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Dear Editor:
It seems that Congress is always able to surpass its previous level  of  either chicanery or stupidity.  Either our representatives are  making a wedding  gift commemorating the unholy marriage between big  money and big government or  someone needs to hand it a sign saying "I'm  Stupid!"

The recent hand over fist outpourings of Americans' money to  lenders and  others have already exceeded a trillion dollars and now  they are considering  dishing out as much again to everyone except those  who need relief. The current crisis is that people are losing their homes and people  are  losing their jobs, making the purchase of goods and services  beyond their reach  which leads to more people losing their jobs and  unable to pay for their homes.   So, why are they giving the people's  money to banksters and corporations that  can afford to hand out 100+  million dollar bonuses to CEO's who have managed to  fail their  companies into government bestowed prosperity?  Give them their  signs.

Congress needs to put the water on the fire, not on the arsonists.   One  simple move could regenerate and stimulate our economy  without writing a single  check and would cost less than half in reduced  revenues of what they have handed  out and are proposing to hand out. It couldn't be simpler or more obvious:  Suspend the collection and  withholding of personal income tax, effective immediately. For no more than the initial $800,000,000,000 "bail out" to lenders  and  less than the current proposed "stymie us" plan, additional (and   earned) revenues can be instantly injected into millions of working  households  across the country.

No check writing, no administration, no  weighing  and balancing of requests and, most importantly, no printing  (and borrowing)  more phony dollar bills to further dilute the buying  power of working and  struggling American families.  Just distribution  would be self-effecting because  not one dollar would go to anyone who  had not already earned it. The impact would be felt on the first payday following the  suspension.   What would those earned dollars do for those in distress  as opposed to giving  truckloads of the money they've earned to  corporate and political cronies?  What  effect would that have on local,  state and national economies?  People who are  struggling to avoid  foreclosure on their homes may be able to save them (Wasn't  that the  problem?).

The economic boom would create the need for more workers to meet  the  increased demand for goods and services--people go back to work.   The boom would  also generate a spike in local and state tax revenues,  allowing them to reduce  their dependency on federal grants.  Isn't  being independent a good thing?   Isn't saving federal grant money a  good thing?  Give 'em their sign.What would happen to the revenues the federal government receives  (already  accounting for 70% of revenues) on its scores of other taxes?   Does the current  "stymie us" plan automatically pay itself back in  other revenues?  Give 'em  their sign.

Everyone needs to tell Congress to wise up, remove their "I'm  Stupid!"  signs and do what is best for America, its States and, above  all, the people it  is supposed to be serving.  Suspend the collection  and withholding of personal  income taxes effective immediately.