virginia took it upon themselves to come up with their own solution to paying back the nation's debt and making a point at the same time. they sent the following e-mail to speaker john mainer. in support of your effort to continue millatioio outrageous cuts, we're advising you of the west virginia afl-cio plan to reduce the debt of our nation while protecting the rich and tax-dodging corporations. what's the plan? to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the social security act, the afl-cio will host a hot dog fund-raiser in 14 west virginia cities. they plan to donate the proceeds to the bureau of public debt. i don't think they should hold tharl breath waiting for speaker boehner to accept the invitation. we want you to know how far back our government's debt really goes. believe it or not, back to 1790 when the first government bonds were issued to pay off the