Jennifer Petty: We have to fight back
Dear robert l., We walked into this year with high hopes that Congress would finally get something done. But this is almost like an abusive relationship. The Republicans in Congress will say and do anything to tear us all down. Please give $5 to stop the Republicans in Congress. The neoconservatives in the Senate have declared Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for defense secretary, enemy number 1. They have drawn out the process to confirm him and have gone to great lengths to demand the president withdraw his name. They want us all to forget that a majority of the Senate stated they would vote yes to confirm Mr. Hagel's nomination. Please give $5 to stop the Republicans in Congress. And when we thought it couldn’t get worse, the Republicans in Congress are moving the country dangerously close to the “sequester” deadline of March 1st without working out a deal with the White House. If sequester happens, there will be $85 billion in across-the-board cuts in discretionary programs — a devastating blow to middle-class families and the economy as a whole. Jobs will be lost. Programs will be sliced to pieces. They are willing to hurt the economy, our national security and the vital programs on which middle-class families depend. We have to fight back. Please give $5. These are just the latest two reasons to fight back. We must tell them that they can’t evade responsibility any longer. Thank you, Jennifer Petty Executive Director |