The budget battle is growing ever more desperate for the poor!! Please help by

[GreenPartyVoter]

contacting your Congressional representatives and media figures:

Fact: There are 43 million Americans living in poverty.

Fact: More and more Americans are relying on social services such as WIC, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Fact: Congress is poised to slash funding to all of these services, leaving those 43 million people with nowhere to turn. There is no charity, no church, possessing the wherewithal to help every single person in need.

Fact: You have the right to contact your representatives and tell them how you want your government to work! Let them know that it is not ok to abandon the most vulnerable members of our society!


Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53510.html
Source: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=308&topic_id=1243&mesg_id=1243

Contacts
Amy Goodman and “Democracy Now!”
http://www.democracynow.org/about/contact

Rachel Maddow
[e-mail]

More media:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111

Congressional representatives:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt

Please help me keep this kicked to the top of the forum! Thank you! :grouphug:

[bobbolink]

1. Please, DUers.... take these simple actions Today. This is TRAGIC.

:cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Tragic.. and shameful! We're number 1.. except when we're dead last, such as in providing

social services.

[Shallah Kali]

26. America is #1 in thinking it is a more noble and compassionate country than it really is

it drives me to despair.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. So true.

[GreenPartyVoter]

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[bobbolink]

33. There is plenty of evidence that other countries do much better on both counts.

We just haven't done very well at pointing it out.

[chervilant]

43. Ahhhh...

You must've seen where we rank with regards to providing health care to our general populace: DEAD LAST!

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. kick

[Donnachaidh]

2. recommend k&r n/t

:kick:

[leftstreet]

3. K&R You should maybe include links to rightwing media people

And no that's not crazy. Good stuff here, but left leaning media already know this. So do our esteemed elected representatives

Picture Limbaughs and O'Reillys getting slammed with emails

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. You can find them on the "more media" link. :^) I included Amy and Rachel here because they weren't

included there. (And to be honest, the leftish media isn't doing as a good a job discussing poverty as they could be, so it's still important to remind them that America is more than just the middle class. :hi:)

[leftstreet]

11. LOLOL Check out the Poll on this O'Reilly site LOLOL

Went looking for some email/contacts, sorry didn't have much luck

If you were empowered to make large cuts in one of the four big budget items, which would it be?

Defense
Medicare
Medicaid
Social Security

Thank you for participating in The O'Reilly Poll. Your response has been recorded.
Bill will reveal the results on The O'Reilly Factor after the voting period has closed. Watch The O'Reilly Factor or check back here on BillOReilly.com for results.

http://www.billoreilly.com/

Why on EARTH would they even ask that?

:rofl:

And why do I suspect there's a reason we can't see the results?

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I picked defense. LOL I can't believe they even included that. I guess it was their attempt at

"fair and balanced." :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

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[GreenPartyVoter]

69. kick

[jwirr]

4. These services are the basic needs for survival and to take them

away will cause some of the greatest hardships in our country since the Great Depression. Please for all of those in need in your community and across the nation call or write your congress person.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Yes, thank you!

[GreenPartyVoter]

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[bobbolink]

9. Thank you! And it won't be tracked, so we will never know how many more become homeless

or die because of these draconian cuts.

Thank you for caring! :applause:

[mntleo2]

17. And if any reader thinks 'this doesn't affect me' you are wrong!

To the reader who ignores these pleas:

...because whether or not you ever use the safety net, your contribution to it helps fight for decent livable wages, access to education, health issues, and housing stability. Without these things you can guarantee the increase in crime, homelessness, substance abuse issues, serious health issues, and more.

For instance, did you know within the homeless populations there is a deadly and incurable form of TB that is being ignored? Not only are the infected in terrible agony because of lack of treatment, TB is a infectious disease. No matter how much hand soap, disinfectants or whatever you use, TB bacteria just get stronger and more resistant. It ignores and rapidly morphs into a stronger bug from using those "normal" preventions and is just waiting to infect more people. It is infecting the homeless at alarming rates. Think it is going to say, "oh here is a middle class person, think I will just skip them and jump to that homeless lady over there ..."?

Please do not blame the homeless for this horrible disease waiting to infect the general population. It is because these people do not even have a stable place to sleep and sleep in shelters where they contract it from others. You cannot expect the shelter intake workers to be doctors to detect it, and even if they were, should some person with TB be thrown out, like the lepers of old? The medical industry in this country is already ignoring recognized diseases, and they refuse to administer any real help to these people. Housing shortages add to this forcing people to sleep in shelters or on the street. Health departments are being cut and have other diseases to battle that are just as bad, along with this TB strain.

Additionally, if YOU ever need these services, as more and more middle class people do, it will not be there for you.

Point being, it is more than moral, it is life saving and to one's benefit to listen to: "What you do to the least of these, you do to me ..."

Cat in Seattle

[bobbolink]

20. There is a government warning out to people when they are in a shelter for a month.

They are warned to get a TB test.

Yes.

Of course, how many have access to such is another question.

Yet, "liberals" think shelters are the answer. They are.... about like war is the answer.

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. This is so scary. :^(

[bobbolink]

52. But, you know what..... after what Cat is posting, I think this warning has nothing to do with the

Resistant cases.. or maybe, they are getting rid of the Resistant cases????

Have a good sleep.... :(

[GreenPartyVoter]

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[GreenPartyVoter]

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[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, GreenPartyVoter.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Thank you, and thanks to bobbolink and mntleo2 for the facts and support!

[mntleo2]

13. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!

...Just wanted to say your stats are important to note ~ and we are beginning to see they are just the tip of the iceberg. Much more sitting underneath the ice water than what is being admitted at this time, as many of us already know.

Thanks!

Love,
Cat

[undeterred]

14. Kick!

[Odin2005]

15. K&R

[bobbolink]

27. Hi, Odin!

:hi:

[Odin2005]

29. Hi bobbie!

:hug:

[Starry Messenger]

16. k&r

[G_j]

18. thank you

[RKP5637]

19. K&R !!! n/t

[TheBigotBasher]

21. K&R

America's poor is a Country gone to waste


25 South Africa 49,991,300 July 1, 2010 0.72% Statistics South Africa
26 South Korea 48,988,833 2011 0.71% Statistics Korea
27 Spain 46,152,925 January 1, 2011 0.67% Official INE estimate
28 Colombia 45,945,000 April 21, 2011 0.66% Official Colombian Population clock
29 Ukraine 45,778,500 January 1, 2011 0.66% Official UKRSTAT estimate
30 The poor, USA 43.6 MILLION September 17, 2010 Reuters
30 Sudan 43,192,000 2010 0.62% 2008 UN estimate for year 2010
31 Tanzania 43,187,823 2010 0.62% Official estimate
32 Argentina 40,091,359 October 27, 2010 0.58% Provisional census results
33 Kenya 38,610,097 August 24-25, 2009 0.56% Official census results
34 Poland 38,092,000 mid-2010 0.55% Official estimate
35 Algeria 36,300,000 January 1, 2011 0.53% Official estimate
36 Canada 34,425,000 April 21, 2011 0.5% Official Canadian Population clock
37 Morocco 32,123,000

[bobbolink]

23. WOW... look where that puts us! Waste, indeed. TRAGIC!

Thank you for posting that! :cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Quick before dinner quick.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. Erm.. that was supposed to be "kick."

[mntleo2]

36. KICK!!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[bobbolink]

60. I meant what you know.

:)

[Crazy Dave]

24. K&R

Thanks for caring :hi:

[maryf]

25. K&R

bookmarked for contact info too! Thanks!

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. kick

[Ignis]

32. K&R

:kick:

[crickets]

34. K&R

[Forkboy]

35. K&R

[Kurovski]

37. K&R

[onestepforward]

38. K&R

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Morning kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

81. evening kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

92. Yet another kick!

[riderinthestorm]

40. Back to the top with this wonderful thread! nt

[lonestarnot]

41. K & R!

[GreenPartyVoter]

42. Kickin' back to the first page

[chervilant]

44. K&R !!!!! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. kick

[WillyT]

49. Kick !!!

:kick:

[GreenPartyVoter]

88. Thx!

[slipslidingaway]

50. kick - we have wars of aggression instead :) n/t

[bobbolink]

55. Nice way to excuse it.

[slipslidingaway]

57. There is no excuse and my comment was not meant to be one ...

our spending tells us what our priorities are, unfortunately people suffering is not one of them.

:(

[bobbolink]

59. Yes, it is a copout.... we still have the same spending, yet Madison people ARE standing up and

taking action.

It is up to US... the more we give excuses, the more people suffer and die.

WE. ARE. RESPONSIBLE.

[slipslidingaway]

61. It is not an excuse, we choose to spend on certain things and if we spend it ...

on war other programs suffer, we need to call attention to war spending so that money can be redirected to people.

:)

[bobbolink]

63. I'll try one more time... EVERYONE can stand up for JUSTICE for poor people

and they can do it NOW.

This waiting until the wars end is bullshit.

MADISON didn't wait until the wars end, yet you ignore that.

GAys didn't wait until the wars end, but they got DADT.

There are lots of examples like that, but somehow, middleclass "progressives" just can't see what is right in front of their faces.

I wonder why that is?

[slipslidingaway]

64. I do understand your comment, but people will say we cannot afford that ...

and a large reason, to the tune of a trillion dollars plus, is the wars we are currently in. Now that does not necessarily mean that once we are no longer paying for wars that money will just flow to the poor, far from it! But there is a connection and people will use that as an excuse ... we do not have the money they will say. Then where is the money being spent and how can we redirect that money to those most in need, there is a connection.

IMHO it does no good to alienate those who agree with you.

:hi:

[bobbolink]

68. "People will say we cannot afford that". AND, those are the people of the RW. THEY are the ones

selling this stuff that this country is broke.

The more we keep saying it is all about the wars, the more we let poor and homeless people suffer and die.

THAT is the crux of it, and there is no point in arguing the point. IF you think that is "alienating" people who "agree", then I guess any disagreement is "alienation".

Whatever. Let us all die. I am to the point where I don't care all that much. Which is maybe what is wanted.

[slipslidingaway]

75. I think we can fight on more than one front, and we need to. The RW is Obama telling...

the country that we are broke and needing to cut entitlement expenditures, while spending billions overseas, I do understand the need to keep fighting on both fronts.

It is not just the RW saying this stuff, Obama started saying this before the inauguration, it did not get much play on DU at the time, just like his statements to escalate the war in Afghanistan did not make DU headlines, they were dismissed.

Do you think Obama is part of the RW - serious question.

[GreenPartyVoter]

56. Sadly, that is so true.

[slipslidingaway]

62. We're well over a trillion dollars for the current wars, we need to focus on people here ...

that are suffering.

[upi402]

51. OP's name says a lot

Obviously there are many here who loathe the Green Party and non-corporate policy. But the action needs to happen, no mATTER WHAT VEHICLE.

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. Thanks! Many things transcend party or any other affiliation, and this sure is one of them.

:hi:

[upi402]

58. I was a green partier for a bit

now I'm just furious! lol

I can't vote for a corporatist and hadn't until Obama - a known entity to me. But I just can't do it again. I can't enable the elimination of an opposition to corporatism.

[GreenPartyVoter]

54. bedtime kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. No really. This time i'm really going to bed. KICK

[bobbolink]

71. heh... after one more slice of pizza... ~~chuckle~~

Good Job, Green Party Voter! You do so well at holding up the banner of action!

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

72. The pizza is in mortal combat with the apple crisp. I am telling you right now, never mix those two.

*claps hand over mouth*

[bobbolink]

73. That was a tad too graphic. There are some fights that just don't end well.

But I would be very happy to take the apple crisp off your hands. :rofl:

Free of charge. :hug:

[bobbolink]

74. a post for the pizza and a post for the apple crisp wasn't necessary.

:loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

66. kick

[butterfly77]

76. Kicked&Recommended...

:kick:

[bobbolink]

79. Thanks! Lives hang in the balance.

[GreenPartyVoter]

91. More lives every single day. :^(

[Chris_Texas]

77. kr

[Skidmore]

80. Problem is that there is a contingent of DUers now who seem

to think that only the President is responsible for the laws and Congress has nothing to do with it. The focus is on tearing a Democratic administration down and not holding these Republicans in Congress responsible for anything.

[GreenPartyVoter]

83. Yes, people need to remember to hold the Congress critters accountable. I know that this thread has

dropped over the weekend, but I am hoping tomorrow to find more DUers who haven't called yet and remind them that time is running short.

[bobbolink]

84. It is also about doing a lot more than calling politicians.

[GreenPartyVoter]

85. Definitely! This is but one avenue toward making a difference.

[TheKentuckian]

86. Kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

87. Going-out-for-a-walk-kick

[butterfly77]

89. K&R..

:fistbump:

[GreenPartyVoter]

90. Thx! :^D

[GreenPartyVoter]

93. kick

[GreenPartyVoter]

94. kick