Have you got sixty seconds to spare?
Of course you do.
So do me a favor: seriously consider how you will react when the Republican-dominated Congress uses the 'Nuclear Option' to approve judges to the highest courts in this country, judges who have been nominated simply because they will advance a right-wing, conservative Christian agenda.
Think about it.
Then go to the People's Filibuster and register to be a reader (or just lend support) during our 24 hour filibuster on at the Joseph Moakley Court House in Boston.
If everyone spoke for just sixty seconds I would need 8640 voices to cover that 24 our period. If you just want to express your frustration or -in addition to signing up for the event, place your sixty second speech on the 24-hour filibuster blog at: http://www.24HourFilibuster.blogspot.com
Then ask a friend to do the same.
-Frank Mand, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Delahunt Hosting Forum in Barnstable on Social Security
Rep. Bill Delahunt will host public forums this month for South Shore and Cape & Island residents, focusing on the future of Social Security.
The forums, which will feature Social Security Administration officials and other national experts, are scheduled for Monday, April 25 in Barnstable and Quincy:
Time: 9:30 - 11 am
Place: Cape Cod Community College
2244 Iyanough Road
West Barnstable
According to a release from Delahunt: "the April 25 forums are intended to clarify the nature and scope of the system’s problems and to outline various proposals to address them. Presentations will attempt to place the current debate in a historical context and to “connect the dots” to other developments – including the just-announced spike in Medicare premiums, which impact beneficiaries just as directly as any changes in Social Security policy."
Delahunt says he wants to hear "first-hand" the view of area residents – both current and future beneficiaries, and that, to date, the discussion has been "cheapened by demagoguery on all sides” .
I personally think it would be important for progressives from every local group to attend this meeting and to insist that any changes to the Social Security system meet three basic principles:
1. No reduction in benefits
2. National 401K Plan in addition to Social Security
3. New Revenue from combination of repeal of tax cuts for wealthiest 2% (including re-instatement of modified Estate Tax) and raising the point at which SS taxes end.
We are well into this 'fight', and although I know it is important for elected officials to listen to their constituents, members of Congress are elected as 'leaders'. I hope to hear Congressman Delahunt tell us what he thinks we should do to reform Social Security.
Email address for Delahunt: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
The forums, which will feature Social Security Administration officials and other national experts, are scheduled for Monday, April 25 in Barnstable and Quincy:
Time: 9:30 - 11 am
Place: Cape Cod Community College
2244 Iyanough Road
West Barnstable
According to a release from Delahunt: "the April 25 forums are intended to clarify the nature and scope of the system’s problems and to outline various proposals to address them. Presentations will attempt to place the current debate in a historical context and to “connect the dots” to other developments – including the just-announced spike in Medicare premiums, which impact beneficiaries just as directly as any changes in Social Security policy."
Delahunt says he wants to hear "first-hand" the view of area residents – both current and future beneficiaries, and that, to date, the discussion has been "cheapened by demagoguery on all sides” .
I personally think it would be important for progressives from every local group to attend this meeting and to insist that any changes to the Social Security system meet three basic principles:
1. No reduction in benefits
2. National 401K Plan in addition to Social Security
3. New Revenue from combination of repeal of tax cuts for wealthiest 2% (including re-instatement of modified Estate Tax) and raising the point at which SS taxes end.
We are well into this 'fight', and although I know it is important for elected officials to listen to their constituents, members of Congress are elected as 'leaders'. I hope to hear Congressman Delahunt tell us what he thinks we should do to reform Social Security.
Email address for Delahunt: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Tell Delahunt to Vote Against the Repeal of the Estate Tax
The Bush administration's tax cuts over the last four years have led to big cuts in vital health and other services to working families, while exploding the national debt. Those tax cuts for millionaires, and the resulting budget deficits, are also a wasteful use of resources that could be used to shore up Social Security and Medicare.
This week, in what can only be described as a dramatic display of contempt for American families, Congress will try to permanently repeal the estate tax (helping the super-rich) and pass bankruptcy reform (hurting the middle class) at the same time.
This first vote will likely come today! Please call your representative right now and let them know you oppose both the repeal of the estate tax and the bankruptcy law changes.
Call:
Congressman William Delahunt
Local phone: 617-770-3700
DC Phone: 202-225-3111
(Toll Free: 800-794-9911)
Tell the staffer who answers that you are a constituent and that you would like Rep. Delahunt to vote against the repeal of the estate tax and against the bankruptcy bill because both reforms side with the super-rich and corporations over middle class families. Ask the staffer to send you a letter explaining the representative's position.
Email address for Delahunt: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
This week, in what can only be described as a dramatic display of contempt for American families, Congress will try to permanently repeal the estate tax (helping the super-rich) and pass bankruptcy reform (hurting the middle class) at the same time.
This first vote will likely come today! Please call your representative right now and let them know you oppose both the repeal of the estate tax and the bankruptcy law changes.
Call:
Congressman William Delahunt
Local phone: 617-770-3700
DC Phone: 202-225-3111
(Toll Free: 800-794-9911)
Tell the staffer who answers that you are a constituent and that you would like Rep. Delahunt to vote against the repeal of the estate tax and against the bankruptcy bill because both reforms side with the super-rich and corporations over middle class families. Ask the staffer to send you a letter explaining the representative's position.
Email address for Delahunt: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
Friday, April 08, 2005
Plymouth Democratic Town Committee
Plymouth Democratic Town Committee
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