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While we all continue to deal with the fallout from coronavirus and the responses by our local and state governments, and even though the House isn’t meeting right now, we must stay vigilant and watch their every move. The left wants so badly to use the virus as the reason to bail out profligate, blue states. We cannot let them!

Ongoing Action

Pray for our nation!

Action Item #1

Call or use the online contact form for your federal Representative and Senators to tell them NO state bailouts! Democrat Governors and their allies in Congress want to use federal tax dollars to bail out blue states that have spent decades overspending and overtaxing their residents. Now they see that there’s a possibility they could get money to bail out their bankrupt pension funds (as one example) with tax dollars from citizens who live in states that have responsibly managed their budgets. Their goal is to use coronavirus as the excuse, blaming their budget shortfalls on the virus, rather than on their decades of bad behavior. So, we must speak up now against this!

Sample Script/Content for Contact Form

Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I live in [City, State]. I’m contacting you to urge you to vote NO on any state bailouts. It is fundamentally unfair to make the taxpayers in a state that has been fiscally responsible bail out the states that have been fiscally irresponsible for decades. And, it is shameless to use coronavirus as the excuse. It would be a travesty of justice and a violation of our system of federalism to force one state to pay for the bad behavior of another. I strongly urge you to stand against any form of a state bailout. Thank you.

Action Item #2

Email or call your Governor’s office with the following information, depending on the situation in your state.

• If your state has released plans to reopen soon: Thank them and  encourage them to continue with the reopening plans.
• If your state is not reopening/the lockdown is being extended: Urge them to start reopening your state and communities, and to stop the lockdowns.

Action Item #3

If you or someone in your family (like your spouse, for example) has been laid off personally, please send us a video about what happened to you. Talk about how you were doing before all of this, how you’re doing now, and whether or not you are optimistic about your future. There are many people in the media, on the left, and even some conservatives who keep repeating the idea that joblessness is not really a big deal. Or, that the economic devastation is not a big deal.

In order to get you back to work so you can care for your family, we need to show the truth. We need to show that every job loss is a personal tragedy for that person and that family. They’re not vague, impersonal numbers. You are a real person and there were real consequences when you lost your job because of government orders. Additionally, we all care about protecting vulnerable, high-risk Americans, but we should also care about protecting families from enforced destitution. We can care about both at the same time! Send your videos to [email protected].

In liberty,

Jenny Beth Martin

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