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A spoonful of help
Baltimore Sun Editorial
August 1, 2007
Congress and the Bush administration have been awfully kind to the pharmaceutical industry in recent years. Now it’s time for taxpayers to get a little something in return. Legislation expected to be introduced today by Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen would allow uninsured low- and moderate-income adults to […]

http://scholarsandrogues.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/forget-sen-vitters-penis-follow-his-money/
Forget Sen. Vitter’s penis: Follow his money

Dear Stephen,
President Bush has vowed to veto a major upcoming spending bill that invests in America — even as he continues to spend countless billions on his war in Iraq,
On July 17, your Congressional Representatives will reveal their true priorities. Do they support investing in America or not?
This 4th of July week, […]

Income Inequality: A Public Health Problem
McCamyTaylor in Diaries
http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/1/18/215649/131?commentorder=newest
Income inequality means more than 40 million people lacking health insurance or millions more having insufficient health insurance that does not cover preventive care. The gap between the income or wealth of those with the highest ammount of money in a society and those with the […]

Affirmative Action for the Poor
In the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court ruling gutting affirmative action to deal with the historical impact of racial discrimination, I propose that Democratic political figures should push for new laws promoting affirmative action on behalf of poor Americans of all races. Unequal educational opportunities are an important factor contributing […]

http://www.changetowin.org/connect/2007/04/unions_the_answer_to_rising_in.html
Unions: the Answer to Rising Income Inequality
It’s difficult to comprehend an economy where a corporate executive leaves his office every night wearing a watch that cost more than the building janitor makes in a year.
But that is the reality of an economy where income inequality is growing more extreme by the day.
Money is moving […]

(Contact your State Senator and Representative to make sure they oppose this effort to dis-enfranchise voters who don’t drive, etc)
From Tennessee Democratic Party:
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS OPPOSE VOTER SUPPRESSION
Democrats in both the House and Senate stood up to Republican legislation aimed at disenfranchising voters.
Senator Joe Haynes, D-Goodlettsvile, argued that some senior citizens who do not […]