Give Back Your $13 of the Stimulus
I suggest that we send a $13 check or money order to our Senators and Congressmen to make a point on how serious we are as average Americans in opposition to this bill. A commenter on one of my other posts has inspired this idea. Bill says:
I assume that you Christians will return any money that will be sent to you per the stimulus bill. it only right that you do not accept this money but rather send it to a a person in need. Your gift will help those in need may the good lord bless you kind republicans.
In response to Bill I would argue that “you Christians” are already personally giving more to those in need than President Obama.
Although liberal families’ incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227). RealClearPolitics
Most of us are already giving to the needy and will not be hurt by giving back just one weeks’ worth of what the average American is going to see from this stimulus in tax credits. Join me by mailing a $13 check or money order to your Senator or Congressman within the next week. We need to make sure the checks are made out to someone who can actually see that the money is used for those in need of help.
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UPDATE: Obviously Senator Jim DeMint and his aids are too busy to respond to constituants. I did try to contact him to see if such an effort as mention above would do any good? While Senator DeMint has been on the right side (no pun intended) of all the spending bills, he has done a poor job on constituant serviecs. He must be thinking more naitonally in terms of the 2012 presidential race. It should not be too hard to give Obama a run for his our money in 2012 since he barely beat McCain and is not fairing so well out of the shoot.
February 16th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Why don’t you give that 13 bucks to your whackjob pastors, which is why your group’s “charitable” giving is higher. The least you could do is tell the truth.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
That’s right Ozz…
I agree 100%
March 9th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Hey,, no,, you don’t want to give the money back because it’s not really a tax break. As I understand this,, it was just a change to our withholding,, not to our taxes! We’re going to give it back anyway on April 15!