Open Letter to Congressman Pomeroy
Inspired by Clint who was able to hand deliver his letter to Congressman Pomeroy’s office in Bismarck. Here is the letter that I e-mailed to Pomeroy. You can send him one too! Do it today. Feel free to use any of the below letter in your own. It’s pretty personalized in the middle, but the start and end should be easily re-used.
Congressman Pomeroy,
You don’t know me, but I am a constituent of yours from Jamestown, ND. I am writing to you today because I feel very strongly about the subject.
You and your fellow Congressmen are scheduled to vote on House Bill #3962. While I cannot argue that we do need some sort of reform in health care, this bill is not the way to do it.
Let me give you an example. My wife recently started a business. A business that is contributing to the well-being of our family and contributing to our local economy. If Congress passes this bill, her company will be forced to either provide health care for the employees, or pay a tax so that they can have the public option. Even if we agree that the tax would be the cheaper of the two options, it is still a 8% tax! In the case of my wife’s business, that wouldn’t just force the firing of employees, but would likely shut the business down. In effect, it would be taxed out of existence.
This is just one example of many why you MUST vote NO on this bill. It is not good for the country and it certainly isn’t good for North Dakota, a state that I know you love.
Please do the right thing for North Dakota on Saturday.
Finally, I thank you for your many years of service to this country and this state. But, I feel that I must remind you that the people of this state and this country are watching. We are watching like we have never watched before. I won’t threaten your position, as that ultimately is at the mercy of the people of North Dakota. But, it will be awfully hard to explain why you voted yes on a bill that raised taxes on businesses by 8%, raised taxes as a penalty to those that cannot afford health care (how is that helping them?), raised taxes on “medical devices” that include drug store items such as condoms and tampons, and establishes the beginnings of a Government run health-care system (which is unconstitutional, I might add.).
Again,
Thank you for your time, Congressman.