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“No money from me”. A call for Civil Disobedience now.

The truth is we will not vote out our representatives in congress so we need to get their attention.

I feel certain that some of the bailout money we’re spending was necessary to promote the general welfare but now I am beginning to sense in my bones a feeding frenzy; pigs at a trough, gorging themselves on the future of my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. This disturbs me very much and for their sake I want it to stop.

If you feel like me, then its time to draw a line in the sand. We draw the line on the bailout of our auto makers. We say “no”.

How do we get our representatives in the congress to hear us? We can trust that those in power listen to and follow the money. We use that trust.

We write our representatives in the House and simply say: “no money from me if you bailout the automotive companies.” “ I will file my federal tax returns as a law abiding citizen but I will not pay my federal taxes.”

If tens of millions of us good, decent citizens do this we can draw that line in the sand and get our leaders attention. Will the government prosecute tens of millions of us? No. Will some of us go to jail? Yes. That's the price of civil disobedience. I will go to jail to save my children’s and grandchildren's future.

Don’t get me wrong, I am very concerned about the health of our auto makers, particularly workers on the assembly line. But workers, owners, managers, vendors, and investors can work hard and make the tough decisions to save their company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. They’ll say no they can’t, but that’s because there are billions on the table for them to take. Why work when you can take?

The billions left should go toward our infrastructure, energy self sufficiency, and education. Use our money to build not bailout.

What do you think?

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