My email to Sen's Alexander and Corker.

[johnaries]

I know it won't do much good, but I send off this email to both of my Repuke Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker:

I am a hard-working Tennessean. And I am angry and sick and tired of being squeezed by big corporate interests. Especially Insurance and Pharmaceutical companies.

When the CEO of UnitedHealth makes $100,000 an hour by rationing health care, there is a problem.

America has the best health care in the world - if you can afford it. When over 60% of bankruptcies are because of medical bills, and over 50% of those have health insurance, THERE IS A PROBLEM.

We need a public option. Period.

As far as the deficit is concerned, get rid of the unfair Bush tax cuts for the rich. Since those unfair tax cuts have been in place the rich have multiplied their income 7 times, while we hard-working Americans have actually lost buying power to inflation.

Please, do the right thing for all Tennesseans, not just the rich.

Sincerely, John.

[Jane Austin]

1. Great letter!

If enough of those came in from Tennesseans, it might make an impression on those guys.

[wolfgirl]

2. I sent a similar letter to both of 'em

And all I got back was a tirade on just how bad the Kennedy bill was.

puke:


What idiots they both are!:

[johnaries]

4. Did you reply back? I hope one of them does that to me

so I can rip it apart and show them that we are not all asleep. Of course, they are bought so it still won't make any difference, but I'm willing to try.

[gratuitous]

3. Can't hurt, might help

Let's face it, these guys don't have any excuse for doing the right thing; they're completely owned by large corporate interests, and they will vote in favor of the corporations that pull their strings. But who knows if this and other contacts might not sway a vote? You never really know. There's no bad time to do the right thing.