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We Want Healthcare NOT Warfare--NOW!

Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2008-04-23 05:29.

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Under threats from George Bush that he will veto any war funding legislation that contains domestic spending and potential layoffs looming within the Defense Department if the legislation is not immediately passed, Congress is now considering appropriations for the Iraq occupation.

Apparently, that’s not their only consideration. House Democratic leaders are also considering the general election. In a patently political move, leadership is considering adding an additional $70 billion to the $102 billion outstanding from Bush’s FY2008 request in order to remove the funding issue from the electoral debate.

That’s crazy-thinking. To continue the war just to end it later is not a long-term winning political strategy, nor does it address our critical needs:

* An estimated 9000 Americans have died since the beginning of the Iraq war because they lack health insurance.
* Millions are losing their homes because of our economic crisis brought on in large part by war spending.
* Roads, bridges, and schools are crumbling.
* We’re losing far more jobs than we are creating as gasoline profits and prices soar.

Withdrawing our troops and mercenaries and addressing these pressing human needs is a long-term winning electoral strategy. The American people want our military involvement in Iraq to end and our resources directed to meeting our needs at home.

It is crazy-thinking to give this irresponsible and dangerous administration a blank check worth $70 billion to spend without a clear plan for a swift, safe, and orderly withdrawal of the military, accompanied by an economic recovery plan that works for all of us.

Take Action Today! Please call Speaker Pelosi at (202) 225-2847 and Rep. John Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee at (202) 225-4965. Tell them:

* We want Healthcare NOT Warfare!

* $172 billion more on top of the estimated $3 trillion Iraq price tag is unacceptable.

Yours in the movement,

Tim Carpenter
National Director

PS--Please ask your friends to sign the Healthcare NOT Warfare petition.

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funding the illegal occupation

Submitted by Darwin26 on Wed, 2008-04-23 05:53.

So if the concept behind Traitor Pelosi's thought is to weight the funding bill with domestic accounts and it will keep Bush from signing the funding bill as he has said domestic assignments will do ... What makes the dufus Dems like Pelosi think they will out smart Rov.
He'll sign the bill, sheeeeeeeesh. And do a signing stmt!!! Pelosi should be impeached before Anyone.
Impeach Pelosi First.

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Wage/Salary balance, not welfare...

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-04-24 06:41.

In October, 1973 the 'pre-OPEC/(Israeli War)' MINIMUM wage was $1.65/hour and the HIGHEST single salary was $300,000./year.

For 35 years: the nominal 'Federal Reserve BANKING CORPORATON', an international zionist banking cabal, has conspired to keep low wages from growing, while encouraging the adding of zeros to top salaries and the inflation of the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter and education; and non essentials such as insurance, police financial oppressions, and have rendered mobility, news and communication to be restricted activities.

The solution is to cap salaries at $20 million/year; Tax heavily above that level; set price controls for insurance, morgages and a host of other goods and services; and raise minimum wage to $55/hour. Let us take care of ourselves and our elderly or buy insurance if we choose...!

If 9,000 fellow citizens died from LACK of health insurance, how many more have died because they HAD insurance and could, therefore; be poisoned by the legalized CRIMINAL drug makers like Monsanto? How many more have died from eating the poisoned food supply controlled by the same culprets: Monsanto, DuPont, Synenta et al, and including money lenders, who have userped control of congress and the rest of our government?

The domestic 'sleeping giant' is rapidly awakening.

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