The Lobbyists Keep Calling

I was talking to a lobbyist a few days ago, and I asked him how many times he tried to meet with each of his target legislators. He immediately burst out laughing. Why? Because he tries to meet with each of them as many times as he can.
We need to do the same thing.
If you’ve written a letter to your senators and representative already about why we need real health care reform, we need you to write another one.
If you’ve written two letters to your senators and representatives about why we need real health care reform, we need you to write another one.
One letter is not enough. Two letters are not enough.
No matter how many letters you’ve written, we need you to write more.
Relentless. That’s what the lobbyists are. Relentless in their pursuit of corporate interests. We must be relentless, too. We cannot stop. We cannot rest. We must continue to fight for reform. Write a letter today. Write a letter tomorrow. It is our time.
Without a relentless effort by every one of us, we won’t win real health care reform with a strong public health insurance option to lower costs, reform that doesn’t tax our benefits, reform that will require employers to pay their fair share.
Write a letter today. And get ready to write more letters next week. Momentum is on our side, but the lobbyists for Big Business and the insurance companies aren’t letting up.
We can and will win with your help.
Marc Laitin
AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator
P.S. It really does matter. We keep hearing from members of Congress about the letters they are receiving. Keep ‘em coming. Write your senators and representatives today.