Send a Letter — and a check — to Gov. Walker
Today, I am mailing the following letter and a check to Gov. Scott Walker. I did not want to go to Madison, I don’t much like crowds, but I think this is a good idea whatever side of the aisle you will agree with it.
Dear Gov. Walker:
I have watched with dismay the demonstrations in Madison and cannot help but think that seeing our beautiful Capitol turned into a mini-version of Cairo is not good for the business climate. As a taxpayer of this state for generations, I have noticed that I am paying less and less these days while the state is in want.
I am therefore enclosing a check for $37–the amount it is estimated every adult in the state needs to pay to cover the deficit — made out to the State of Wisconsin Emergency Budget Deficit Relief Fund (SOWEBDRF). I am posting this letter on my blogsite in the hope that other people will do the same. I also hope that a donation to this fund can be added to our income tax forms. If we can pay for Lambeau, why not a bit of extra support to the rest of the state?
Gov. Walker, if your plans to bring jobs and money to Wisconsin are successful, we should have no budget problems in the future as taxes are a percent of income.
Please accept this money in the spirit in which it was given, set up the fund and apply this to it. If not, please explain to me and, I hope others who are willing to voluntarily do this, why not.
Thank you — and God Bless the wonderful state we live in.
Elaine Bergstrom
February 24, 2011 at 3:35 pm
So you’re in favor of no middle class, big corporations running this country and people like Walker who are puppets for the very wealthy?
And you don’t like crowds so you didn’t go to Madison?
Stay tuned lady…….this is only the beginning. We will take to the streets if need be and no, this isn’t Cairo… I was in Madison….no camals.
Maybe you should stop watching FOX – you would be better informed.
February 24, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Wow! I have been accused of many things but never watching Fox News … you might want to get a clue and read some of my other posts including the very first one on Sarah Palin that inspired my blog. I am completely on the side of the protesters, including the one who figured out the $37 per adult in Wisconsin figure but insulting Walker won’t get a decent reply to my letter (I already told him I would go door to door to support his recall). But at 64 (eek!) with arthritis, the last place I want to be is in a crowd in Wisconsin in the winter; especially when all those protesters are doing things just fine without me. Instead, I am doing what I do best and apparently too well — so calm down, Kathy. But glad you visited.