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
popular congress person suggesting that they take a pay cut. you know it may not pass. it is 77 years since congress took a pay cut . i don t know anyone who hasn t had a pay cut. i write part of my salary to the bureau of public debt. that is example. you are asking for a $8700 . cost of living freezes have been frozen for 2011. congressman kirkpatrick thank you for being here this morning. thank you. a diet drug rejected by the fda. what to know about the weight loss drugs. and a man refused to wear a seat belt. when he decided to heed that officer s warning, it saved his life.
there. they still need jobs. it is about jobs and getting folks back to work. i have been out there over the last six weeks talking with a lot of folks and small businesses and, you know, they are telling me, look, we cut our pay and then we had to ask our employees to cut their pay. that is whey i think congress needs to cut our pay. do for 95 cents per dollar what they are doing now. we have to lead by example. what would you do? i introduced the congressional pay cut bill. cutting our salaries by 5%. would bring it to what? lead by example. i write a check every month for $870 to the bureau of public debt but the point is and what kind of reaction have you gotten overwhelming reaction. from? americans. i m sure the american people like it. what about colleagues? well, you know, there is nothing like asking a colleague
it s a benefit to many people not just people buying for the very first time ever. annmarie from toronto asks, my daughter was given a u.s. saving bond when she was worn, she is now 22 years old, she would like to know how she can cash them in. this is something grandma always gave you. yes, it is. god bless grandma. the mother and the zadaughter a in canada. go to the u.s. embassy or consulate to get your signature notarized, you can use form pd-1522. your savings bond and your address and you ll mail it in to the bureau of public debt which is in parkersburg, west virginia, if this is mumbo jumbo go to google and type in ums embassy, canada, saving bond, and get all the information there or go to savingbonds.gov. treasury.gov getting you