Write to Congress | The Kelso Institute

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Louis O. Kelso · Binary Economics

The Kelso Institute

Write to Congress

Ask Congress to help more Americans become owners.

It takes about five minutes. Lawmakers pay closest attention to short, personal messages from people who live in their district, so add a line in your own words if you can.

Step 1

Find your representative and senators

Enter your ZIP code to find your U.S. Representative, and choose your state to see your two senators.

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Step 2

Fill in and copy the letter

Add your name and town below, and a sentence about why this matters to you. Then press Copy letter.

Step 3

Send it through their website

Members of Congress take messages through the contact form on their official website. Paste your letter there, or call their office using the short script.

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Your letter

Dear Member of Congress,

I am a constituent from [your town, state], and I am writing to ask you to support policies that help more Americans become owners of the businesses and capital that are doing more and more of the work in our economy.

As automation and artificial intelligence change how goods and services are produced, more of our national income goes to whoever owns the machines.  Employee stock ownership plans, first designed by Louis Kelso in 1956 and written into federal law in 1974, have already made millions of Americans owners of the companies where they work, without asking them to put up their own savings.

I hope you will support efforts to expand employee ownership and other ways for working families to earn a second income from ownership, alongside their wages.

Thank you for your time and your service.

Sincerely,
[your name]
[your town, state]

Prefer to call?

Hi, my name is [your name], and I’m a constituent from [your town]. I’m calling to ask the member to support policies that expand employee ownership and help more Americans become owners of the capital that’s doing more of the work. Thank you.

The Kelso Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization. This letter supports a broad goal, wider ownership of capital, and does not support or oppose any candidate or party.