In the Wind

Dear Iowa,

     Recently you had a Democratic Presidential candidate come through your state, He is trying to convince you to hate the rich. He wants you to believe raising the Capital gains tax as well as other taxes will be sticking it to rich folks, This is not true.

     Raising the Capital gains will in fact hurt most Americans, everyone who invests in the stockmarket, anyone who has a 401k, mutual funds, pensions...etc,

    Many small investors will stop investing, if their ROI is eaten up with taxes, they will in fact find somewhere else to park their money. If peoples 401ks and retirement funds continue to lose money in the markets, they will not invest, think about it, if you lose half your money then it taxed to death, whats the point of putting it there.

     Many small and mid cap companies as well as large cap companies use investor money to grow. That money is not forked over to rich fat kats and Ceo's, Many companies use it for research and development, or to expand their business, AND THAT MY FRIENDS HELPS TO GROW THE ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS, From the construction workers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers, and payroll employees.

     There is nothing wrong with making money, we all want the same creature comforts and hope for our future as well as our children.

     Are there bad Corporations? Sure there are, greed and stupidity running rampant, thats when the stockholders need to speak up, and if laws are broken then people need to be held accountable.

     What I find troubling is this urgent need to start hating rich people, class warfare will destroy this country. Many of these people get up everyday and go to work keeping millions with jobs. They have in fact created many millionaires within their own comapny. We cannot afford to have these people walk away from America because of class warfare.

     My husband and I are middle-class Americans, He's a machinist and I work in a grocery store, we don't live beyond our means, we are in fact happy. We have done everything the right way, and we went without to save for old age, I do not want to be a financial burden to my son when I am old, as it is my hope he will have his own family.

     My point of this letter is to help people realize that taxing the rich is not helping the poor, or the unemployed. Creating jobs and stopping the outrageous spending in Washington DC. should be our focus. With more people working, it will create less worries for all of us.

   Take Care Iowa, As you are the starting point for the 2012 Elections, Your voice is speaking the loudest.

We already know about the bailouts, Heres where some of the other surplus money went.

787 Billion to maintain Unemployment benefits, Medicaid, Food stamps.

462,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri.

5 million to create goethermal energy for a mall in Oak ridge, that is mostly empty.

9.38 million to renovate a century old train station in Lancaster that hasn't been used for 30 years.

100,000 for a socially conscious puppet show in Minnesota.

2 million to build a replica railroad tourist attraction in Carson city, Nevada

3.4 million to build turtle tunnels in Lake Jackson Florida.

3.1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum

1 million to study health effects of enviromentall friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago

983,952 for street beautifacation , Ann Arbor Michigan

1 million to Portland Oregon to replace Bike lockers and build garage for 250 bikes

700,000 to Oregon crab fisherman to replace lost crab posts.

1.5 Billion, yes Billion, for a carbon capturing contest.

300,000 for a gps equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford Nuclear reservation in Washington State.

390,000 to Buffalo N.Y. to study the effects of malt liquor and marijuana on young adults

148,438 to Washington State to analize the use of Marijuana in conjunction with morphine.

800,000 to John Murthas private airport, to repave runway

1 million to Chicago dinner cruise to combat terrorism

572 million to the US Coast Guard to create 1,235 jobs, each job created cost 460.000

30 million for spring training complex for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks.

11 million to Microsoft to build bridge connecting 2 headquarter campuses in Redmond Washington

1.15 million to install a guardrail for dry lake bed in Oklahoma

2.5 million sent to the deceased

6 million for snow making facility in Duluth Minnesota.

89,000 for new sidewalk that leads to a ditch.

71,623 to Wakforest to study the effects of monkeys on cocaine.

200,000 to help siberians lobby the russian government.

1.9 million sent to East Africa to photograph ants.

712,000 to help scientist build joke machine.

39.7 million to up grade office space and indoor parking for Kansas politicians

13.3 for park restoration in Remote Florida Keys.

15.8 million no-bid contract to California company to clean up the mess THEY MADE.

298,543 Went to study weather predictions...FOR OTHER PLANETS.

762,372 To Georgia Tech to study improvised music.

600,000 to U of M to study the effects on local population in the Nepalese, Himalayas

294,000 to NC. to study the effects yoga may have on hot flashes.

25.8 million to public relations firm to win over public by creating fake news stories.

500,000 to California to study the altitude of clouds on NEPTUNE

341,000 TO Fresno California for new palm trees.

141,002 to Bozeman students to take trip to China to study dinosaur eggs.

1.8 million to Minnesota to upgrade heating system fot ice rink.

Can't make this stuff up, this was stimulas money.