Bailout Bill of 2008

As emailed and sent to all of my friends and family, these are my thoughts on this plan:

"I feel compelled to write everyone that lives in my district regarding this bailout bill. Our representative is Joe Bonner, who voted for the bill and will do so again today even after 70-90% of Americans and Alabamians are against this bailout. I will be campaigning hard against Mr. Bonner for supporting this bailout come election time in November. It is time that we as Americans say NO to corporate irresponsibility.

I and many of my friends and coworkers understand that not passing this legislation will cause some pain for the average person. We get that, the politicians think that we balk at the price tag - we balk at the philosophy that this engenders. We do not think that rewarding irresponsibility by spending our tax dollars is sending the right message. The best form of regulation on Wall Street is failure. You make bad business decisions, and you change or fail. Now government is setting the precedent that if you make poor business decisions you can expect to walk away from your responsibilities. The age of personal responsibility will end with this bills passing.

I have been vehement in my opposition to this bailout plan from the beginning and have contacted all of my representatives and senators. Both of our senators voted against the amendment this week even though it passed in the senate. Remember that it is now 405 pages long, from the original 110 page bill. It includes $110 billion more spending and tax credits even at a time when we are committing $700 billion dollars to this bail out. Enough is enough. Please, stand with me against this terrible road we are traveling down.

Thank you,

Wesley Ross"