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In This Issue
Dressed up in their designer suits, they trade in human cargo
The new racketeers
Also in this issue:
- Zapping the beef supply
- Granny d marches on!
- Postmodern piracy
- Suffer the little children
- Hogs at the trough
- Charity begins in the house
- Bill's beer
Do Something!
February's Lowdown
How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.
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Charity begins in the house
Won't you help? This is a group of Americans who've not had a pay raise in more than a year. Inflation is eating into their families' standard of living. Many are even having a hard time covering the pay of their Filipino nannies. These are our members of congress, turning to you with their big, sad eyes saying: "COLA." Not Coca-Cola, but "Cost-of-Living-Adjustment."
Speaker Hastert and Democratic leader Richard Gephardt have formed a bipartisan front to okay a $4,600 COLA pay hike for this depressed class, boosting them to a barely adequate $144,300 a year.
Speaker Hastert needs your help now to get this money approved for our hard-hit lawmakers. Call him at 212-225-0600 and tell him what you think about giving a $4,600 COLA to members of congress. Thanks for caring.