This is so important! Taking food from the poor to give to the cronys

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Congress Is Back In Town
Between downing shots at the Tom DeLay Schadenfraude Bar, and being your official representative to "Indictment Watch", there is a very important development today that we need to take notice of and act on immediately.

Congress is back in town and their first agenda item this week is to start cutting programs that help protect the oldest and most vulnerable members of society.

House Republican leaders have moved from balking at big cuts in Medicaid and other programs to embracing them, driven by pent-up anger from fiscal conservatives concerned about runaway spending and the leadership's own weakening hold on power.
Beginning this week, the House GOP lawmakers will take steps to cut as much as $50 billion from the fiscal 2006 budget for health care for the poor, food stamps and farm supports, as well as considering across-the-board cuts in other programs. Only last month, then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) and other GOP leaders quashed demands within their party for budget cuts to pay for the soaring cost of hurricane relief.

http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/10/congress_is_bac.html#comments

Please spread the word. We can NOT just watch them take medicine from the elderly, food from the poor, and then pretend that it's the Poor's fault in N.O. that the deficit is multiplying.

Repeat with me...IT'S THE WAR.

We've got lots of work to do. Please spread the word and keep this thread kicked/nominated.

[rosesaylavee]

1. Kicked.

Yes, and they are also considering gutting support to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

We need to remind them of the tax cuts and ask them to consider rolling them back first before sticking it to the poor and what remains of the middle class.

And nominated.

[ray of light]

21. thanks for kicking

[watrwefitinfor]

2. This needs to go to the top of the page and stay at the top.

Can you edit to put something in your subject line that says what it's about, so more people will read it? I think that would help a lot.

How DARE they consider these cuts in basic services to the elderly and disabled, to say nothing of the poor (and there are so many more of us than there were before his tax cuts).

We need to let the other news take its course today, and concentrate on blasting this. It will occupy us while we wait to hear about indictments. This must not be buried!

Wat

[ray of light]

5. better?

[watrwefitinfor]

6. Yes. Good move. (n/t)

[ray of light]

35. Call Congress & say, "REPEAL the TAXCUTS for the WEALTHY"

[rosesaylavee]

41. Hey. Nice Avatar. You are the first

I've seen beside me to have chosen HT. She is a personal hero of mine and everytime I think of changing her for another, I find that I don't see anyone else on the list that embodies what I think is the true American spirit - her courageous actions have not been matched or surpassed in the 150 years since she lived them.

IMHO

[watrwefitinfor]

47. For my 100th post - Thank you.

What better subject than the courageous and indomitable Ms. Tubman. She became my instant hero when I learned about her running away and then having the nerve to come back and lead people out. Then when I discovered she had actually fought with the army during the Civil War - well, no need to look no further for a hero.

Oh, and I meant to tell you how much I like your avatar, too. :-)

Wat

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48. great avatar! Can you write a LTE combining Tubman and

the political environment for minorities and poor today?

[rosesaylavee]

51. Yes, not aware of any other American who

1.) saved herself when no one would come to her rescue;
2.) risked her life, time and time again, to save **thousands** of others who society had abandoned in the same situation she had been in;
3.) spoke out about this abomination to freedom openly in the free press and in the society in which she settled;
4.) and risked her life living in open society while expressing the above views and openly acknowledging that she was going back and forth rescuing these unfortunates at a time when she could very well have been transported back against her will.
5.) and all the time, belonging to a race and a gender considered 'less than' with no family to come home to at the end of the day to give her sustenance in her off hours from her life's work.

She was amazingly strong and courageous and she did a lot for this country.

We may never know how many people owe their family lineage to this very brave American. And it is too bad that she is not more revered other than a passing mention in our grade school history books.

[ray of light]

42. Right...AND everyone needs to sign this too: (link below)

http://www.democracycellproject.net/pledge.shtml

[ray of light]

43. thank you for your advice this morning.

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60. Everyone please post your letters to the editor. Link:

http://www.democracycellproject.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=469

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Take the food from the people mouths

and next minute you know...... A POLICE STATE.
This is so sad.

[AuntiBush]

14. It Sure Is Sad - Sadder then Sad

[ray of light]

37. 202-224-3121 ask for your Congressman "Repeal the tax cuts--richests!"

[McKenzie]

4. I'm not American but - please kick this post

humanity knows no borders.

This is just sickening - the usual attack on those who don't have the power to fight back.

Fight like hell people - this is damned important.

[atommom]

7. kick!

[ray of light]

23. thanks for kicking

[niallmac]

8. To repeat an earlier post 'This is SOP for the GOP

Screw the poor.
Kicked and nominated.

[BamaBecky]

9. Start Writing those letters to the Congress!...n/t

[Tuesday_Morning]

10. This is a job for the DU Activist Corp

Dontcha think?

[mrcheerful]

11. You'll never get the right wing or the repukes to see that

to them theres no such thing as poor in america, they are just lazy and as far as the old go, well they got their pensions and SS to keep them going. The stories of retired workers and little old ladies eating dog food so they can afford their meds is just a liberal smoke screen, after all they are living off the fat of the land.

As long as americans have their jobs and don't suffer they bought the Reagan lie and continue to blame everything on the unemployed worker. I live in a state that requires that to get food stamps and help payiing bills, you either must be working 40 hours a week or activly seeking work, which means you sit at a Work First building for 8 hours a day learning how to fill out job applacations. if you do neither your cut off.

Yet the repukes are still telling these wingnuts that welfare is why the state has no money. Never mind that over 200 factory jobs have packed up and left the state, never mind Wal-mart came in and every store around them has went bankrupt and closed. The wingnuts say theres still plenty of good paying jobs, if only people will get off ther lazy butts and look for them. I even had one wingnut say that you hire yourself into a job, lol the business had no say in who got hired. Ever notice every wingnut is a self made self employed man? Even if they work for a company.

[ray of light]

36. not all Republicans feel that way, especially when pressure is placed on

them

[mrcheerful]

52. Thats always been my point,

until its them that lose their job or health care buries them in un-payable bills, they will always believe that they are the only ones that work hard to make ends meet. You can bet your bottom dollar that when they end up in the unemployment line they will be the loudest ones in the welfare office demanding their fair share.

I'm just tired of hearing them bash the poor and yell about welfare, yet not one word about corrupt welfare, which is costing them more then the best welfare year under Reagan.

give aways to the rich makes sense to them because they actually believe that they too will be one of the rich elite. Why? Reagan said so.

[AuntiBush]

12. Screw the Disabled, the Poor, the Hungry, the Elderly...

While the Chicken-hawks, and REpuks throw our military power around the world, as we're the most powerful nation on this planet. Yet, we can't take care of our:

Elderly
Disabled (home & our Vets)
Poor (includes plenty of us, now)
Pension-less (and those that have lost pensions, self included)
Disaster-relief (Katrina, etc.)
And those without medical insurance, period.

Seems many of the very wealthiest, most powerful in this country no longer give a rats-a$$ about the rest of us.

Edited: To add how my feelings about the GOP, below.

:banghead::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::banghead:

[wellstone dem]

13. It is bad enough that we made the poor in New Orleans

victims of Hurricane Katrina, now we are going to watch Congress try to make the poor throughout our country victims of that Hurricane too.

[wellstone dem]

15. and a kick as I head to work

[watrwefitinfor]

16. Another kick before I have to leave.

And a link to a related page I posed in GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5080630

Wat

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17. kick

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19. kick

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29. kick

:bounce:

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49. kick

[tmoore]

61. Kick

:kick:

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28. kicking

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

18. GOP is The Anti- Robin Hood Party

ARHP

Take from the poor to give to the rich.

Shamelessly too.

[skids]

24. The `hood robbin` party? n/t

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

39. LOL! or The Hooded Robbin' party? n/t

[ray of light]

32. Yes...steal from the poor, give to the rich...

Republicans in Michigan agreed to work just for showing up one day per week over the summer. In the meantime they refuse to raise the minimum wage. They feel their efforts are worth $1530 just for showing up that one day! I say...balance the budget and GIVE them a permanent vacation! Forget reducing medicaire or other funds.

Definately...stealing from the poor...you know, our tax dollars pay their salary.

[UrbScotty]

20. How un-Christian and not pro-life. (nt)

[JoMama49]

22. if the repugs do this, it will be a purely evil act!

[file83]

25. Medicaid budget cuts = Artificial Inheritance TAX for Lower Mid Class

If those bastards cut Medicaid, that means my 98 year old grandmother's care will start to tap deeper into her life savings. A savings whose interest pays for the costs current Medicaid won't cover. If they cut the budget, they cut into my future inheritance.

So when those GOP bastards claim they don't want a "death tax", well, they can stick their foots in their mouths if they pass this budget cut, because it's "death tax" on lay away.

[bonito]

26. Kick

[malaise]

27. Great news

Kick

[TayTay]

30. kick

And yes, I'm calling everyone. (I'm in MAss. Better yet, I'll call my NH borther and have him call his Rethug Sens & reps. Maybe that it'll help or give them a good laugh. Either way.)

[FizzFuzz]

31. the War AND tax cuts for bazillionaires

wasn't the treasury drained after turdweasel's election coup, but before the war? IIRC

I'm surprised Delay called to stop these kind of cuts..wonder what his motivation for that was. It couldn't have been humanitarian concern.

[ray of light]

33. everyone keep the calls and faxes going to Republicans

and tell them CUT the WAR and KEEP THE FUNDS FOR THE POOR.

I told mine to eliminate the tax cuts for the weathiest 5% to help reduce the budget.

TAX CUTS FOR THE SUPER RICH MUST GO!!!!

[happydreams]

34. Money to liberate Iraq, but none for our own people?

infuriating.

[ray of light]

38. writing a letter to the editor right now.

[donkeyotay]

40. Robinhood in reverse. GOP corruption and cronyism

They've been transferring wealth from the poor, the working poor and the middle class. Then they turn right around and blame the poor for being poor. Congress has options: roll back the tax cut, amend the Medicare bill to allow price negotiations, stop privatization and throw a few contractors in jail, invade the Caymans and find out what happened to America's wealth... but my top choice is to cancel Star Wars.

[OzarkDem]

44. Leaving people with less than nothing

Cuts to Medicaid and other programs leave many people with little or no income assistance and massive medical debt when they experience catastrophic illness or injury.

You'll see hundreds of thousands of working class people go straight from middle class lifestyles to foreclosure, eviction, homeless shelters or living with family or friends.

[IndyOp]

45. Congress Toll Free: 1-877-SOB-U-SOB

I LOVE IT! SOB-U-SOB -- For Congress Critters and Senators!

:bounce:

[mzmolly]

46. !

Thanks for the thread.

[Rainscents]

50. This is so sad. I called all my representives today and they're all

voting against this bill! We all must put lot of pressure on our reps!!!

[mrcheerful]

53. Mike Pence (R) on C-Span

We must make fair cuts on spending. So everyone has to accept the cuts the prez and repukes has decided to make on the poor. After all its time that the poor pay their fair share. Lmaof, what about taxing the top 5% again, instead of giving them more tax cuts Mike?

[zanne]

54. I saw Pence on C-Span, too.

What exactly do they mean by "entitlement" programs? He called the Medicare prescription program an "entitlement". I agree that the program stinks because it benefits mostly HMO's and pharmaceutical companies. I'm just wondering about what is defined as an entitlement program. Can we just use that word on anything, like the tax cuts? Are the tax cuts for the wealthy an "entitlement" program?

[mrcheerful]

56. Entitlements are

anything thats used to help poor and working class americans, ie..Welfare, food stamps, medicaid and medicare, home heating assistance, school lunch programs for poor kids. The entitlements to corporate america is not called entitlements, the repukes call it investing in america. If you noticed Pence also said the tax cuts to the rich must remain untouched, but he's will to increase the taxes on the working man.

[ray of light]

58. great ad campaign there!

Also, intersperce pictures of the poor (minorities) in N.O. starving on their roof tops.

THEN blazened in RED...the words..."Entitlement Programs not welcome here." AND the opposing picture with the billionaires in thier posh houses with and the words blazened across their castle like mansions..."ENTITLEMENT STARTS HERE!"

[ray of light]

55. new day..new calls..new LTE's...come on gang...LET'S ROLL!!!

[grumpy old fart]

57. My email to my Senator, Bill Frist,,,ain't I lucky!!

"This week, our committees are taking up the hard work of thoughtfully considering spending cuts to ensure fiscal discipline, particularly in light of our responsibilities in the wake of Hurricane Katrina."
(From the Frist Web page)


Doesn't all this lying just keep you awake at night? Way before Katrina this country was plunged deep into deficits by huge tax cut for the rich and an illegal war of aggression. Both of which you continue to support. It's just like you, and this administration, to take a disaster as an opportunity to cut funding for the poor and vulnerable.

[ray of light]

59. My letter to the local paper:

GOF...Love the name! lol.

My LTE to my local paper:

In 2000, when Clinton left office President Bush and the Republicans in Congress were left with a windfall of money. But like a drug addict selling his soul for a fix, they whipped through that money within three years and created the largest deficits this country has ever known.

Why?

Why...to give to the rich and line their own pockets, you know! The consequences of their choice to give large OUR tax dollar refunds to the rich CEO's and still chose to go to war has suddenly occured to them.

So what do they do?

They create...Robin Hood gone bad! Steal from the poor to give to the rich.

Check your pockets. Are they lined with money? Are your finances worse than before? Well, better hang tight to your wallet, because their latest war against the poor is coming at you!

Medicaire recipients...give those Republicans your money! Job out sourced but still unemployed...hand them that penny in your pocket! Make less than 100,000 a year, well HAND OVER YOUR MONEY; THIS IS A STICK UP! Give them your last dime and don't expect to declare Bankruptcy either because the Republican majority already passed the Bill the Credit Industry wrote for them.

Ah...Billionaire Bob...need more money? Here's another tax break for you.

[dwahzon]

62. kicking n/t

[Wilms]

63. kick n/t

[ray of light]

64. thank you. Letter writing link:

http://www.democracycellproject.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=469

(scroll to the capwiz or d.u. one. or pick an adress from the LOOONG list! ;)