01-09-2009, 12:01 PM
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Post Whore!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Cali
Posts: 13,222
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got this email this morning
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Dear MoveOn member,
The bad news: As of this morning, unemployment hit a 16-year high. We're in trouble.1
The good news: Yesterday, President-elect Obama laid out a bold plan for how to get us out of this economic crisis and invest in 3 million jobs. It's smart and progressive—doubling clean energy production, providing health care for laid-off workers, and offering real relief to struggling states.2
But the most important parts are already under attack by oil and health insurance lobbyists, joined by congressional conservatives who want to replace these progressive provisions with tax cuts for the rich.3
Only a massive public outcry will get Obama's plan passed intact. Can you sign our petition to Congress to pass Obama's economic plan right away? Click here to add your name:
MoveOn.org Political Action: Obama's plan under attack
In a few days, MoveOn members across the nation will deliver the petition signatures to the local offices of key undecided lawmakers, so every signature is crucial!
The petition says: "Congress should quickly pass Obama's plan to invest in clean energy, green jobs, health care, and relief for struggling states. No more tax cuts for the rich."
The investments Obama wants to make are the most effective way to stimulate the economy in the short-term and invest for the long-term:
* doubling clean energy production in three years;
* building a smart electric grid to distribute clean energy;
* weatherizing federal buildings and homes;
* creating millions of new green jobs;
* helping laid-off workers afford health care; and
* making sure struggling cities and states don't have to slash services.4
But conservatives in Congress are countering Obama's plan with a proposal for more tax cuts that will primarily benefit the wealthy,5 even though, as Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman affirms, "public investment is a much better way to provide economic stimulus than tax cuts."6
And energy industry lobbyists are quietly working behind the scenes to kill some of the most important green jobs provisions in the bill.
All the bickering is severely delaying Obama's plan, which he originally hoped to pass by Inauguration Day. As Obama said yesterday, if we don't act in time, "a bad situation could become dramatically worse."7
And it's not just the economy that could suffer. If Obama doesn't win big on this first fight, he won't have the political momentum to keep going on health care, clean energy, and ending the war in Iraq.
Can you get Obama's back by urging Congress to pass his economic recovery plan immediately? Clicking here will add your name:
MoveOn.org Political Action: Obama's plan under attack
Thanks for all you do.
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