<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the President and Congress to reduce the amount of proposed debt <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>in the federal stimulus package.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, the federal stimulus package as passed force-feeds more consumer spending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>and debt into an economy already suffering from an excess of both; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, the package tests the limits of global markets' ability to absorb United States <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>government debt by piling an $800 billion debt on top of more than $1 trillion in new obligations <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>already scheduled this year; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, the massive amount of government spending in the bill as passed will crowd <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>out private investment, which is critical to job creation; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, the stimulus package includes spending that does little to create jobs; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>WHEREAS, the citizens of Minnesota believe in individual liberty and therefore also in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>personal responsibility; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, to saddle Minnesotans' children and grandchildren with a crushing debt <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>because their legislators were too timid to do the right thing would be a dismal legacy, one in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>which Minnesota's elected representatives should refuse to participate; NOW, THEREFORE, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>and the Congress of the United States to reduce the amount proposed to be borrowed under <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>the terms of the federal stimulus package by the amount that would be allotted to the State of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such a reduction will enable Minnesotans to preserve <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>their pride, honor, and dignity.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.<br/>