Senator Mary Landrieu, Where Are You?
Where is Senator Mary Landrieu? She has been silent on just about every issue except when she spoke out against the leader of her own party (the president). I, for one, would like to know where she stands on all of the important issues. If she doesn't want to take a public stance she shouldn't have run for public office, much less for the office of U. S. Senator. We are at a critical time in the history of this country and the only democratic senator that this state has is invisible, MIA, AWOL.
Ms. Landrieu, I voted for you but I expected you to be more active and vocal in advocating the issues you believe in. I heard you speak in favor of the oil companies quickly resuming their drilling activities even after they spilled millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of Mexico, putting everyone's health and livelihood in even more danger. And I do understand that the people who work on those oil rigs needed to get back to work as soon as possible, but getting back to work should not have been the top priority. It should not have taken precedence over the responsibility to make full restitution for all of the damages these companies have caused and then make restitution to these men for causing the loss of their livelihoods the same as everybody else. The oil companies were fully at fault because of their negligence. And not only that, they have been making record profits for the last five years running. They did not need you to speak for them. "We the people" NEED YOU TO SPEAK UP FOR US RIGHT NOW!!!
At a time when the rich keep getting richer and the working class keep losing ground, not even the senators nor the representatives we elected to represent us will dare utter a word on our behalf. We have paid into social security and medicare all of our lives and now it is threatened to be taken from us because the ones we trusted to speak for us remain silent. Social security is the most successful program in American history. It has not contributed one red cent to the national debt! As a matter fact congress continues to borrow the money from the S. S. (trust) fund to this very day to pay the bills for every other government program and still meets it's obligation to pay it's bills, and with a surplus, to boot!
Medicare may not be doing as well as S. S. but it is a needed safety net for those seniors who cannot afford health insurance. At a time when CEO's of corporations are making tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year, why should medicare be cut? After all, these CEO"s did enjoy $4 billion worth of tax breaks right at the start of the Iraq War! I'm still trying to figure that one out!! War....tax breaks, hmmmm. And why should the most profitable corporations in the world not be paying taxes. And on top of that, they are actually collecting tax refunds from the U. S. federal government. We expect for you to compel them to pay their fair share.
Ms. Landrieu, I voted for you but I expected you to be more active and vocal in advocating the issues you believe in. I heard you speak in favor of the oil companies quickly resuming their drilling activities even after they spilled millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of Mexico, putting everyone's health and livelihood in even more danger. And I do understand that the people who work on those oil rigs needed to get back to work as soon as possible, but getting back to work should not have been the top priority. It should not have taken precedence over the responsibility to make full restitution for all of the damages these companies have caused and then make restitution to these men for causing the loss of their livelihoods the same as everybody else. The oil companies were fully at fault because of their negligence. And not only that, they have been making record profits for the last five years running. They did not need you to speak for them. "We the people" NEED YOU TO SPEAK UP FOR US RIGHT NOW!!!
At a time when the rich keep getting richer and the working class keep losing ground, not even the senators nor the representatives we elected to represent us will dare utter a word on our behalf. We have paid into social security and medicare all of our lives and now it is threatened to be taken from us because the ones we trusted to speak for us remain silent. Social security is the most successful program in American history. It has not contributed one red cent to the national debt! As a matter fact congress continues to borrow the money from the S. S. (trust) fund to this very day to pay the bills for every other government program and still meets it's obligation to pay it's bills, and with a surplus, to boot!
Medicare may not be doing as well as S. S. but it is a needed safety net for those seniors who cannot afford health insurance. At a time when CEO's of corporations are making tens and hundreds of millions of dollars a year, why should medicare be cut? After all, these CEO"s did enjoy $4 billion worth of tax breaks right at the start of the Iraq War! I'm still trying to figure that one out!! War....tax breaks, hmmmm. And why should the most profitable corporations in the world not be paying taxes. And on top of that, they are actually collecting tax refunds from the U. S. federal government. We expect for you to compel them to pay their fair share.
Ms. Landrieu, I challenge you to stop being afraid of losing your job and speak out. If you don't, you won't have a job any way. You will find yourself with a more progressive primary opponent, who will go on to win the seat that you are so afraid of losing. We don't expect Mr. Boustany or Mr. Vitter to speak on our behalf. They speak on behalf of those corporations who control them. But if you speak up, "we the people" will stand by you in the next election. If you remain silent, I and many others I know will not vote for you the next time around. . The ball is in your court. We are watching.
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