SAMPLE DEALER LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 18, 2008
Please contact Congress today to enact temporary financial assistance for the domestic auto industry!! Step-by-step instructions for your participation can be found by clicking on the following link: www.grabdemocracybythehorns.com
SAMPLE DEALER LETTER TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of my dealership (insert name)____ and my (# of employees) ___ in (City, State) ___, I am urging you to enact legislation that would provide temporary financial assistance to the domestic automotive industry.
Due to the frozen capital markets, manufacturers and auto finance companies, require access to the credit our customers need to buy automobiles from your dealerships. Liquidity and affordable credit is necessary for auto companies to produce cars and trucks and allow auto finance companies affordable lending for our customers.
The failure of one or more of these manufacturers and their component suppliers could eliminate as many as five million jobs. Our industry represents almost four percent of U.S. gross domestic product and represents ten percent of U.S. industrial production by value. Beyond our industry, ordinary Americans on Main Streets across the country would feel the brunt of a meltdown in this industry, including in our local community.
The auto industry, including our dealership, supports dozens of local businesses that are intertwined in our community providing multiple more jobs. I am writing because I fear much of this will be lost and the impact to my community severe if the domestic auto industry is allowed to fail under the weight of the current economic chaos. I believe I have good reason to request your support.
I cannot urge you strongly enough to take action on behalf of my dealership, community, and my industry. Helping our industry in the short-term will have a much lower cost than addressing the effects of a failed industry in the midst of an economic turnaround. Sadly, I fear the price of inaction is greater than my business can bear.
On behalf of our employees and their families, we urge you to enact legislation that will ensure that Chrysler can weather the current crisis and return to health.
Thank you for your time to hear my concerns.
Sincerely,
DEALER PRINCIPAL SIGNATURE
NAME OF STORE
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