This is a draft letter to my congressman and two senators. I recommend that you send your own letter to your congressman and your two senators. This is serious business.
I attached a recent commentary from the New York Times.
I ask you to take serious measures to reverse global warming. The fires in Canada and the heat dome in the US and Mexico are now the new normal. With lip service to the heat, the situation will get worse fast.
I ask for a Second Marshall Plan to reverse global warming and eliminate poverty. Put people to work for forestation projects, land conservation and water harvesting. There is money. In the US, three men have as much wealth as 160 million. Tax the rich individuals and major corporations as we did when Eisenhower was president.
The One Percent are addicted to fossil and atomic fuels as addicts are attached to alcohol or heroin.
Take a hard look at the federal expenditures and see what we can get along without. The Soviet Union closed its doors on December 26, 1991 but you would not know this from looking at the Pentagon budget.
The US has 5,500 nuclear warheads. Since a nuclear war between India and Pakistan is enough to induce global warming, I propose decommissioning 4,500 warheads and keep 1,000 for deterrence and wandering asteroids.
The US has 750 military bases overseas. Keep 100 and close the rest.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Ed O´Rourke