Ted Poe: “Each week my neighbors take the time to make their opinions known through emails, phone calls, and letters. Today's…”

“Each week my neighbors take the time to make their opinions known through emails, phone calls, and letters. Today's Pulse of Texas is from a Federal employee in Humble, Texas, who recently wrote me with these wise observations: ``I am an 11-year Federal Government employee who works hard, and yet I'm on a 2-3 year pay freeze while unemployment benefits are extended over and over again. I live in a house that I purchased because I could afford it, yet my tax dollars go to bail out bad lenders and borrowers. My children go to colleges that they can afford. They all held jobs during college, and the oldest graduated with zero in student loan debt, yet now there is a plan to bail out those who went to schools above their means. Enough is enough. ``Please help break the cycle of entitlement and lack of personal responsibility that the government is fostering in this country.'' Mr. Speaker, America should be the land of freedom and opportunity, not more free stuff and entitlement. And that's just the way it is. ____________________”