Good afternoon Mr. Burgess, there are a couple of issues I would like for you to address to your colleagues as part of restoring confidence with Americans:
1.) Over the last 15 years or so the Stock
Market has become a short term investment avenue for the
"haves" and "a day traders dream." No
longer do we, the middle class have confidence in the Stock Market
as a long term secure retirement avenue. Today the stock
market makes suckers out of the retirement investors of this
country; we are seen as pray for the Boone Pickens
and the Jim Cramer's of today's DOW. Today’s DOW
is certainly not for the Tucker's of the world and our
hard earned savings being their win, instead of part of
my retirement "when I need it" the most.
As a retirement investor I refused to contribute to the market this
past year; simply watching how exposed the retirement
investor's savings is to these short term wolves
"playing" today's Stock Markets and there “must
be something done about it".
Because of my losses this past year, I along with
millions of other middle class Americans can no longer retire as
planned. Do to the excessive short term greed from these
"players" in our markets; it has added possibly
an additional 20 years to all middle class American's plans of
retiring or just to break even with 2007 numbers. Prior
to 2007 with corporate America
disbanding pensions and elimination long term
benefits (global competition), the Stock Market was all we had
as a retirement avenue. But like with everything else over this
last decade, greed has exposed loop holes to the short term
wolves destroying both our American’s
markets and blue chips for the retirement investor
(middle class). What now do we American's have if our
Stock Markets are no longer a long term retirement
tool for middle class retirement investor's?
Also, you and others must revisit bills like Dianne Feinstein's 2007 Bill requiring Oil and Gas Trading Oversite and transparency. Along with other ways to remove short term grabs that continue to scare off the 7 trillion dollars still removed this year from the DOW . We must return all American markets back to the long term investor insuring both confidences in our markets and with these companies being traded or the 7 trillion and my retirement will never return.
2.) With the latest plan in stimulating the economy and putting Americans back to work; being advertised as infrastructure projects, the following must be considered. My background is facilities and infrastructure projects and when I arrive on site (here in TEXAS ) at a project. If my truck had "US Immigration" on the side, it would create a work stop!!!!! I speculate 30%+ of all labor on a construction site, whether roadway or facility construction is undocumented!!! If the government is going to use "American federal taxpayer’s money" on infrastructure projects to put "American back to work", you need to make darn sure "ALL" these services are being preformed by "legal" Americans. All projects funded by American taxpayer's money must require random site visits by the INS and/or USCIS, requiring documentation verification. Insuring "all" services from both contractor and sub-contractors are being perform by "legal Americans"; from beginning to completion!!!!
You are a good guy and can count on my support, because I know you listen to your constituents. God bless you and those around you throughout this year, keep up the good work Michael.
But until "We the People" demand from "our public servants" in Washington public financing of all congressional campaigns, "We the People" demand politicians can no longer except money from lobbyists and political action committees known as PACs ( aka "Politicians are Corrupt, Crooked, or Criminals"; depending upon your preference ), "We the People" demand no more earmarks for pet projects in federal spending bills, oh and most of all term limits and transparency in "OUR" government for "We the People". Unless We the People "demand from our public servants" these changes, these professional pandering politicians in both parties will always be puppets to soulless corporations and our 232 years will have been all for not. Tucker
Like heroin the dollar has become to corporations. Addictiveness: A dollar is extremely and easy to overdose on ( which can cause collapse of economies and death to many ). Withdrawal is intense and symptoms include insomnia, vomiting and muscle pain. Note: In the last 20 years there are no known successful recovery programs for the corporate dollar addict. Corporate Heroin,” THE DOLLAR”!!!!!! Tucker
P.S. Just remember, if their not hearing from you, their
hearing from someone who want your money.
Your friend in TEXAS for
Liberty , Tucker
