An Open Letter to Washington

Sometimes one comes down to the end and when that happens there's nothing to be done but move on. Clearly, all of our elected officials are demonstrating once again that they do not have the courage to do the right thing and so it is with regret that I have begun a public campaign to focus attention on the real problem. Unfortunately, my numerous attempts over the past few months to engage them in meaningful dialogue pertaining to the cessation of oil futures trading has gone totally unanswered. I and people like you have a lot to offer them in the way of constructive problem solving, but for whatever reason they have chosen not to take advantage of this offer. They really do need to get their finger on the pulse of those that they represent – failing that they really should not be allowed to maintain their job.

So, if your tired of it all then join the ground swell of outrage and indignation and let it break over Washington so that we will have a lot of elected officials packing their bags to come home.


An open letter to Washington:

I suppose that there's not a big enough rock in the universe that could fall on Washington which would wake any of you up to the fact that we the downtrodden, the huddled masses, the oppressed have had enough! We will no longer accept being robbed by a corrupt system, which you have allowed to grow and flourish! This system of which I speak is "OIL FUTURES TRADING". The fair market value of Crude oil should be at $75.00 a barrel, not a $143.00.

And, please - p-l-e-a-s-e, do not make any more speeches and statements boasting of how much your party has done and how the other party is the cause of everything. The first thing that all of you do is come to an impasse on taping our resources on the North Slope and the Continental Shelf. While I agree that these two things should and must happen, you and everyone else know that the law of supply and demand is not driving the cost of gas at the pump. Let me repeat, there is NO SHORTAGE OF CRUDE OIL.

I'm sure that you never read any of these letters, but let me be perfectly clear, the only "big rock" I have is my vote. Therefore, come November I will cast a vote against anyone who is currently holding office, unless you act definitively. Bottom line is that anyone in office right now – Republican or Democrat is directly responsible for the dire straits in which we find ourselves, and should therefore be fired. You might not get excited about one voter, but let me tell you that I’m not unique in my resolve.

All of you sat on your hands while the Fed failed to fulfill their mandate to the American people as evidenced by their bungling of the Sub-prime mess. Your hands must be getting tired as you once again sit on them while the oil industry robs us. Unless you act quickly and decisively, the economy will fall into a major depression. The buying of oil contracts must be limited to those that directly produce it from the earth, and those that refine it – it’s that simple. In addition, the tax code for 2008 should be amended to provide an energy related capital gains tax rate of at least 75%, so that the American Consumer can regain some of the money that has been stolen from them.

Then there’s the issue of HEALTH CARE. Please take a moment to reflect on the word “care”. Most of the time our current system works to a reasonable degree, that is to say that most of the US population has enough income to buy functional medical insurance. Then comes hard times, and let us not forget that you helped create these hard times, so a lot of people can no longer afford medical insurance and certainly they can not purchase drug coverage. At a minimum, the Medicaid system should have built-in triggers that automatically lower the qualifying threshold for drug and medical services during those times when you guys get it wrong. “Get it wrong ” means, but wait just look at the price of fuel and food and you’ll understand what “getting it wrong” means!

So my dearly beloved elected official – you’ve got a short amount of time to put away your patrician differences and turn this country around. Failing that you can hereby consider yourself “FIRED”! And just to be clear, whoever takes your place – you’ve got one term to fix this mess – if you don’t then I will fire you as well.

I invite all who read this to make it their own and send it along to Washington.

Larry
Chairman of the Madashell Party