This & That Feb 1, 2012

Submitted by dspilko on February 1, 2012 - 3:25pm
Wed, 02/29/2012

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This & That ~ Jan 12, 2012

Submitted by Michael Mahler on January 12, 2012 - 8:40pm
Fri, 02/10/2012

 

This and That Jan 3, 2012

Submitted by dspilko on January 3, 2012 - 5:56pm
Tue, 01/31/2012
Lots going on right now--I'm sharing some of the stuff I've come across recently and would like to continue to bundle items like this into occasional emails for the local peace & justice community.
Barack Obama signed NDAA on New Years Eve (protest at offices of congressmembers, write letters to editor, call talk radio, donate to ACLU, tie it to Gitmo, make some noise about this ugly thing).

Fracking Fluid with Your Finals Round Up: Corbett Suggests Drilling on Campus to Make up for His Budget Cuts

Submitted by dspilko on April 21, 2011 - 10:43am

From the Pennsylvania Democrats press office:

Middle Class Needs Better Support to Remain Nation' s Economic Engine

Submitted by Evan Geraniotis on January 25, 2012 - 1:32pm

[A shortened version of this also appeared on Jan 24, 2012 as an Op-Ed in Erie Times News' Opinion Pages/Another View]

President Barack Obama invoked the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt before an audience in Kansas in December that “Government should help level the playing field to create equal opportunities”.  This is profoundly important for America's future and for its middle class which needs to remain the engine of our nation's economic prosperity.

Bain Capitalism Is About Profits Not Job Creation

Submitted by Evan Geraniotis on January 25, 2012 - 1:07pm

Mitt Romney, the front-runner Republican candidate for President, recently boasted about his record on job creation; this brought up his tenure as CEO of Bain Capital, a Private Equity firm, to the forefront of the national debate. Not only his mixed record on job creation at Bain was attacked by other Republican candidates and Democrats alike, but more importantly the nature and role of Private Equity, leverage buyouts and venture capitalism was put in question.

This & That Jan 24, 2012

Submitted by dspilko on January 24, 2012 - 9:39pm
Mon, 02/20/2012
Jan 28 - Erie Food Not Bombs Vegan Meal Noon at Perry Square Erie PA For info or to become involved: (814)923-2032 eriefoodnotbombs@gmail.comFind on Facebook. “We recover food that would have been discarded and share it as a way of protesting war and poverty. With fifty cents of every U.S.

On the proposed closing of the Erie Mail Processing Facility

Submitted by Michael Mahler on January 16, 2012 - 11:40pm

On Dec. 5, the U.S. Postal Service requested an advisory opinion from the U. S. Postal Regulatory Commission on a proposed service change that would eliminate overnight mail service for significant portions of first-class mail and periodicals.

Redistricting plan marginalizes Erie

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 15, 2012 - 3:42pm

The redistricting plan for congressional districts in Pennsylvania marginalizes Erie.

Following the 2010 census, redistricting was necessary and Pennsylvania is losing a seat, but this could have easily been done without splitting Erie County, home of the state's fourth-largest city.

For the first time, Erie County will be split into two congressional districts, and Millcreek Township into two districts. This means that we have less of a voice. Our poverty rates are the highest in the state and our voice is being marginalized by a gerrymandering approach to redistricting.

Tax-cut myths still prevail

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 15, 2012 - 3:38pm

The notion that cutting taxes for top earners spurs growth because they create jobs is flawed. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Tax Policy Center, for the period 1950-2010, higher employment growth occurred during years with higher top tax rates than during the last decade when we've had some of the lowest tax rates in 60 years.

The correlation between employment growth and tax rates seems very small, if any.

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