My Country

I emailed one of my Congressmen last week. I gave him 5 suggestions for fixing the economy and getting the nation back on track.

1. Stop using my tax dollars to send money to other countries.We have our own problems right now and need to worry about the United States before it falls apart. Use that money to pay off our debts and fix our infrastructure.

2. Make welfare temporary. Welfare recipients have a certain number of months to get a job. If someone wants to better themselves by going to school I would rather help pay for that then for the same person to get knocked up six more times. No one is going to be paying for my children and no one is paying for me to go to school. Why should I pay for everybody else? And to even get on welfare their should be drug tests.

3. 15% flat tax rate for individuals with no tax breaks. We should all pay equally based on what we earn. No loopholes for the rich to not have to pay.

4. Pay cuts for the House, Senate and President. There is no reason for them to be making so much money. And don't even get me started on their benefits!

5. I actually at the moment can't remember the 5th one. It could have been about illegal immigrants, but for some reason do not think it was. I don't think trying to deport all of them would be the answer. One suggestions would be to allow the ones who have not been trouble makers but who are just trying to live their lives to become citizens with these provisions: they learn English and they pay some back taxes. Start out giving them all a green card. If they pay their back taxes or are at least trying to pay and don't get arrested for two years then they become American citizens. Send all of the ones back who are trouble makers and seal the borders for new illegals.

Understand that I am not an expert in politics or money, nor am I racist. I just believe that things should be done properly including going to a new country. Politicians should be listening to the people, not the lobbyists. They should also do everything in their power not to spend more than they make and they should cut frivolous spending. It is every one's responsibility to take care of our country. So let's do it!