Dear Friend,

Congress is now back in Washington, DC from its luxurious taxpayer-funded August vacation. This is not good news.

Each day Congress is in session they will spend about $20.8 billion dollars of your hard-earned money. Meanwhile, when Congress is on vacation, it only costs us about $255,000 per day.  Isn’t it amazing that it is better for the American taxpayer for Congress to go on a paid vacation than stay in our nation’s Capitol and ‘work’?

While we unfortunately can’t keep Congress away forever, NTU is working hard every day to protect your money from the spendthrift politicians who get rich lining their own pockets while frittering away our federal budget. Over the past year alone NTU has lobbied Congress more than 250 times to reduce taxes and stop our runaway spending. Our fight has brought many victories for taxpayers, but we have a lot more work to do as 2012 comes to a close.

It’s shameful that the only time we can congratulate Congress on a ‘job well-done’ is when they do nothing at all. If you agree, please make a contribution of $25, $50 or more to help NTU advocate for more fiscal responsibility in Washington, and a balanced budget that doesn’t put America’s taxpayers in the poorhouse.

We’ve had enough irresponsible spending, enough Congressional luxuries on the taxpayer’s dime, and enough of the status quo.

With 362,000 members nation-wide, NTU is poised to make sure your voice is heard loud and clear in the halls of Congress, and we can tell them together that enough is ENOUGH!

Sincerely,

Duane Parde
President
National Taxpayers Union

P.S: We need your help to send a message to Congress today to stop spending $20.8 billion a day of our money!