Dear Mr. President,
As a Heritage member, I'm deeply offended that you would attempt to tell the American people that Heritage.org represents a "middle of the road, centrist approach."
How dare you use the work of the people at Heritage for your political gain...!
As a physician, I'm opposed to your new health care bill because it is massive big-government program that is a radical new government intrusion into the daily lives of all Americans and a massive takeover of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
This law is offensive to the historic American dedication to the principle of self-government.
This bill is financially unsustainable and will ultimately lead to health care rationing, a lower quality of care and a greater degree of dependence on government.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!
LET’S RAISE THEIR TAXES…!
Democrats in Congress are going to allow the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire, resulting in what the Wall Street Journal called “the biggest tax increase in our nation’s history”.
Once these tax cuts are allowed to expire, taxpayers will face an estimated total of almost $2.4 trillion in additional taxes.
That means about 17 million seniors will face an estimated average tax increase of $2,034 each.
When these tax cuts are allowed to expire:
· The Marriage Penalty will be reinstated, costing married couples almost $1,500 per year on average.
· 26 million small business owners will face an average tax increase of $3,637.
· And, the Death Tax will return to its former high rate, which has been a leading cause of the demise of small businesses. This will cost American families an estimated $91 billion.
President Obama wants to raise tax rates on dividends and capital gains, causing stocks to lose an estimated additional $90-billion-plus in value.
And then if Congress passes it’s “cap-and-trade” energy plan into law, the cost to each American household will average about $4,6093 per year in higher taxes and energy prices, appearing on your electric bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, and at the gasoline pumps.
Americans already pay, on average, an estimated 35 to 40 percent of their earnings each year in federal taxes. We are simply taxed out the wahzoo.
How much more “hope and change” can American families afford?
Democrats in Congress are going to allow the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire, resulting in what the Wall Street Journal called “the biggest tax increase in our nation’s history”.
Once these tax cuts are allowed to expire, taxpayers will face an estimated total of almost $2.4 trillion in additional taxes.
That means about 17 million seniors will face an estimated average tax increase of $2,034 each.
When these tax cuts are allowed to expire:
· The Marriage Penalty will be reinstated, costing married couples almost $1,500 per year on average.
· 26 million small business owners will face an average tax increase of $3,637.
· And, the Death Tax will return to its former high rate, which has been a leading cause of the demise of small businesses. This will cost American families an estimated $91 billion.
President Obama wants to raise tax rates on dividends and capital gains, causing stocks to lose an estimated additional $90-billion-plus in value.
And then if Congress passes it’s “cap-and-trade” energy plan into law, the cost to each American household will average about $4,6093 per year in higher taxes and energy prices, appearing on your electric bill, gas bill, water bill, phone bill, and at the gasoline pumps.
Americans already pay, on average, an estimated 35 to 40 percent of their earnings each year in federal taxes. We are simply taxed out the wahzoo.
How much more “hope and change” can American families afford?
Sunday, September 20, 2009
WHY I DON'T LIKE OBAMA
Obama has been proven to be a liar.
From the moment he stepped onto the national stage to campaign for the presidency, Obama has consistently lied to the American people in order to convince us to trust him with our economic and national security. Since becoming our president, he has betrayed that trust.
During his first eight months in office, Obama has exhibited his admiration for dictators and disdain for our allies.
His dogged determination to turn our country into a failed socialist nation was in full evidence when Obama nationalized General Motors and Chrysler. He gave to the unions control over the two giant automobile manufacturers, while freezing out retired investors and allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to this socialist power grab. As a further slap in our economic face, he expanded the corporate bailouts, including giving billions to AIG without pre-conditions. Then, to add insult to injury, Obama doubled our national debt with his out-of-control spending.
Obama is spending so brazenly because he is counting on Americans being lulled into complacency by the time of the 2010 elections. By design, the bulk of the "stimulus" funds will be spent, just in time, to spur a false recovery. The "recovery" will be hailed as proof of Obama's wisdom by the liberal media. It will not matter that the so-called recovery will not be real, or that it won't last – as long as Obama and liberal Democrats stay in control of our government.
Demonstrating his willingness to operate without regard for our laws, Obama fired two inspector generals (IG’s) who were investigating illegal activities by Obama cronies. Obama fired the IG’s even though, by law, inspector generals are authorized to conduct investigations without interference from government officials.
Blatantly, Obama refused to prosecute Black Panthers caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia during the 2008 election.
Further, Obama filled his cabinet with five people who have cheated on their taxes, and two of his other nominees withdrew after they were exposed as tax cheats.
Obama and his supporters scoffed at parents and called them racist for not wanting their children indoctrinated by Obama with his K-12 speech. Obama’s talking about the value of education was not the problem. What rankled citizens was the lesson plan from the Department of Education – before it was changed under pressure from the public – that required children to write papers about how to help Obama achieve his radical agenda.
Obama has publicly asserted that...
The lack of any check on Obama’s power, due to a veto-proof Democrat-controlled Congress and a lap dog liberal media, has caused Obama to boldly assert his radical agenda and surround himself with a stable of over 30 advisors called "Czars". These unaccountable Obama-appointees are beholden only to Obama. They are not unanswerable to Congress or the American people, as was intended by our Constitution which requires congressional confirmation hearings and oversight of political appointees. Among those Czars are Communists, Marxists and other characters with troubling backgrounds and questionable credentials who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Gone is media outrage over abuse of power or an imperial presidency, as well as any angst about the shredding of our Constitution.
The preceding comments were excerpted from an article entitled:
OBAMA – A CHARMING LIAR?
By Frances Rice,
a retired lawyer and Army Lieutenant Colonel,
who is chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.nbra.info/
Read the entire article here:
http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/
From the moment he stepped onto the national stage to campaign for the presidency, Obama has consistently lied to the American people in order to convince us to trust him with our economic and national security. Since becoming our president, he has betrayed that trust.
During his first eight months in office, Obama has exhibited his admiration for dictators and disdain for our allies.
- He offended the Queen of England and bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
- He praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega, kissed Socialist Hugo Chavez on the cheek and endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia.
- He sided with Hugo Chavez and Communist Fidel Castro against Honduras, a country that followed its constitution and stopped its president from illegally turning himself into that country’s dictator.
- Obama announced that he would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions, while they're building their nuclear weapons.
Obama displayed a blatant lack of concern for what is in the best interest of America when he circled the globe and publicly apologized for America's world leadership. He told the Mexican president that Americans are responsible for the violence in Mexico.
He announced a cut in funding for our new missile defense system the day after an ICBM was launched by North Korea.
He released information on U.S. intelligence gathering despite contrary urgings of his own CIA director and the four prior CIA directors.
He ordered that the word "terrorism" be stricken from our discourse and replaced with the innocuous words "man made disasters."
He appointed a Homeland Security Chief who identified military veterans and abortion opponents as "dangers to the nation."
In a scary bid to increase the political power of the Democratic Party, Obama politicized the census by moving it out of the Department of Commerce and into the White House.
His dogged determination to turn our country into a failed socialist nation was in full evidence when Obama nationalized General Motors and Chrysler. He gave to the unions control over the two giant automobile manufacturers, while freezing out retired investors and allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to this socialist power grab. As a further slap in our economic face, he expanded the corporate bailouts, including giving billions to AIG without pre-conditions. Then, to add insult to injury, Obama doubled our national debt with his out-of-control spending.
Obama is spending so brazenly because he is counting on Americans being lulled into complacency by the time of the 2010 elections. By design, the bulk of the "stimulus" funds will be spent, just in time, to spur a false recovery. The "recovery" will be hailed as proof of Obama's wisdom by the liberal media. It will not matter that the so-called recovery will not be real, or that it won't last – as long as Obama and liberal Democrats stay in control of our government.
Demonstrating his willingness to operate without regard for our laws, Obama fired two inspector generals (IG’s) who were investigating illegal activities by Obama cronies. Obama fired the IG’s even though, by law, inspector generals are authorized to conduct investigations without interference from government officials.
Blatantly, Obama refused to prosecute Black Panthers caught on video intimidating voters at a polling place in Philadelphia during the 2008 election.
Further, Obama filled his cabinet with five people who have cheated on their taxes, and two of his other nominees withdrew after they were exposed as tax cheats.
Obama and his supporters scoffed at parents and called them racist for not wanting their children indoctrinated by Obama with his K-12 speech. Obama’s talking about the value of education was not the problem. What rankled citizens was the lesson plan from the Department of Education – before it was changed under pressure from the public – that required children to write papers about how to help Obama achieve his radical agenda.
Obama has publicly asserted that...
- some corporations, including 'Big Oil' and medical insurance companies, make 'obscene profits' (they don't compared with many other industries) and that his 'compensation czar' will look into executive compensation...
- medical insurance companies need a 'public option' to keep them 'honest,' ...
- He wants a government-guaranteed 'level playing field' of wealth redistribution via taxing those deemed to have too much.
The lack of any check on Obama’s power, due to a veto-proof Democrat-controlled Congress and a lap dog liberal media, has caused Obama to boldly assert his radical agenda and surround himself with a stable of over 30 advisors called "Czars". These unaccountable Obama-appointees are beholden only to Obama. They are not unanswerable to Congress or the American people, as was intended by our Constitution which requires congressional confirmation hearings and oversight of political appointees. Among those Czars are Communists, Marxists and other characters with troubling backgrounds and questionable credentials who should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Gone is media outrage over abuse of power or an imperial presidency, as well as any angst about the shredding of our Constitution.
The preceding comments were excerpted from an article entitled:
OBAMA – A CHARMING LIAR?
By Frances Rice,
a retired lawyer and Army Lieutenant Colonel,
who is chairman of the National Black Republican Association.
http://www.nbra.info/
Read the entire article here:
http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Senator Cornyn calls for Immigration Reform this year
Dear Senator Cornyn,
It’s hard to believe that you’ve called on the President present a comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan this year.
I’m incredibly DISAPPOINTED in you. I’ve written to you multiple times re: Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, and it wasn’t very long ago that the American people sent a loud and clear message to Congress.
I respectfully ask that you listen hard to the will of the American people on this issue.
There Can Be NO COMPROMISE When It Comes To Amnesty for 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens.
It’s hard to believe that you’ve called on the President present a comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan this year.
I’m incredibly DISAPPOINTED in you. I’ve written to you multiple times re: Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, and it wasn’t very long ago that the American people sent a loud and clear message to Congress.
I respectfully ask that you listen hard to the will of the American people on this issue.
There Can Be NO COMPROMISE When It Comes To Amnesty for 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens.
- I don’t want amnesty for 12-20 million illegal aliens currently in the United States.
- I don’t want compromise legislation.
- I don’t want a comprehensive package that allows 12-20 lawbreakers to keep on breaking the law.
- I don’t want foreigners coming into America unless they go through proper immigration channels.
- I don’t want a "guest worker program".
- I don’t want a "pathway to citizenship".
- These are nothing more than amnesty phrases, and I oppose amnesty for the millions of people who have sneaked into our country illegally. Giving amnesty to people who have broken American laws increases the likelihood of further illegal conduct.
Amnesty was a bad idea in 1986.
Amnesty was a bad idea two years ago.
Amnesty is still a bad idea.
The American people want secure borders and no amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. The American people want to stop terrorists, who wish to bomb military installations, from coming into this country illegally!
We need to remember that Ted Kennedy has already pushed SEVEN amnesties into law. Not a single one was followed by a reduction in illegal immigration. Why should anybody believe that Obama would present anything different?
- In 1986, Ted Kennedy's blanket amnesty for 2.7 million illegal aliens promised a lot more enforcement but did not set any requirements for actual reductions in illegal immigration. The illegal flow continued.
- In 1994, Ted Kennedy's Section 245(I) Amnesty gave legal residence and jobs to 578,000 illegal aliens. It was a temporary rolling amnesty primarily for extended family members of immigrants who instead of waiting in line, would come on into the country illegally. The illegal flow continued.
- In 1997, Ted Kennedy's extension of the Section 245(I) rolling amnesty was followed by an Increasing Flow of Illegal Immigration.
- In 1997, Ted Kennedy also won an amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America. Illegal immigration sped up some more.
- In 1998, Ted Kennedy won an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti. The illegal flow continued.
- In 2000, Ted Kennedy got the so-called Late Amnesty, legalizing another 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed that they missed out on Kennedy's 1986 amnesty. Illegal immigration continued unimpeded.
- In 2000, Ted Kennedy also won the LIFE Act Amnesty for an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. It was another reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(I) amnesty., an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. Illegal Immigration Accelerated.
It just makes good ole common horse sense to ENFORCE our current immigration laws before we grant amnesty under the guise of "comprehensive immigration reform".
We can’t just disregard the intentional violation of the law in one context because it serves policy objectives in another, as this would undermine the rule of law.
Illegal immigration is a national security issue.
We can’t play politics when the lives of Americans are at stake.
Senator Cornyn, please let me propose some principles for immigration:
- Turn off the job magnet for illegal immigration by mandating E-Verify for all employers. This can be done immediately, before any other "reform" is put in place.
- The net result of all immigration reform must be a large net reduction in annual green cards. Immigration of foreign workers and dependents has been running four times higher than traditional levels. The million green cards a year should be cut as far toward 250,000 as possible.
- The nation is in a jobs depression. Most immigration of foreign workers should be suspended so that jobless Americans can have a better chance to get back into the jobs market.
- Any attempt to give permanent work permits to an estimated 8 million illegal foreign workers would be political suicide while 14 million Americans looking for a job can't find one.
Senator, please remember that most Texans are conservative, and some of us have long memories. If you decide to betray the conservatives who elected you by pandering to the Hispanics for their vote, we will remember with our votes, and forget with our contributions.
Feeling betrayed,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Obama's Health Care Plan
Dear Senator Cornyn,
I just read your op-ed entitled "Lower The Cost Of Health Care Without Sacrificing Control To Washington". ( http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/18/0618cornyn_edit.html )
I agree 100%.
I'm a physician in Abilene, TX, in solo private practice, and I have 7 full time employees.
If the Obama health care plan is enacted, I will not be able to afford to pay health care benefits to all 7 of my employees.
Obama's health care plan WILL FORCE ME TO TERMINATE TWO EMPLOYEES...!
As a result of terminating two employees, I will not be able to see and treat all the patients who want to come to me with their health problems.
So, I have three questions:
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
I just read your op-ed entitled "Lower The Cost Of Health Care Without Sacrificing Control To Washington". ( http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/2009/06/18/0618cornyn_edit.html )
I agree 100%.
I'm a physician in Abilene, TX, in solo private practice, and I have 7 full time employees.
If the Obama health care plan is enacted, I will not be able to afford to pay health care benefits to all 7 of my employees.
Obama's health care plan WILL FORCE ME TO TERMINATE TWO EMPLOYEES...!
As a result of terminating two employees, I will not be able to see and treat all the patients who want to come to me with their health problems.
So, I have three questions:
- Will Obama dictate to me WHICH two employees to terminate?
- The two employees I have to terminate because of Obama's health care plan, will Obama find them another job to support their families?
- How will the Obama health care plan help patients in need of a physician find someone to care for them as so many other physicains, like myself, will be forced to cut back on employees and the number of patients we see?
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
This is so outrageous…!
We’re gonna PAY other nations affected by the global financial crisis…???
Democrats have included a $5 billion increase for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help aid nations affected by the global financial crisis.
(Pardon me here, but when OUR nation is suffering, with 1.8 MILLION jobs lost since Obama took office, and AMERICANS are facing huge tax increases…HOW DARE the government to give away $5 billion to “other nations”…!!! )
Republicans say that is reason enough to vote against the entire $106 billion spending bill and are certain voters will understand.
“Once the American people learn that the Democrats are using a war-funding bill for a global bailout, they’ll know what to do,” House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) told The Hill. “We’ll take the message to the floor and to the American people, and I expect we’ll win this fight.”
Read the whole article here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/in-reversal-gop-balks-at-war-funding-2009-06-15.html
We’re gonna PAY other nations affected by the global financial crisis…???
Democrats have included a $5 billion increase for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help aid nations affected by the global financial crisis.
(Pardon me here, but when OUR nation is suffering, with 1.8 MILLION jobs lost since Obama took office, and AMERICANS are facing huge tax increases…HOW DARE the government to give away $5 billion to “other nations”…!!! )
Republicans say that is reason enough to vote against the entire $106 billion spending bill and are certain voters will understand.
“Once the American people learn that the Democrats are using a war-funding bill for a global bailout, they’ll know what to do,” House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) told The Hill. “We’ll take the message to the floor and to the American people, and I expect we’ll win this fight.”
Read the whole article here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/in-reversal-gop-balks-at-war-funding-2009-06-15.html
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Patriotic to pay more taxes...???
Dear President Obama,
Vice President Joe Biden said during the 2008 campaign that it is patriotic for Americans to pay more in taxes.
Since taking over control of Washington, the Democrats have decided we should all be more "patriotic" having passed or proposed more than $5 trillion in new spending and $1.4 trillion in new taxes.
And I do not approve of the $1.4 trillion in new taxes, $636 billion in higher energy taxes, the staggering redistribution of wealth and wasteful spending you are prescribing as a cure for the economic crisis.
To hold the Democrats in Washington accountable for their record tax, spend and borrow schemes, I am sending a virtual tea bag to protest your plans to raise taxes on every American this Tax Day.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Vice President Joe Biden said during the 2008 campaign that it is patriotic for Americans to pay more in taxes.
Since taking over control of Washington, the Democrats have decided we should all be more "patriotic" having passed or proposed more than $5 trillion in new spending and $1.4 trillion in new taxes.
I don't believe that it is patriotic to pay more taxes.
And I do not approve of the $1.4 trillion in new taxes, $636 billion in higher energy taxes, the staggering redistribution of wealth and wasteful spending you are prescribing as a cure for the economic crisis.
To hold the Democrats in Washington accountable for their record tax, spend and borrow schemes, I am sending a virtual tea bag to protest your plans to raise taxes on every American this Tax Day.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Obama apologizes to Europe for America
Dear Mr. Obama,
It is absolutely pathetic that a president of the United States feels the need to disparage America while in foreign countries, and to make apologies for America.
America leads, America succeeds, and America is willing to take a stand.
It's DISGRACEFUL for you to show your disdain for the American dream by apologizing to European countries and Turkey.
I'm proud to be an American, and unlike your wife, I've ALWAYS been proud to be an American.
I DON'T apologize!
You should be ASHAMED of your "apology tour".
I'm ashamed of you.
It is absolutely pathetic that a president of the United States feels the need to disparage America while in foreign countries, and to make apologies for America.
America leads, America succeeds, and America is willing to take a stand.
It's DISGRACEFUL for you to show your disdain for the American dream by apologizing to European countries and Turkey.
I'm proud to be an American, and unlike your wife, I've ALWAYS been proud to be an American.
I DON'T apologize!
You should be ASHAMED of your "apology tour".
I'm ashamed of you.
Immigration increases the US unemployment rate
Dear Representative Neugebauer,
I am sure you were as appalled as I was when you saw the unemployment figures for March. It is truly demoralizing that so many Americans are unemployed. Given that so many Americans are out of work, don't you think Congress should reexamine America's excessive immigration policies?
The United States admits 138,000 foreign workers each month. The vast majority of these foreign workers do not possess extraordinary talents or skills. Americans would gladly work the jobs filled by foreign workers if given the opportunity.
While 13.2 million Americans sit unemployed, 7.7 million illegal alien workers have jobs to which they are not entitled. I find it appalling that Congress has allowed this injustice to occur. If our nation's immigration laws were enforced, then America would have millions fewer unemployed workers.
I urge you to right this tremendous wrong by working to reform America's ineffective and wasteful immigration system. Please work to halt most forms of immigration so that unemployed Americans have a decent chance of finding a job.
Thank you,
Dr. Chris Albritton
I am sure you were as appalled as I was when you saw the unemployment figures for March. It is truly demoralizing that so many Americans are unemployed. Given that so many Americans are out of work, don't you think Congress should reexamine America's excessive immigration policies?
The United States admits 138,000 foreign workers each month. The vast majority of these foreign workers do not possess extraordinary talents or skills. Americans would gladly work the jobs filled by foreign workers if given the opportunity.
While 13.2 million Americans sit unemployed, 7.7 million illegal alien workers have jobs to which they are not entitled. I find it appalling that Congress has allowed this injustice to occur. If our nation's immigration laws were enforced, then America would have millions fewer unemployed workers.
I urge you to right this tremendous wrong by working to reform America's ineffective and wasteful immigration system. Please work to halt most forms of immigration so that unemployed Americans have a decent chance of finding a job.
Thank you,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Friday, April 3, 2009
Obama doesn't want TARP money returned to tax payers
On Friday April 3, 2009, President Obama refused to allow JPMorgan Chase bank to re-pay the TARP money back to the US Government.
Obama had a meeting with the CEOs of some of the big US banks.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon insisted that he’d like to give the government’s TARP money back as soon as practical, and asked the president to “streamline” that process.
But Obama didn’t like that idea — arguing that the system still needs government capital.
Several CEOs disagreed, arguing instead that returning TARP money was their patriotic duty, that they didn’t need it anymore, and that publicity surrounding the return would send a positive signal of confidence to the markets.
The president offered an analogy: “This is like a patient who’s on antibiotics,” he said. “Maybe the patient starts feeling better after a couple of days, but you don’t stop taking the medicine until you’ve finished the bottle.” Returning the money too early, the president argued could send a bad signal.
Read the full report here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html
I wonder why Obama thinks he’s so much smarter than the CEOs of some of the largest US banks…?
Obama had a meeting with the CEOs of some of the big US banks.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon insisted that he’d like to give the government’s TARP money back as soon as practical, and asked the president to “streamline” that process.
But Obama didn’t like that idea — arguing that the system still needs government capital.
Several CEOs disagreed, arguing instead that returning TARP money was their patriotic duty, that they didn’t need it anymore, and that publicity surrounding the return would send a positive signal of confidence to the markets.
The president offered an analogy: “This is like a patient who’s on antibiotics,” he said. “Maybe the patient starts feeling better after a couple of days, but you don’t stop taking the medicine until you’ve finished the bottle.” Returning the money too early, the president argued could send a bad signal.
Read the full report here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html
I wonder why Obama thinks he’s so much smarter than the CEOs of some of the largest US banks…?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The price of Oil and gasoline is creeping back up.
The price of Oil and gasoline is creeping back up.
I sent this to the Obama Administration:
I am writing to voice my strong support for the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Draft Proposed 5-year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015. Consider these comments as a filing in Docket ID # MMS-2008-OMM-0045.
This program presents positive, meaningful steps to address our nation’s growing and dangerous dependence on far-away people and places for our essential energy supplies. Rarely has the imperative to increase the production of domestic energy been more important or apparent as it is today.
Oil and natural gas affect practically all Americans—anyone who cooks or heats with gas or natural oil, anyone who drives a car, anyone who flies on planes and anyone who buys goods transported to them by gas-powered trucks or planes.
With an economy in peril and millions of Americans out of work, developing just a portion of our nation’s abundant offshore energy resource base would generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs, billions in additional tax revenue and royalties, and help ensure that our country’s long road back to economic recovery is built quicker and made smoother thanks to a steady stream of reliable, affordable energy.
No other country in the developed world has even considered locking its abundant resources away. America alone has decided to forego hundreds of thousands of new jobs, billions in additional revenue, and a generation's worth of affordable energy, thanks to an offshore energy ban that disproportionately affects the most, those with the least. Although that ban is no longer operable, no energy can be produced without a forward-looking, supply-oriented five-year energy plan.
Therefore, I respectfully ask that the MMS proceed with their 5-year plan and include all the areas outlined in the Draft Proposed Program. Further, MMS should continue aggressive leasing in open areas and not subject new leases to any additional environmental restrictions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
See more at: http://www.freeourenergy.com/
I sent this to the Obama Administration:
I am writing to voice my strong support for the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Draft Proposed 5-year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015. Consider these comments as a filing in Docket ID # MMS-2008-OMM-0045.
This program presents positive, meaningful steps to address our nation’s growing and dangerous dependence on far-away people and places for our essential energy supplies. Rarely has the imperative to increase the production of domestic energy been more important or apparent as it is today.
Oil and natural gas affect practically all Americans—anyone who cooks or heats with gas or natural oil, anyone who drives a car, anyone who flies on planes and anyone who buys goods transported to them by gas-powered trucks or planes.
With an economy in peril and millions of Americans out of work, developing just a portion of our nation’s abundant offshore energy resource base would generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs, billions in additional tax revenue and royalties, and help ensure that our country’s long road back to economic recovery is built quicker and made smoother thanks to a steady stream of reliable, affordable energy.
No other country in the developed world has even considered locking its abundant resources away. America alone has decided to forego hundreds of thousands of new jobs, billions in additional revenue, and a generation's worth of affordable energy, thanks to an offshore energy ban that disproportionately affects the most, those with the least. Although that ban is no longer operable, no energy can be produced without a forward-looking, supply-oriented five-year energy plan.
Therefore, I respectfully ask that the MMS proceed with their 5-year plan and include all the areas outlined in the Draft Proposed Program. Further, MMS should continue aggressive leasing in open areas and not subject new leases to any additional environmental restrictions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
Abilene, TX
See more at: http://www.freeourenergy.com/
Monday, March 23, 2009
Obama's MASSIVE Budget
Dear Senator Cornyn,
I urge you to reject President Obama's budget, which taxes and spends at a rate that Americans like me today, and my children and grandchildren tomorrow, simply cannot afford.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has predicted that the Obama budget would push the federal deficit to a mind-numbing $1.85 trillion this year and pile up $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, on top of the existing $11 trillion national debt. CBO called these deficits "unsustainable."
What's more, the President's budget would impose a whole host of new and higher taxes just as our economy is struggling to emerge from its current recession. The $636 billion income tax increase on individuals and small businesses would discourage entrepreneurship and stifle job creation. The plan for a cap-and-trade energy system would raise the costs of electricity, gasoline, and other products and services that I purchase. I've seen estimates that this so-called "light bulb tax" could cost American families as much as $3,100 annually!
I also understand that the House and Senate leadership are considering a parliamentary maneuver, called "budget reconciliation," to stifle debate on the President's budget and ram through its controversial policies on energy and nationalized healthcare. Such far-reaching changes to our economy and society merit time for careful debate and consideration, not only within the halls of Congress but also among Americans like me. I urge you to oppose any such anti-democratic maneuver.
We cannot continue on our current course of taxing, borrowing, and
spending. America needs a budget that cuts spending, promotes fiscal
responsibility, and encourages economic growth. President Obama's budget advances none of these goals.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
2533 Woodlake Dr
Abilene, TX 79606-4301
I urge you to reject President Obama's budget, which taxes and spends at a rate that Americans like me today, and my children and grandchildren tomorrow, simply cannot afford.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has predicted that the Obama budget would push the federal deficit to a mind-numbing $1.85 trillion this year and pile up $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, on top of the existing $11 trillion national debt. CBO called these deficits "unsustainable."
What's more, the President's budget would impose a whole host of new and higher taxes just as our economy is struggling to emerge from its current recession. The $636 billion income tax increase on individuals and small businesses would discourage entrepreneurship and stifle job creation. The plan for a cap-and-trade energy system would raise the costs of electricity, gasoline, and other products and services that I purchase. I've seen estimates that this so-called "light bulb tax" could cost American families as much as $3,100 annually!
I also understand that the House and Senate leadership are considering a parliamentary maneuver, called "budget reconciliation," to stifle debate on the President's budget and ram through its controversial policies on energy and nationalized healthcare. Such far-reaching changes to our economy and society merit time for careful debate and consideration, not only within the halls of Congress but also among Americans like me. I urge you to oppose any such anti-democratic maneuver.
We cannot continue on our current course of taxing, borrowing, and
spending. America needs a budget that cuts spending, promotes fiscal
responsibility, and encourages economic growth. President Obama's budget advances none of these goals.
Sincerely,
Dr. Chris Albritton
2533 Woodlake Dr
Abilene, TX 79606-4301
Monday, March 16, 2009
Letter to Congressman Randy Neugebauer on the FairTax Issue:
Dear Randy,
Please support Iowa Congressman Steve King in his "Special Order" on the House floor on Tuesday March 17, as he talks about the FairTax. I encourage you to join him on the House floor.
We all know that President Obama plans to increase our taxes, and the Congressman and other members will be contrasting these planned tax hikes with the FairTax and all it can do to stimulate our economy.
Thank you for your previous support of H.R. 25, the FairTax bill.
Please join Congressman King on the floor tomorrow night in support of the FairTax during this highly-visible floor session.
Randy, I sincerely appreciate all that you do in support of conservative ideology for the Abilene area.
Gratefully,
Dr. Chris Albritton Abilene, TX
Dear Randy,
Please support Iowa Congressman Steve King in his "Special Order" on the House floor on Tuesday March 17, as he talks about the FairTax. I encourage you to join him on the House floor.
We all know that President Obama plans to increase our taxes, and the Congressman and other members will be contrasting these planned tax hikes with the FairTax and all it can do to stimulate our economy.
Thank you for your previous support of H.R. 25, the FairTax bill.
Please join Congressman King on the floor tomorrow night in support of the FairTax during this highly-visible floor session.
Randy, I sincerely appreciate all that you do in support of conservative ideology for the Abilene area.
Gratefully,
Dr. Chris Albritton Abilene, TX
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Look what "Change to Democrat" has gotten us...
Barack Obama is clamoring for "change", and even said, "My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."
What is it that he wants to change TO ?
In 2006, the American public voted to change control of Congress from Republican to Democrat.
What is it that he wants to change TO ?
In 2006, the American public voted to change control of Congress from Republican to Democrat.
Prior to that change:
- Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
- Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
- The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
- Consumer confidence plummet;
- The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon and diesel to well over $4.05 a gallon;
- 25% of America's corn crop was diverted to produce ethanol as mandated by Congress.
- The price of corn, wheat and soybeans has increased by more than 240%.
- Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!
If Americans want to reduce the price of gas at the pumps, we absolutely must realize that taxing the big oil companies will NOT reduce the price we pay. The best way to reduce the price of gas is to increase the supply of oil right here in the USA.
Sadly, it’s the Congress and various environmental groups that are preventing us from drilling for oil in Alaska and off shore. It's estimated that if Congress would lift the ban on oil and natural gas production in Alaska and the Outer Continental Shelf, we could produce nearly three million barrels of oil a day in addition to what's being produced now. Increasing our supply of domestic oil will not only lower prices at the gas pumps, but will reduce transportation costs as the price of diesel goes down, and this in turn will lower the prices of food at the grocery stores, and lower the prices of other goods and services that are dependent upon energy.
Some of the changes we really need are:
- Lift the ban on exploring for oil and gas in ANWR and off shore.
- Build new oil and gasoline refineries, expand nuclear power plants, and continue to pursue clean coal-burning power plants, and wind and wave energy production.
- Freeze the biofuel mandate at current levels, instead of steadily increasing it through 2022.
Too many Americans are willing to falsely blame President Bush, and fail to remember that it is Congress that makes laws, not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him.
Monday, September 25, 2006
I support the FairTax
A national retail sales tax to replace the income tax system will greatly improve the nation's economy, help to increase the national savings rate, and bring simplicity and fairness to the federal tax system.
The FairTax proposal is a comprehensive plan to replace federal income and payroll taxes, including personal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security/Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes.
The FairTax proposal integrates such features as a progressive national retail sales tax, and a rebate to ensure that no American pays federal taxes up to the poverty level.
My employees would get to take home their whole paychecks.
Currently, I have to withhold federal income tax and SS tax from my employee’s paychecks.
Under FairTax, no federal income taxes or payroll (SS) taxes would be withheld from their paychecks. They would get to keep all that they earn. No tax on used goods. The amount you pay to fund the government is totally visible.
With the FairTax you are only taxed once on any good or service; the sales tax is charged just as state sales taxes are today. If you choose to buy used goods - used car, used home, used appliances - you do not pay the FairTax.
If, as a business owner or farmer, you buy something for strictly business purposes (not for personal consumption), you pay no consumption tax.
When you decide what to buy and how much to spend, you see exactly how much you are contributing to the government with each purchase.
The FairTax proposal is a comprehensive plan to replace federal income and payroll taxes, including personal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security/Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes.
The FairTax proposal integrates such features as a progressive national retail sales tax, and a rebate to ensure that no American pays federal taxes up to the poverty level.
My employees would get to take home their whole paychecks.
Currently, I have to withhold federal income tax and SS tax from my employee’s paychecks.
Under FairTax, no federal income taxes or payroll (SS) taxes would be withheld from their paychecks. They would get to keep all that they earn. No tax on used goods. The amount you pay to fund the government is totally visible.
With the FairTax you are only taxed once on any good or service; the sales tax is charged just as state sales taxes are today. If you choose to buy used goods - used car, used home, used appliances - you do not pay the FairTax.
If, as a business owner or farmer, you buy something for strictly business purposes (not for personal consumption), you pay no consumption tax.
When you decide what to buy and how much to spend, you see exactly how much you are contributing to the government with each purchase.
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