Dear, Mr. President...

Mr. President,
I am writing you on behalf of the newly discovered Purgatory. I am a representative of District # 5 of Purgatory. We request the United States assistance in coming out of this economic downturn. I read about you in the newspaper and hear you giving out free bailouts. The Prime Minister of Purgatory, um i guess God has asked for a bailout of 275 billion Dollars which is 7 trillion here in purgatory. Of course you are very familiar with trillions and compared to your recent spending this should be nothing.

Let me inform you of the day we were found so you can get some background information.
It was a few days ago when we were praparing for our state and local elections. I was heading out to vote and then I saw a flash of light, and a portal opened. Out from this came three earthlings. One was quite tall and had short hair. The other was some what tall with a very interesting way of speaking. The third was on the short side, and looked like a mushroom.

Then i heard a shoud "This is Purgatory!" I was amazed. could this be the day we are finaly discovered? Later more and more people had found us and each came with a bowl of soup. They quickly adapted the laws and ways of Purgatory. Now back to business. We here in Purgatory are in the middle of a recession. We could like a bailout. We have seen how well you have managed to ruin, er-um help your Auto Industry by robbing-i mean using money given to you by the tax payers.

We are a prime economic giant and if we were to go under the world would suffer around the globe. I hope you and your economic team will see to do this and help out.

--Sincerley,
St. Peter
Purgatory Representative Dist. #5