The Highway Bill and Katrina
Amestria
02-09-2005, 23:10
Who thinks that the highway bill should be pulled, reformed, all the pork removed, and then sent to rebuild the Gulf.
Myrmidonisia
02-09-2005, 23:14
Who thinks that the highway bill should be pulled, reformed, all the pork removed, and then sent to rebuild the Gulf.
Sure. Great idea. Seriously, it is a good idea. But trying to get pols to take back the money that they used to buy votes with will be hard. Will you write letters to your Congressman and Senators?
One man's pork is another man's essential public works project.
Amestria
02-09-2005, 23:16
Sure. Great idea. Seriously, it is a good idea. But trying to get pols to take back the money that they used to buy votes with will be hard. Will you write letters to your Congressman and Senators?
One man's pork is another man's essential public works project.
Yes!
Myrmidonisia
02-09-2005, 23:23
Yes!
That is the right thing to do. Get friends and family to do the same. Write letters to the paper to try and stir up editorial opinion. Call talk shows.
If a person like Cindy Sheehan can come from nowhere and end up on the front page every day, certainly a good idea can evolve into good results.