What to Shutdown. What to Protect.

There's a lot that needs to be shutdown in Washington: borrowing money to pay our bills, spending without accountability, waste, and tax increases on our families and small businesses.  There are also priorities worth protecting:  that paycheck for a deployed service member, a Social Security check for an elderly woman, and the economic stability that results from global confidence in our nation's ability to pay our bills.  As America wrestles with our financial challenges, here's where I stand: Shutdown debt. No nation can survive by borrowing nearly 1/3 of what it spends. Shutdown waste. Audit the Federal Reserve.  Audit the Department of Defense.  Aggressively limit government.  Aggressively increase accountability.  Shutdown tax increases. Our nation has a spending problem—not a taxing problem.  Shutdown Obamacare.  An over 2,000 page bill with $1 trillion in taxes that is resulting in premium increases and hiring reductions.  Shut it down. Protect Those Who Serve.  If you wear the uniform of our Armed Services, you shouldn't wonder if you will have a paycheck when the mortgage is due or the pantry is low. Protect Seniors.  Medicare and Social Security should be dependable and consistent for the millions of seniors who rely on them. Pay Our Bills. Allowing the U.S. to default on its debts would jeopardize economic recovery and impact every American family.  We must pay our bills.  My Solutions: Balanced Budget Amendment, H.J.Res.1.  Constitutionally require that Congress cannot spend more than it receives in revenues.   Full Faith and Credit Act, H.R. 807. A simple safeguard to prevent default: require the Treasury to first use revenues to pay down public debt.  Guarantee Paychecks for America's Military Families Act, H.R. 342. Ensure paychecks for service members.  Protect Social Security and Medicare, H.R.3161.  Protect Social Security checks and ensure seniors' access to Medicare. Tax Code Termination Act, H.R.352.  Abolish and recreate the tax code so it is simple and fair. Congressional Accountability Pay Act, H.R.284.  Hold Members of Congress accountable for spending by tying Members' salaries directly to spending– the more they spend, the less they make.    Carl Ray Louk Not racist, not violent, just not silent anymore Fighting for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. I am Carl Ray Louk and unlike the President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama, I stand with Israel FreedomWorks We are a community of over 2 million grassroots activists We recruit, educate & mobilize across the country Fighting for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. http://www.freedomworks.org/ "Friendship Never Ends" SG-1996 "Let Love Lead The Way" SG-2000 "The Phoenix Shall Rise" Count Carl Ray Louk 2003 "Even A Man Who Is Pure In Heart And Says His Prayer By Nigh, May Become A Wolf When the Wolf bane Blooms And The Autumn Moon Is Bright." LT-1941 "Flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood; kin of my kin when I say come to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding!" CVTD-1895 "From Hell's Heart I stab at thee, for hate sake I spit my last breath at thee" CA-1895 "I have been, and always shall be your friend" Spock "Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat candy is dandy but murder, oh murder, is so sweet" Count Carl Ray Louk-2003 "Eye of newt, and toe of frog, wool of bat, and tongue of dog adder's fork, blind worm's sting, lizard's leg, and owlet's wing. For a charm of powerful trouble, like Hell broth boils and babble. Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn, and caldron bubble" WS Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarlRayLouk Twitter: www.twitter.com/CarlRayLouk MySpace: www.myspace.com/carlraylouk Yahoo Group: Yahoo! Groups : LouksHauntedGraveyardhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouksHauntedGraveyard/ Yahoo Group: Yahoo! Groups : TheWorldAccordingtoCarlRayLouk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheWorldAccordingtoCarlRayLouk/