A Letter to My Representatives

With regard to H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:

As a Conservative, I firmly disagree with Democrats on the stimulus. I believe that the end of the recession and the growth of our economy depend not on extracting even more money from the private sector for the government to redistribute at its whim but on the ingenuity and daring of the entrepreneurs with the capital reinvesting it into their efforts to be profitable. Increasing the tax burden on those who create jobs will simply stifle innovation, reducing the amount of capital reinvestment and increasing the cost of goods and services in order to generate substantive profit. By increasing taxes on the wealthy, the federal government will achieve, in effect, a tax hike on all low and middle income-earners in the form of price increases. The solution to our economic woes requires the reduction of government spending and the deregulation of the free market. How do we regulate something supposedly free anyway? The economy is better served when I decide what to do with my money than when the government does.

Margaret Thatcher demonstrated the merits of this philosophy when she led efforts to privatize British Airways and British Steel - who transformed from court jesters to princes in their respective industries. I believe that in our free market, just as in life, failure simply provides the opportunity to achieve greater success.

Please stand firmly against President Obama and Speaker Pelosi on this. I believe our integrity as Conservatives depends on uniting against this.

Sincerely,
Jason M. Hopkins