I wrote to my congressman, John F. Tierney to ask him to vote against the bailout. Not only did he do so, but he wrote me back and has earned my respect. I thought I would share his reply to me and my response to him. Here is his considered response to my request on him website to vote against the bailout: ----- Original Message ---- From: Congressman John F. Tierney To: fishdan@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 7:17:34 PM Subject: A Message From Congressman Tierney September 29, 2008 Mr. Daniel Fishman Beverly, MA 01915 Dear Mr. Fishman: Without getting into the fine details, I thought I would let you know that I voted against the so-called Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 3997) when it was brought to the House floor earlier today. There were compromises made in this version of the bill, ostensibly to gain bipartisan support. Unfortunately, such compromises were made at the expense of key priorities -- investment in helping hom...
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