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The following statement by Ralph Nader and associates is a call to action. We want you to contact US corporations and tell them taxpayers deserve some explicit appreciation for funding their government subsidies, tax breaks and bailouts. We suggest contacting the corporations mentioned in the article as a first step but feel free to add…

April 4, 2006 President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush: As the tragic number of fallen U.S. soldiers nears the 2500 mark in Iraq, many due to the lack of adequate body and vehicle armor, skepticism is being expressed over whether you are, in fact, personally signing the…

Read President Clinton’s Response Letter William Jefferson Clinton 55 West 125th StreetNew York NY 10027 March 15, 2006 Dear Mr. Clinton: When I heard that 10,000 (yes, ten thousand) FEMA-purchased new trailers for the displaced victims of Katrina have been languishing for weeks in a little used airfield in Hope, Arkansas without being shipped to…

The late-night backroom deal-making which resulted in a 9-4 emergency vote in favor of the Major League Baseball stadium lease is an affront to the taxpaying residents of the District of Columbia. Not only did the DC Council subordinate the life necessities of District residents to Major League Baseball, they also approved the stadium at…

Governor Mitchell DanielsOffice of the GovernorStatehouseIndianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797 February 7, 2006 Dear Mitch, Assuming you were quoted accurately in The New York Times (February 5, 2006) your “dream” may turn out to be the public’s nightmare. It may be indeed like the Louisiana Purchase, only Indiana is the France of this deal. Assuming the figures…

Dear Friends, Our mother — our teacher who inspired us, who raised our horizons for justice in our world, who showed by example — passed away peacefully at her home on January 20th, 2006 in her one hundredth year. Every day more and more of you have contacted us to express sorrow and remember her…

Senate Judiciary CommitteeUS SenateWashington DC 20515 Dear Senators, As a long time observer of how Supreme Court nominees evade questions, I have two suggestions to make at the outset of the hearings. That Judge Samuel Alito be asked two questions: 1. Judge Alito, would you tell the Committee what is the criteria you are adopting…

PDF version of this letter Ralph NaderRobert WeissmanP.O. Box 19312Washington, D.C. 20036 January 5, 2006 Justice Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D.C. 20543 Dear Justice Scalia, We are writing to inquire as to how the application of Bill of Rights and related constitutional protections to the artificial creations known as corporations can be…

Senator Proxmire was the legislators’ legislator. No one worked harder, studied more, listened to more witnesses or cast more votes in the Senate without being absent. He was honest, diligent, intelligent, congenial, forthright and sensitive to the needs and rights of the American people. In an age of big money corrupting politics, Senator Proxmire was…

November 30, 2005 Postmaster General John E. PotterU.S. Postal Service475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20260 Dear Postmaster General Potter: As you know, Parcel Post was introduced almost a century ago to better serve the American people. (Lest we forget, it was introduced because parcel delivery companies’ adherence to strictly profit generating principles was denying good…