Our elected officials are unable to correct the economy because they try to apply political solutions to everything – this isn’t a political problem, it’s a financial problem. Anyone with common sense knows what to do. Here’s my list. Call your Senators and Representative and voice your opinion.

• Cancel the stimulus package. It hasn’t created any jobs, and won’t.
• Cancel the Cap & Trade legislation. This is the biggest tax increase in US history. All this will do is drive jobs offshore and raise prices for goods and services.
• Cancel the health care legislation. Most estimates are that this will cost over $1 trillion; something we can’t afford right now.
• Stop all bailouts. Companies who bad decisions deserve to fail. Stop rewarding bad behavior.
• Cut corporate taxes by 50%. This will increase US competitiveness and create jobs.
• Cut capital gains taxes by 50%. This encourages economic reinvestment.
• Freeze government hiring at all levels. Don’t replace retirees.
• Halt “gifts” to other nations. Our economy is in trouble; let’s rebuild our economy  first.
• Stop deficit spending. Politicians know what tax revenues will be in a given year. Don’t spend more than that.
• Start work on building 5 nuclear power plants, and start another 5 in 2011 and 2013. Nuclear power will help wean us off foreign oil and is better for the environment than burning fossil fuels. France generates 80% of its electricity from nuclear; we’re less than 20%.

It’s this simple! If elected officials won’t make this happen, we need to replace them with one who will!

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Jerry Kilpatrick
Marble, NC