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FEBRUARY 8, 1982 Dear President Reagan: An illness caused my delay in replying to your letter of January 18, I ask your understanding in this matter. I am honored that you would ask me to join with you in making sacrifices for your efforts to save our Country. I have known you and listened to you on many occasions. I have always supported you in the past and wish you continued success to the fullest degree. If I did not express my views I would be less than honest. I think some answers are now necessary from you for those Americans who believe in our Constitutional government and the justice it guarantees to its people. I have agreed with many things you have tried to do and some of the successes you achieved. Frankly, I would rather you failed than to permit Congress and some of your advisors talk you out of representing the people who have trusted you to be the kind of a Leader they expected when they voted for you. As an illustration, you have asked the people to support and sacrifice with you to regain justice and freedom. Then you defend those in government who have betrayed their trust which they took when they went into office and swore to defend and support our Constitution. I do not believe you or anyone else can get the support of our people until it has been earned. Leaders must be willing to keep their word and set an example of honesty in order to gain the respect people must have for them. I, for one, and I know the majority of voters will not sacrifice when they see the majority of their leaders raise their own salaries and then have the nerve to eliminate the payment of income taxes on that salary. If ordinary taxpayers did not pay those same taxes they would be put in jail. This kind of discrimination has almost destroyed our government. Our government was founded for all of the people, not just the leaders. I do not believe it would have caused you much trouble if you had taken the guilty ones to task in your recent talk with Congress and before the American people who listened to you on radio and television. Yet, you ignored entirely the action of the IRS and the salaries of the Congressmen. In addition, I suggest you ask your Attorney General for an opinion on the constitutionality of giving federal funds to towns, cities and states; the legality of the so-called foreign aid as well as loans to private businesses.
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Title | Letter from J. Bracken Lee to President Ronald Reagan, February 9, 1982 |
Description | Letter from J. Bracken Lee to President Ronald Reagan, February 9, 1982. |
Original Date | February 8, 1982 |
Subject |
Correspondence Letters Lee, J. Bracken (Joseph Bracken), 1899-1996 Reagan, Ronald Income tax Economic assistance |
Genre (AAT) |
Correspondence |
Creator |
Lee, J. Bracken (Joseph Bracken), 1899-1996 |
Geographic Locations |
Washington (D.C.) Salt Lake City (Utah) |
Time Periods |
1980-1989 20th century |
Rights | Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Eastern Library (435) 753-5209.; |
Source | Utah State University Eastern Library, J. Bracken Lee Collection, Box 15, Folder 9, Item 1; |
Physical Collection |
J. Bracken Lee Collection |
Call Number | J. Bracken Lee Collection, Box 15, Folder 9, Item 1; |
Collection Inventory | http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35812 |
Language |
eng |
Digital History Collection |
J. Bracken Lee Digital Collection |
Date Digital | 2012-01-19 |
Digital Publisher | Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library; |
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Query Tag |
Retirement |
Identifier | JBrackenLeeBx15Fd9Item1 |
Search Date | 1982-02-08 |
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Description | FEBRUARY 8, 1982 Dear President Reagan: An illness caused my delay in replying to your letter of January 18, I ask your understanding in this matter. I am honored that you would ask me to join with you in making sacrifices for your efforts to save our Country. I have known you and listened to you on many occasions. I have always supported you in the past and wish you continued success to the fullest degree. If I did not express my views I would be less than honest. I think some answers are now necessary from you for those Americans who believe in our Constitutional government and the justice it guarantees to its people. I have agreed with many things you have tried to do and some of the successes you achieved. Frankly, I would rather you failed than to permit Congress and some of your advisors talk you out of representing the people who have trusted you to be the kind of a Leader they expected when they voted for you. As an illustration, you have asked the people to support and sacrifice with you to regain justice and freedom. Then you defend those in government who have betrayed their trust which they took when they went into office and swore to defend and support our Constitution. I do not believe you or anyone else can get the support of our people until it has been earned. Leaders must be willing to keep their word and set an example of honesty in order to gain the respect people must have for them. I, for one, and I know the majority of voters will not sacrifice when they see the majority of their leaders raise their own salaries and then have the nerve to eliminate the payment of income taxes on that salary. If ordinary taxpayers did not pay those same taxes they would be put in jail. This kind of discrimination has almost destroyed our government. Our government was founded for all of the people, not just the leaders. I do not believe it would have caused you much trouble if you had taken the guilty ones to task in your recent talk with Congress and before the American people who listened to you on radio and television. Yet, you ignored entirely the action of the IRS and the salaries of the Congressmen. In addition, I suggest you ask your Attorney General for an opinion on the constitutionality of giving federal funds to towns, cities and states; the legality of the so-called foreign aid as well as loans to private businesses. |
Collection Inventory | http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35812 |
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