Well, I wrote Feinstein, Boxer, and Susan Davis. Didn’t bother with Bush. Text of my email:
“No Bailout!
I can’t say it any plainer than that. My partner and I have watched with incredulity over the past 8 years as everyone and their brother have taken leave of their senses and overextended themselves with houses, credit cards and cars they really can’t afford.
We have one credit card, two 15-year old cars, and rent our house in a vastly inflated real estate market. We have had hundreds of offers of credit cards, mortgages and car loans pushed on us over the past eight years. We made the responsible decision to not take on too much debt.
So now, we’re supposed to help pay for a bailout of companies and individuals who made bad financial decisions.
I expect you, as our elected representative, to say no to any more of these bailouts.
Period.”
I honestly don’t think it will make a whit of difference, but I couldn’t just sit back and watch them without adding my shout to the chorus.
