I actually couldn't believe what I was seeing! The same day the Roanoke Times published my letter to the editor I received yet another taxpayer-funded campaign brochure from our new congressman; this one telling me how he's working to lower my taxes. I'm not quite sure how he can lower taxes - even for the poorest - when he has voted to spend trillions of dollars in expanded government programs and bailouts. Maybe he thinks raising the tax on cigarettes and utility companies will do the trick? A fellow Republican who saw the letter in the Bedford Bulletin called to share what he had learned about the cost of publishing and maling the "lowering taxes" brochure if you were the average citizen. His estimate was based on a quantity of 300-350,000. (He says 316,000 voted in November.)
Pre-press - $15,000
Mailmerge - 15,000
Printing - 15,000
And the real kicker: Mailing - $.40 each or $120,000 for 300,000 pieces!!!
That's a minimum total of $165,000 - and, if you believe "franking" isn't really free - it's $165,000 of our tax dollars!
Once again, that address is http://perriello.house.gov .
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