Dennis Kucinish asks us to write to our Congressman

In response to one of Dennis Kucinich's video messages, i decided to write to my Congressman, which happens to be Jon C. Porter. Here is what i wrote. Tell me what you think... I know it has some typos and other errors. I hope it sounds okay enough to have sent. At least the message is there...

Hello Sir,

I know you care about the public at large, otherwise you would not be in Office. Anyway, the respectable Dennis Kucinich has made me and others aware that about $138 billion more dollars is earmarked to go to Iraq, even after the current administration is no longer in office. This to me, as to others as well I'm sure, such as Dennis Kucinich, does not make sense. Not when people are out of work, out of their homes, out of health care, etc. It is simply not good policy or good sense to pilfer all our funds out of our country to a far away place which really probably doesn't even need us there. And if the argument is that we are there (in Iraq) because of the so-called 'War on Terror' well, recent events such as in Pakistan, have shown that that is not even where the action is! Well, you may not directly have to be involved with this being a representative in Nevada, and not Washington D.C. directly, but things that happen at the top do filter down to the bottom. Well, Dennis Kucinich said it would be a good idea to write our Congressman so that's just what I'm doing. If there is anything you can do to influence Washington on what they do with our funds, our tax dollars, then please do it. Iraq will still be there even with we are not...! But will our great country still be great after all these 'foreign missions' for pursuing terrorists (which of course is important, but it should be done in the right place and in the right way), or pursuing oil, by the way - where is it?? Do we have it??? So, anyway, as I said, if you can do anything to influence the Executive realm, then please do so! Thank you...!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth A.

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Your constituent

One other thing: I thought it would be interesting to state the definition of a constituent to remind us of our duty and responsibility in this country of ours as a 'citizen.' Here is is:

Inhabitants of constituencies

A constituent is one who can or does appoint or elect (and often by implication can also remove or recall) another as one's agent or representative. A constituency is all the constituents of a particular agent or representative.

Depending on the context, another closely-related meaning of constituent is that of a citizen residing in the area governed, represented, or otherwise served by a politician; sometimes this is restricted to citizens who elected the politician. All the constituents who are registered to vote are referred to as the electorate.

Constituent service is representatives helping their constituents handle problems that can be best handled by a representative getting involved. Members of the U.S. Congress (both Representatives and Senators) working in Washington, D.C. have a governmentally staffed district office to aid in constituent service. Many state legislatures have followed suit. In the UK, service of this type is named constituency casework - Members of the UK House of Commons will appoint staff using their Parliamentary staffing allowance to appoint caseworkers to assist constituents with problems.

Elected officials tend to believe that responsiveness to their constituents is their highest professional responsibility.[citation needed]

In a looser sense, corporations and other such organizations can be referred to as constituents, if they have a significant presence in an area.