Posted on 08/04/2011 1:52:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
August 4, 2011
Dear Mr. Robinson,
Thank you for contacting me regarding our mutual desire to see the debt limit standoff resolved so that America will not default on its loans and that our government can continue to provide the services that our seniors and veterans depend on and deserve. I appreciate hearing your thoughts about how to resolve the debt crisis. I assure you that I took the views of my constituents very seriously as I cast my vote throughout the entire debt limit crisis. While the legislation that was signed into law is not perfect, it is an effective instrument to cut government spending and restore fiscal accountability without raising taxes on American families and job creators.
After carefully reading the various legislative solutions and constituent letters on the debt crisis, I ultimately supported passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which was signed into law on August 2, 2011. I cast my vote to shrink a federal government that has done nothing but expand for the past 40 years. The bill requires cuts to our nation's budget that are greater than the amount that the debt ceiling is raised. Additionally, the legislation caps future spending to limit the growth of government and requires a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. These three provisions are crucial, not only to make sure that we do not continue to pass our nation's debt onto our children, but to instill confidence among California's businesses and job creators.
I voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011 to hold the President accountable and ensure that he does not receive a blank check to continue his spending spree that put us in the situation we are in today. While the spending cuts are smaller that I would like, this legislation makes real progress toward restoring fiscal discipline to Washington and instilling confidence in America's job creators. Californians have been forced to tighten their belts for too long—now it is time that Washington did the same. With this new law, we will be able to hold Washington accountable for the money it spends by voting on a Balanced Budget Amendment and sending it to the states for ratification. Rest assured, I will continue to take your concerns into consideration when voting on legislation that so greatly affects all taxpayers.
I have heard all of concerns through the continuous debt negotiations and appreciate all of your input. I want to invite you to join me on a Telephone Town Hall on Wednesday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m. To be among the first called on Wednesday, please sign up on my website at www.denham.house.gov or call my office at 559.449.2490 or 209.579.5458 to be added to the list. I hope you can join the discussion."
Once again, thank you for contacting me. I encourage you to stay up to date with my activity in Washington and in the 19th District on my website, www.denham.house.gov, and on my social media sites: @RepJeffDenham on Twitter and Representative Jeff Denham on Facebook.
Sincerely,
JEFF DENHAM
United States Representative
Here's my reply:
Received your wimpy response regarding your debt limit sellout vote. Sorry, Jeff, you appear to be just another business as usual RINO. Big disappointment. Radanovich [my prior rep who retired last year] assured us you were a fiscal conservative. You apparently have no idea why we sent you to Washington. It was to STOP the runaway spending, borrowing and taxing!! With votes like this, you are the definition of EPIC FAIL!!
Get your act together or get OUT!!
We the TEA party will be watching and looking for a replacement.
Regards,
Jim Robinson
Tea Party Patriot
freerepublic.com
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As we all know, there was absolutely zero chance of default. That was simply a scare tactic being used by Obama and our money printing tax cheat, Timothy Geithner, who is now happily printing and giving away billions of dollars thanks to easily duped turncoats like Jeff Denham. We had Obama and the big spenders in a corner. Their only emergency was that they we're going to be forced into deciding what to cut in a big hurry. And if they effed up and cut the wrong things and pissed off the people, then their jobs would be in jeopardy. They we're scared witless and that's right where we wanted them.
When the people fear the government, we have tyranny. When the government fears the people, we have Liberty!!
But our cowardly turncoat friend Denham here and others like him ran up the white flag of surrender.
Well, we the TEA party people are now mad as HELL and we're not going to take it anymore!!
We have not yet begun to fight!!
This bill does nothing "to shrink a federal government that has done nothing but expand for the past 40 years." It does nothing to cut the budget. In fact, it allows just the opposite. It allows additional untold trillions in borrowing and spending (and future taxing because soon we will have to pay the piper). And sorry, Jeff, but allowing big debt, big spending now in exchange for promises of cuts down the road and a possible introduction of a balanced budget amendment is just silly. It's Denham's folly! WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE! IT DOESN'T WORK!! IT NEVER WORKS!! The spending happens now, but the promised future cutting never materializes!
This bill does NOTHING to hold the big spending president accountable and in fact DOES give him a blank check! Republicans and fiscally conservative dems (yeah, right) who voted for this crap are fools and IDIOTS!!
CUTS MUST TAKE PLACE NOW, IN REAL TIME!! And I mean REAL cuts, not just decreases in the rate of growth. Entire federal departments, agencies and programs must be cut and shuttered! For example, repeal ObamaCare!! Get the feds out of education, health and welfare! Get the feds out of all unconstitutional matters and return the functions to the states and the people! Shutter HUD! Shutter freddie and fannie! Shutter the EPA!! Shutter the TSA! Shut down the depts of Commerce and Energy! Shutter Homeland Security!! Stop the political subsidies and give aways!! Eliminate ALL political spending, ie, NPR, PlannedParenthood, ACORN, the unions, the UN, and all other unconstitutional federal spending on political causes! Stop the ridiculous federal wars against coal, oil, gas and energy. Stop the wars against our industry and our people!!
And for heaven's sake declare victory and bring our troops home!! We cannot defend other nations and bring freedom to other peoples when our own nation is being destroyed from within by our constitution loathing traitors aka politicians!! Our freedoms are being destroyed by our government and they are enslaving US!!
Only one way to win this war our big government is waging against we the people:
VOTE THE ROTTEN BASTARDS OUT!!
Obviously, they're not getting the message. They want to continue business as usual and in fact want to increase big government! This death spiral must end!!
2010 was just the opening salvo by the tea party!
I can see 2012 from my house and there's going to be political blood in the streets!!
RINOS and progressives are going to be shocked to see their pink slips!!
HOLD THE LINE!!
NO COMPROMISE!!
NO RETREAT!!
NO SURRENDER!!
NO DEALS WITH THE MARXIST BASTARDS!!
Rebellion is brewing!!
DON'T TREAD ON ME!!
I urge all FReepers and Tea Party patriots to jump on their congress critters like ducks on June bugs!! Let them know we're coming for them in 2012!! No more business as usual!!
Shock 'n Awe!!
Shut down the federal behemoth before they can shut us down!!
POWER to “WE THE PEOPLE”!
Frankly, after reading that, I am very, very dissapointed in Rep. Ellmers.
Thanks for not excerpting.
amen.
What a crock! These people really think they are cutting! How did such morons ever get elected???????
Jim, that form letter he sent you is so typical. It's nothing more than him covering his ears saying "Nah nah nah nah can't hear you!" It's no different a response than if you'd written to Pelosi.
Just sad.
Just be glad you don’t have my Congresswoman, Janice Hahn, (D-CA) the newest member of the House and a woman so stupid she qualifies as inanimate object.
A website where we could post the letters from our congressmen would be appropriate. We would see that the Republicans and Democrats follow talking points issued by the leadership.
Congress needs to get embarrassed.
Ahh, he's using the new "Telephone Town Hall" gimmick, so he doesn't have to actually face the voters.
My rep Jane Harman (D) did this a couple of times last summer.
Never once did she meet personally with her constituents.
Beware of politicans foisting this evasion tactic on the public...
lol
Yeah, she's now my rep too.
I wonder if she'll actually be willing to meet the voters face-to-face during the recess?
I feel your anger.
I wrote a similar letter to my rep., Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, Bakersfield who also voted for it. I told him I couldn’t and wouldn’t support anyone who voted for it.
No reply from him, unsurprisingly.
He’ll be hearing from me and hopefully thousands of others soon.
FRegards,
SZ
I’m in total agreement with your comments, Jim. Like you, I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. The current crop of politicians in Washington just don’t care what we the people want. They think we’re fools and the RINOs believe they can pretend to be ‘conservative’ while campaigning then get to D.C. and vote liberal. No more. I’m stuck in a ‘blue’ state but I’ll be voting for Sarah Palin, if she runs. Meanwhile, thanks to you, my voice will be heard here on FR.
Telephone townhalls can be useful to the public. If the member is stuck in Washington for serious votes then a TTH is better than no contact at all. It's all has to do with the member and what kind of questions they take. I used to manage them for a a Congressman who is well-liked here on FR and voted NO on the debt limit bill last week. But in our case there were no instructions or limits on which questions to take and the only calls I filtered out were the kooks asking about flying saucers.
The usual rationalizations were given.
We can't change anything overnight.
We only control the House
In end one is left with the realization that the GOP has no intention of truly doing what it takes, which includes real pain, to stop the growth of Government.
The GOP establishment is against any kind of disruption of the Markets.
When the Tea Party targeted certain RINOs and worked to replace them, it was clear that 2010 was just a first step on a long road.
The test of the Tea Party is not its ability to win in its first round after 2010, but to stay united and focused on watching how representatives vote and then working to replace those who vote the wrong way.
2012 needs to be another down-payment towards turning the Tea Party from a one-shot wonder and into a political force to be reckoned with. 2014 will be another test of our unity and ability to hold representatives accountable.
This is a never-ending process. We will support and elect those that with then betray us. That is to be expected.......not tolerated.
While some FReepers do not like the NRA (and I do not like every one of their tactics), it is an organization that is feared and respected in Washington, far more than other organizations.
The Tea Party must be feared and respected in the same way, but that will take time.
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