Sure, fine Joe. It wasn't meant as a way to start a political argument though, only as a way for those who are employed to do something to help stay employed. Chip -----Original Message----- From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Plummer Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:00 AM To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tabi] Re: to all government employees Well, don't want to get in a political war here . But As a conservative I don't think we should be encouraging our government to go out and be borrowing more money. The fact is we have the biggest national debt we have ever had and if we don't stop borrowing money we are going to go broke or we are going to have to have a wheel barrow full of money to buy a lofe of bread. So I am one that will be writing to tell them not to give or pass any bills to spend more money then we have and balance the budget and make it a law that we have to have a balance budget and can not have a deficit. Just my thoughts on this. Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplummer@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allison and Chip Orange Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:00 PM To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tabi] to all government employees Hi all, We recently received a newsletter from AFSCME, asking that everyone call their federal representatives, and ask them to pass a bill giving aid to states for governmental activities, in order to avoid possible layoffs. here's a couple of excerpts: "The Senate passed $26 billion in aid to state and local governments on Wednesday that will save jobs and help America's working families - and your hard work made this possible. ... Not only that, but this bill will also help states pay for unemployment insurance and Medicaid programs that are being cut to the bone. But here's the thing: We're not out of the woods yet. State and local governments continue to face massive budget shortfalls that threaten critical public services in every community across the country. That's why, in addition to saying thanks for helping us win this time and encouraging final action, I hope you'll pick up the phone one more time today. Leaders in the House of Representatives have told me their fellow Representatives need to receive more phone calls from members like you. Please dial 1-888-460-0813 and ask to be connected to your Member of Congress. Urge your Representative to support aid to state and local governments like their colleagues in the Senate did, and ask them to support emergency funding for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund." Check out the TABI resource web page at http://acorange.home.comcast.net/TABI and please make suggestions for new material. if you'd like to unsubscribe you can do so through the freelists.org web interface, or by sending an email to the address tabi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject. Check out the TABI resource web page at http://acorange.home.comcast.net/TABI and please make suggestions for new material. if you'd like to unsubscribe you can do so through the freelists.org web interface, or by sending an email to the address tabi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject. Check out the TABI resource web page at http://acorange.home.comcast.net/TABI and please make suggestions for new material. if you'd like to unsubscribe you can do so through the freelists.org web interface, or by sending an email to the address tabi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject.