Letter to Blanche Lincoln

Here is a letter I recently sent Blanche Lincoln (Senator of Arkansas, where I am from):

Dear Senator Lincoln,

I am an Arkansas resident concerned about corruption in our government. Although recent events concerning lobbying in Congress were troubling to me, I was in no way surprised. Our federal government has grown to be so big that its deficit alone this year is bigger than the revenue from the largest company in the world. Naturally, there are those who wish to tap into this huge amount of money. Legislators have a product they can sell: money for votes, awards, prestiege, and even personal monetary gain (bribes).

The problem isn't the rules (there's already a law against taking bribes). It is the money that our government has taken from its citizens to distribute to others they (by their own discretion) see as more worthy.

You said, "The system has failed the American people and it needs to be overhauled." I urge you to make this overhaul by reducing the federal budget and eliminating programs that never should have been created.

Sincerely,

Bastiat (okay, that's not my real name)