3.7.09 CASEY VOTES FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS

dear senator casey,

i was dismayed to receive the news the other day that you went ahead and voted for the american economic recovery and reinvestment act which has put us nearly $800 billion in debt.I had asked that you not vote $1.00 for economic stimulus.

i was further dismayed to receive word from you today telling us pennsylvanians what we will get out of this:
1. $400 (i am an individual) i was keeping the 2008 stimulus check of $600 and now might as well wait for the next check so i can burn the $1000 at one time.
2. $2500 tax credit for college tuition i don't need this.
3.275 million for unemployment benefits i don't need this.
4.$8000 tax credit for first time home buyers.

i don't need this.yet i and my descendants will have to pay this and all the interest owing on it. i don't appreciate you taking my money without my permission. that is stealing which the God of the Bible forbids you do.

the other reasons why i asked you not to vote $1.00 for this are as follows:

1. The Bible says to owe no man anything. by voting for this you have gone against what God says. I believe that the God of the Bible, our creator, knows how we best function.

2. My understanding of the financial crisis is that it was brought on by character defects one of which was greed, the desire for more. God tells us to be content with food and covering (clothing and shelter). we are in this mess because of our disobedience to His command. Everything we do contrary to His command has a consequent correction, sometimes immediate and sometimes distant. One of God's correctives for disobedience is suffering. Corrective suffering serves the purpose of bringing us back to a place of obedience. God, though an avenger of our evil in disobeying Him yet is very merciful to us when we deserve His judgment. If He directs that mercy come by human agency it is to come at the hands of other individuals only. His word makes no provision for mercy to come at the hands of government

3. It is my understanding that the government encouraged the effort to provide housing for people who, considering the normal principles that guide those who loan money, did not qualify as being able to pay back the loan.In so doing the government acted contrary to Scripture by becoming surety - becoming a prommisory for the payment, in this case, of loans that there was very good reason to believe could or would not be paid. The Bible says, 'A man lacking sense shakes hands and becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor'. (Proverbs 17:18)

4. It is reported that much of the money is for 'pork". You state that this will save and create jobs. jobs are created and remain viable as long as they fulfill felt needs. the things you mention today have nothing to do with jobs. having disobeyed God and reaped His wrath, you now seek to play God, the breaking of another commandment - thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

senator casey unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it. you have dug a deeper hole for all of us to try and struggle out of. Had you refused to vote for a bill you did not even have enough time to read let alone interact with those who will have to pay for it this would have been principled, responsible, representative action.

by this you have become guilty of taxation without representation and in so doing have violated the constitution and the oath you swore to defend it. unless this can be immediately rescinded and corrected i feel the only honorable thing for you to do is to quit your office along with all others who voted for it and president obama who illegally signed it into law.

i anxiously await your reply. God bless you in everything good you are doing as our representative.

sincerely, stephen paine