#resistoftheday — Public Fediverse posts

Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative --

Ten weeks ago, I asked you to take immediate action to get the fiscal future of this nation in order. Ten weeks ago, the national debt was $39 trillion.

Now is is $40 trillion.

The government is spending more than a trillion dollars a year just to pay interest on the mounting debt. Interest is now the government's second-biggest expense, trailing only Social Security.

Spending by this Republican Administration outstrips revenue by more than $2 trillion a year.

Please use every media appearance to highlight the fiscal crisis this Republican Administration has put this country in.

I want a bi-partisan committee of technical experts to submit a list of policy recommendations to put this country back on sound fiscal footing.

The current policies of this entire government are not sustainable. Please be part of the solution.

#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #Greed #NationalDebt #BallroomRepublicans

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative. Please share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

I oppose undoing the 2001 Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, logging, and mining on roughly 60 million acres of public land. This rule must stay in place to protect the homes and businesses adjacent to national forests, to protect the water those communities depend on that flows through the National Forests, and to protect the human-centered logging jobs that have grown since the rule was imposed.

I want you to make a strong stand against this rule change with us.

A look at the past 20 years of wildfires shows that most wildfires start near roads. Roads let in people. People play with fire. The fires burn out of control. After more than 20 years of monitoring, the science is clear -- forest health is improved by fewer roads, not more, and water quality is improved by more forest, not more roads.

While the 2001 #RoadlessRule prohibits large-scale logging, it has an exception for smaller-diameter timber to be cut and sold in areas that are at risk of severe fires. The logging goals of this administration could be achieved by small-diameter timber logging, the kind that actually creates more jobs because it is a human-intensive operation, not mechanized.

Follow the science and retain the 2001 Roadless Rule to preserve our #NationalForests and clean water.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay