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Greens Call for Dramatic Measures to Reverse the Nation's Economic Direction and to Eradicate Poverty.
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Edited | The Oncoming Storm Feb 18, 2004 10:16pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Current policies, including Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy and attacks on wages, benefits, and the social net, are driving more and more working people into poverty, charge Greens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Citing the fall in incomes, benefits, and living standards for millions of working Americans, Green Party leaders called for a drastic reordering of economic priorities.
"The $2.4 trillion FY2005 budget plan released by President Bush on February 3 sacrifices domestic 'social safety net' programs and fiscal relief for states, for the sake of defense boondoggles and tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations," said Marnie Glickman, Oregon Green and co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. "Especially affected are housing, job training, and educational programs for low-income people. President Bush and his Democratic challengers for the White House drone on and on about their dedication to families and family values. But in 2003, President Bush and Congress excluded low-income working families from the increased child tax credit benefits, while giving Americans who earn $1 million or more an average tax cut of $93,000." |
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