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I clicked on the AFP link and found a well-organized website from which you can send emails to Congress. Just change their text and substitute your own. I sent this: The worst thing the government can do in an economic contraction is to cut spending. That will only deepen the recession. But if you are determined to cut spending then be ETHICAL. Cut Pentagon spending and corporate subsidies. Eliminate tax havens and loopholes for corporations and millionaires. Levy a .05% tax on Wall Street transactions. Reinstate a progressive tax code. Top earners agreed to pay 91% under FDR. Why? The alternative was a maximum wage of $25,000 per year. Social Security does not contribute one dime to either the debt or the deficit. It is a TRANSFER program, entirely funded by the payroll taxes of workers and their employers. It currently has 2.7 trillion in surplus assets and can pay full benefits through 2033. Should it become necessary the payroll tax cap can be increased. Right now income over $108,000 is not taxed at all. Medicare is not the problem. It's the solution. Make it available for every US citizen regardless of age. If you are genuinely concerned about government spending, promote the single-payer health insurance systems enjoyed by EVERY other industrialized nation. We pay twice as much for half the quality and still 45,000 Americans die every year because they lack health insurance. It isn't a budget deficit that ails our country. It's an ethics deficit.