Nov 20 2008
Bail Out Bill Reply
I have stated over and over my objections to the original Bail Out Bill. It was passed on and voted for by all my so-called representatives in Congress. I write a strongly written objection Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton, and John McHugh and we see where the Bail Out ended up.
I received a reply from Hillary a while ago with a bullshit response and here is what I received today from Charles Schumer.
Thank you for writing and sharing your thoughts about America’s financial crisis. I agree with you that giving the Secretary of the Treasury authority over a $700 billion dollar fund to stabilize the financial system, without any checks on his authority, or oversight of his actions, would have been a grave mistake. However, the severity of this economic crisis forced the Congress to act in order to save Main Street from further financial pain. If we had not acted when we did, small businesses trying to fill orders and meet payroll, students looking to pay for college, consumers looking to buy cars and so many others would have faced even greater economic hardships, which would have been disastrous for household wealth and jobs in our country.
That is why I made the difficult decision to support the administration’s rescue plan after insisting on changes to the program to ensure that taxpayers will share in the rewards of recovery, that executives of these mismanaged financial institutions would not be enriched with taxpayer money, and that there would be effective oversight of the program. When the economy recovers, taxpayers should be able to recoup most, or all, of this money because the federal government will earn a return from any investments it makes in banks needing assistance. To hold the banks’ executives accountable, the bill requires that all companies that benefit from government assistance limit how much they pay their top employees and, in many cases, eliminate golden parachutes entirely. And to guarantee effective oversight of the rescue program, major oversight mechanisms were written into the legislation, including the creation of a new Inspector General and Congressional oversight panel.
Finally, we forced the Administration to add protections for homeowners into the bill that address the eye of the financial storm – the foreclosure crisis. Of course, this is only one part of a comprehensive solution needed to get our economy back on the right track. Congress stands ready to deliver a broad-based economic stimulus package to invest in Main Street, create new high-paying jobs, and keep the engine of our economy going.
Again, thank you for contacting me on this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me again if I can be of further assistance on this, or any other matter.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Schumer
United States Senator
Yes Charlie, that worked out great! We taxpayers are in such better shape now after the Bail Out. I respond publicly by stating, if it is up to me “Your Fired!”
Funny, I was searching around the net to see if this was a canned bullshit response. I also sent him an email and I got the exact same letter as you, word for word. It is total bullshit and very sad that we have to deal with hacks like him.
They are all snakes who voted for the damn thing. Do you like how they slipped in “the administration’s rescue plan.” They want to match sure to put it all on Bush so when it fails they can put full blame on the republicans even though it was opposed more by them than Democrats.
I am getting to the point I am sick of both sides and wish America would wake up and keep voting these fools out instead of going with the flow and going with what they are use to.
Thanks for your comment!