A Plan To Pass A Bill To Raise The Debt Limit

This is my open letter to Dennis Kucinich (reply [at] kucinich.us):

Dear Dennis Kucinich:

I think I have hit on the key reason why none of the proposals to raise the debt ceiling have yet to clear Congress and make it to the President's desk for his signature. Unlike nearly every other piece of legislation that is passed by Congress, these proposals have no Pork Barrel Projects. Pork is often used to get the votes of dissident Congresspeople so that legislation can be passed. With no Pork in any of the debt limit proposals, they are all doomed to failure no matter how reasonable they may seem on the surface. So here is my plan to get something passed:

Offer to raise the debt limit by $2.7 trillion dollars with no conditions other than the following:

Every Congressperson is allowed to attach an ammendment to the bill that will help to create jobs in his or her district. This could be a Workfare program like we had durring the Great Depression or it could just be a regular public works project or defense spending on a special project. If a Congressperson does not pledge to vote for the package, then their ammendment is stripped from the bill. Give that a try. You probably have 2 days to get this passed after you receive this message. Good luck.

Sincerely,

John Thielking
San Jose, CA

Will this work? Who knows.