Dear sir or madam, will you read my post. It took me weeks to write

[hfojvt]

won't you take a look? ...His son is working for the daily mail. It's a steady job, but he wants to be an internet writer.


Okay, here's my LTTE. About my Congresscritter, but applicable to Republicans everywhere.

"At the candidates forum in Leavenworth on Saturday, Congressman Ryun seemed to stress two things. First, that he brought federal dollars to Leavenworth, and second that he believes in tax cuts. Apparently the new Republican philosophy is "borrow and spend". Should pork buy a re-election or did that money come to Leavenworth based on the merit of those projects?
Should we fund them with borrowed money? Nobody likes a tax increase, but spending borrowed money means you will pay much more in the long run. That $1000 child tax credit will be paid back by your children, with interest. Worse yet, that tax credit is a drop in the bucket compared to the tax cut that went to Bill Gates types.
A simple example should illustrate that. For my taxable income of $19,000 my taxes were $1718.25 in 2001 and $1278.25 in 2005. A tax cut of $440. Then there's my Uncle Charlie (not really a relative). According to Forbes, Charles Koch was worth $4.5 billion in 2005 and worth $12 billion in 2006. Let me estimate that his income is $10 million. Then, in 2001 his taxes were $3.887 million and in 2005 they were $3.48 million. A tax cut of $407,000! Jim Ryun does not want to talk about that. He calls it class warfare to point out the fact that he and his fellow Republicans are giving large benefits to people like my Uncle Charlie.
Ryun seems to believe that there is no way to create a tax cut to save me $440 without also saving a multi-millionaire $400 thousand! He would also have you believe that there is no way to eliminate the tax cut for the multi-millionaires without also eliminating the tax cut for people like me. He is wrong on both counts. Ryun may call it class warfare, but I think that tax cuts and other laws should benefit ordinary Americans more than they benefit the very wealthy. I am proud to fight for ordinary working people, that's why I have been working to elect Nancy Boyda. She promises to fight against big money control of Congress. Ryun denies that big money is in control, while he claims that tax cuts that give $400,000 to multi-millionaires actually benefit you and me. They do, a little bit, but they benefit the rich much more. Those are the people Ryun has been working for when he should have been working for you and me."

[LSK]

1. why are you hiding this in the lounge?

This is GD worthy.

[hfojvt]

2. Thank you

and it does seem to be languishing in the lounge. GD has not been kind to my posts. My last two got zero replies, although I kicked one myself 5 times - still no replies.

[Broken_Hero]

4. I agree with you

GD worthy in my book...

[hfojvt]

5. that is some sort of compliment in the lounge?

We should promote the worth of the lounge which in the past has had GD type threads and discussions without so much GD attitude. But I just now saw an RNC ad attacking Boyda for promising to raise taxes. Clearly I need to email the candidate.

[Broken_Hero]

6. Boyda?

You in Kansas I guess...:) Lots of races going on this year...I'm in SW Missouri, we get a lot of political ads from KS as well on our local channels.

[hfojvt]

7. All my local channels are belong to KCMO

So we get lots of Missouri ads. Most Kansas candidates cannot afford to advertise here. Either that or they are advertising in Wichita and Topeka.

[yellowdogmi]

3. Good post.

I agree this is worthy of the GD. I also know how disappointing it is to watch something you worked hard on sink. Good Luck.

[hfojvt]

8. It was a work of love

I was happy to see it in the paper :woohoo: but they did not mention it today at Kiwanis.

[yellowdogmi]

10. keep up the good work.

I personally think that LTTE's are one of the most effective ways we have of fighting back. I have been published a couple of times. It is a rush to see your words in print.

[hfojvt]

11. it's kinda scary too

Especially around here. The one liberal columnist here gets attacked for his columns all the time, and one professor who wrote against the anti-gay-marriage amendment provoked letter in the paper calling for him to be fired. It is not all one way either. A local Republican's LTTE inspired an LTTE that mocked him for losing his last election and other personal attacks. It's almost like our paper is becoming a blog, without the anonymity.

[Radio_Lady]

9. K & R -- thanks.

[BikeWriter]

12. K&R