Couldn't have said it better myself

Charles Higginbotham in Gahanna wrote a letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch that echoes The Ohio Republic as to why secession is becoming a more attractive option:

"President Bush said Thursday that the financial bailout had a gigantic hurdle to overcome: trust. With everything he said, I thought, 'Can I ever trust government again?'

"This issue is just one of the many failures of government in recent years that are causing undue sacrifice on citizens and destroying the fabric of the United States. How do I know what these bureaucrats and politicians are telling us is the truth?

"How can any American agree to underwrite $700 billion of debt, given the track record of Congress, the administration and the financial apparatus? We have witnessed the greed and complained, all to no avail, and now we are expected to bail out the failures. A good deal of Bush's speech involved scaring the manure out of America. We won't be able to borrow, send our kids to college, make our house payments, our local banks might fail, on and on, unless we knuckle under and mortgage our own lives to save the guilty. Bush displayed absolutely no emotion in condemning the unscrupulous 'money changers' that have Washington wringing its hands. There is so much dirt in Congress tied to this fiasco and yet, the fox is allowed to keep the combination of the hen-house door.

"Leaders in Congress were aware of what has been going on; many of them have been on the take from the failed financial operations. They want America to reward them with a $700 billion loan almost overnight. Unbelievable.

"Someone must pull on the reins. We have men and women giving their lives every day in Iraq and Afghanistan while disgusting legislators, bureaucrats, and corporate executives are bleeding the integrity, honor and reputation from our nation."