

We, the People, get more unions and fewer small employers.

We, the People, have a government that allows an outspoken few to lock up our abundant natural resources so we are forced to use valuable energy resources from other countries.

We, the People, pay more and more in taxes to support ever-increasing government spending without a budget.

We, the People, need to make our government more responsible when spending our hard-earned money.

We, the People, vote!

Don Poole

Salem
 

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