Here is the message I sent my newly elected bagger Representative, Scott Tipton (R-CO). I also called but there was no answer and the phone box was full. This is shorter and more to the point than the one I sent last week.
Representative Tipton.
It is time to stop the silliness. Personally I think the debt ceiling should never have been tied to this budget discussion. That can be dealt with in the regular order. But since we are here the President's proposal is more than fair. A better deal would have 3 to 1 tax increases over spending cuts, with tax rates as they were in the sixties. We're not there now, so go with the President's plan.
We do not want to see this debate again next year. And we do not want to see the decisions ducked by you and palmed off on a commission.
Please, do the right thing. You are not in junior high school. Act like it.
Gary L. Norton