[lbo-talk] Re: M19 in New York City

John Bizwas bizwas at lycos.com
Mon Mar 21 05:06:57 PST 2005


NN writes:


>>Um, did you even pay attention to the vote on Medicaid cuts this week
in the Senate? Bush proposed slashing aid and it was only solid Democratic opposition, and a few GOP defections, that led to the budget cuts being restored.>>

Um, did you notice the topic was about STOPPING THE WAR with demonstrations and party politics? STOPPING THE WAR. Anyway, thank god for a few good Repugs to help out the hapless Demoncrats once again.

NN continues:


>>In New Jersey, Dems just raised the minimum wage by $2 per hour, even
as the GOP refuses to allow the increase at the national level. For full- time minimum wage workers in New Jersey, the difference between Dem control locally and GOP contol nationally is $4160 per year in income.>>

My goodness, from stopping slashed Medicaid spending to a wage victory in N.J. I sense a real rollback here.


>>$4000 may not be meaningful to you, but for low-income families without
your privileges, the difference in their lives is quite large. It takes a hell of a lot of class privilege to keep yapping about the lack of political differences between the parties. >>

Takes a hell of a lot of class privilege to run as a Democrat, or haven't you noticed?


>>Every serious advocate for the poor and working families, from unions
to poverty organizers, clearly see those differences.>>

Tell it to the 100,000 dead of Iraq, Mr. Newman, afterall, the thread was about stopping the war.

Fugazy

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