Subject: Tell Your Newspaper – A Shutdown Hurts Troops and Military Families
From: "Ashwin Madia" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:04:23 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Hunter,

We're just days away from a government shutdown, because the House Republican Leadership will not negotiate on Federal government budget cuts. President Obama and Congressional Democrats have proposed tens of billions of dollars in cuts. When the Republican Leadership refused to give on some of their demands, like cutting funds for Homeless Veterans, the President and Democrats proposed even more cuts in other areas, in a good faith effort. At last count, the White House has proposed $33 billion in cuts, as much as the House GOP originally proposed. Unless the Republican Leadership is open to coming to an agreement, the government will shut down, and troops and military families will be hard hit.

*TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS – WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR HERE* [ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6676/letter/?letter_KEY=416 ]

We need you to lay out the facts in a letter to your local newspaper. While our troops will be asked to continue serving, they won't be paid for their sacrifice until the government shutdown ends. Though they will receive full back-pay when the budget is resolved, troops and military families who depend on their bi-weekly paycheck will not be seeing it on time. For troops who have spouses and kids on the homefront, who live paycheck to paycheck, even one delayed pay day could cause huge problems for them in this economy. It simply isn't right to ask our military families and troops who sacrifice so much already to give up their paychecks because of Republican obstinacy. Shutting down the government isn't responsible.

*TELL YOUR PAPERS – A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HURTS VETERANS* [ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6676/letter/?letter_KEY=416 ]

Facts are facts. The Republican House Leadership is wholly responsible for putting us on the course towards a shutdown of the government, and that shutdown will hurt troops and military families. It's time that they know you're on to their game, and that you won't sit idly by. Click on the link above, and make your voice heard.

Thanks for your support.

Sincerely,
Ashwin Madia
Iraq War Veteran
Interim Chairman, VoteVets.org

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