A Letter To The NFL and Government

Dear Out Of Touch Rich People Who Stage Standoffs In Public,

You don't know me. How would you? You don't ever talk to regular people like me. You just take our money. But if I could actually talk to you, I'd tell you about 2 very different but similar situations caused by your greed and poor decision making. The debt ceiling and and the NFL lockout.

On the debt ceiling: Taxpayers like me don't want to worry that the stock market will crash, pushing our already existing recession into a depression.

On the NFL strike: We WANT to support football, keeping your unimaginable cash flow coming (so you can buy another jet to duck into when we try to talk to you.).

I'm just a bystander without a lot of facts about either situation. But in my simple view, you have a chance to make a lot of people really like you. Just get off your yachts, step away from the martini bar, and think about other people. People who work for a living. People who don't get millions of dollars in bonuses, tax credits, stock options, and revenue sharing. People who, frankly, gave you your jobs. People who like to get paid on Thursday and watch football on Sunday.

I'm not taking sides, necessarily (although I do have an opinion about both.) My stance is this: Quit
grandstanding at the expense of the rest of us. Do you even understand what your actions (or inaction's) can do?

You have power. Use it wisely. The jury of public opinion will be harsh if you do the wrong thing. But you probably don't care. You'll just hide behind your pile of money eating shrimp the size of my femur and saying it's someone else's fault. Funny how we're all taught to be responsible for our own actions, but when some people get to a certain level, the lobe that seems to be disappear.

Kindly respond to my letter by making the right choice.  Thank you for reading this. You can go back to checking your stocks now.

Warmly,
A concerned citizen.