Dear Mr President and Congress

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With the feeling of urgency to pass the tax cut bill. Tax cuts to create jobs, extending unemployment to help Americans through a tough winter with out jobs. This is what we are getting in this $1.1 TRILLION dollar spending bill. [i]“In the short time I’ve had to review this massive piece of legislation – I’ve identified approximately 6,488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion. Here is a small sample: $277,000 for potato pest management in Wisconsin $246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and Minnesota $522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in New Jersey $500,000 for oyster safety in Florida $349,000 for swine waste management in North Carolina $413,000 for peanut research in Alabama $247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington $208,000 beaver management in North Carolina $94,000 for blackbird management in Louisiana $165,000 for maple syrup research in Vermont $235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada $100,000 for the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage Visitor’s Center in New York $300,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii $400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas http://drudgereport.com/flash2n.htm[/i] Isnt this what we voted against??