A Note To The Speaker

The lovely Mrs. SWP received a long survey from the House Speaker, Dennis Hastert. First things first, if you want opinions ask for opinions, but if what you really want is money, ask for money. Don't ask for one when you want the other.

One of the Speaker's questions was whether we thought the government was too intrusive in our personal and business life? Well, yes! Read any of the Blogs I've linked, and you'll find a complaint somewhere on most.

The Speaker also needed to know if government was too big? Many of the remainder of the questions were about new and better ways to spend money. Hopefully the Speaker will set priorities and then rein in the spending.

One of my favorite questions was over what's wrong with our schools. Bad parents, bad teachers, bad administrators, not enough money.... No two schools that I have dealt with in my long parenting career had the same problems, which is why I like Charter Schools that are run by parents who care.

Finally, there was the question whether there needs to be more control over campaign finance given the problems with independent groups (527's) in the last election. Look in the mirror Mr. Speaker. The last law you passed created the problem. Maybe you could start with getting rid of that law instead of looking for new ways to stifle political speech.