The Senate and the Stimulus

I sent the following letter to my senators on Sunday February 1 in anticipation of the Senate debate on the $870 billion stimulus package. Please feel free to use all or part in writing to your own senators. We need some answers before they put the national debt out of sight



Dear Senator

I would appreciate if you could provide me a breakdown of just how the $870 billion stimulus package passed by the House and coming to the Senate is going to be spent.


From what I have seen even though a lot of money is being thrown out there, very little is going to do anything to get the economy moving.I want to know why at least half of the money is not earmarked for infrastructure projects.Let's repair the roads, bridges and tunnels across the country. That will offer plenty of employment, and construction workers will guarantee that grocery stores and other retailers stay open.

Little projects to study trout and the like are pork projects that need to be put aside. We need projects that are good for the country as a whole, not a private earmark for some senator or congressman.

All reports indicate that the Congress lost control of the first $700 billion stimulus package - allowing Wall Street and the Banks to do what ever they wanted - which meant paying bonuses but doing nothing for the economy. Where are the loan deals we were promised?

We do not want to see this second package go the same way.You in Congress are creating a debt that will be on our great grandchildren' shoulders. The least you can do is make sure that every penny is to put to the use of stimulating the economy.


We have heard a lot of talk but seen little action or responsibility.Its time you and the rest of Congress started being the guardians of our money.

The power is yours - think as an American first, not as a Democrat.Thank you for your attention.