DEAR SENATE if Senators Vote Against It

[HowHasItComeToThis]

Submitted by mark karlin on Sun, 02/08/2009 - 10:14am. Other

THE BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG http://buzzflash.com/articles/node/7645

By Mark Karlin

I have a modest proposal: if a U.S. Senator votes against the "Main Street Job Creation Act" (BuzzFlash's name for the "stimulus" bill), their state should lose half the funding from the bill. If both U.S. Senators from one state vote against the bill, the state loses its entire allocation from the legislation.

This may sound Draconian, but it might induce the people out of work and with piles of bills to tar and feather the "economic kamikazee" Republican Senators who got America into this mess -- and to run them out of the country.

After all, most of the GOP Neo-Confederate opposition to the "Main Street Job Creation Act" comes from Senators who represent states that already receive more money from the federal government than they pay into the treasury. With the exception of Florida, most of the Old South is still poorer than most of the rest of the nation, and needs massive federal aid to survive economically.

Stepford Republican Senators who believe that you can stop a house from burning down with a tax cut for the rich -- like Chatty Kathy dolls who just repeat the same line over and over again -- should suffer the political consequences of being so profoundly treacherous to the nation. And nothing would get them off the nearly 30-year-old message point of tax cuts for the rich like a good tar and feathering.

[BlueIdaho]

1. Amen!

I say - when a state's elected congressional representative votes against the bill then all monies should be routed away from their congressional district and into states that supported the bill. After all - if they truly believe the funding will not stimulate the economy, they should demonstrate the strength of their convictions and show the world those monies are not necessary for their citizens economic recovery.

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2. really If they vote

against it they don't get a single penny for their state then let them go home and explain that to their constituents ! How would you like them apples senators ? They would never be voted for again. problem solved.