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- From: hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Act Now to Fight the Deficit!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.193835.11887@adobe.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:38:35 GMT
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
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- I've read "Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It"
- by Harry Figgie, and it scares the hell out of me. According to Figgie, the
- most likely results of inaction on the deficit are:
-
- A catastrophic market panic
- Hyperinflation
- 20% of American jobs gone
- Social Security payments cut or eliminated
-
- Figgie writes, "This is not an exaggeration. In fact, I may be understating
- the degree of calamity that will befall most Americans. It's going to be
- awful, and whatever you think I mean by awful, you can be sure that it's going
- to be worse."
-
- I am convinced that the deficit is the single most important issue facing our
- country today. I have written to my U.S. Senators, Congresswoman, the
- President, the Vice President, and prominent politicians such as Lloyd Bentsen,
- Leon Panetta, George Mitchell, Bob Dole, Tom Foley, and Newt Gingrich, urging
- them to take action, and demanding to know what they intend to do.
-
- Now I urge you too to do the same, as soon as possible:
-
- The Hon. (name)
- House Office Building
- Washington, DC 20515
-
- The Hon. (name)
- Senate Office Building
- Washington, DC 20510
-
- or call the main switchboard at the Capitol: 202/224-3121
-
- The President
- The White House
- Washington, DC 20500
-
- or call the main switchboard at the White House: 202/456-1414
-
- Write for information, or join:
-
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- 1301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
- Suite 400
- Washington, DC 20036
- 1-800/BE-ANGRY or 202/467-5300
-
- National Taxpayers Union
- 325 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.
- Washington, DC 20003
- 202/543-1300
-
- Citizens for a Sound Economy
- 470 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W.
- Suite 7112
- Washington, DC 20024
- 202/488-8200
-
- Americans for Tax Reform
- 1301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
- Suite 444
- Washington, DC 20036
- 202/785-0266
-
- United We Stand America
- PO Box 6
- Dallas TX 75221
- 1-800-925-4000
- Annual membership is $15
-
- The Concord Coalition
- 5959 Triumph Street
- Commerce, CA 90040-1688
- 1-800-231-6800
- Annual membership is $25
-