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"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." --George Orwell
December's Lowdown
Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What a paragraph! This sparse, 52-word opening of our Constitution did not merely launch a fledgling nation--but a bold experiment in democratic idealism.
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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
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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.