Let's Save Our Democracy by Getting Money Out of Politics
A Culture of Corruption
By Bill Moyers
Money is choking our democracy to death. Our elections are bought out from under us and our public officials are doing the bidding of mercenaries. So powerful is the hold of wealth on politics that we cannot say America is working for all Americans. The majority may support such broad social goals as affordable medical coverage for all, decent wages for working people, safe working conditions, a secure retirement, and clean air and water, but there is no government "of, by, and for the people" to deliver on those aspirations.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12647.htm
Local Teacher's Run-In With Homeland Security Creates Insecurities
Leander Pickett, a teacher's assistant at Englewood Elementary, said he was manhandled and handcuffed by two plain clothed Homeland Security officers in front of the school Tuesday for no reason at all.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wjxt/20060406/lo_wjxt/3379371
Money From Abroad for Katrina Lost
Federal auditors on Thursday laid out a scenario of omissions, missteps and bureaucratic nightmares that caused a loss of money and other donations sent from abroad to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.wibc.com/news/article.aspx?id=853183
Increasingly Vicious Laws Push Out Homeless
Communities nationwide appear intent on testing the lengths they can go to suppress or expel their homeless populations -- anything to avoid having to see, let alone help, the least fortunate.
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3026
From Information Clearing House
By Bill Moyers
Money is choking our democracy to death. Our elections are bought out from under us and our public officials are doing the bidding of mercenaries. So powerful is the hold of wealth on politics that we cannot say America is working for all Americans. The majority may support such broad social goals as affordable medical coverage for all, decent wages for working people, safe working conditions, a secure retirement, and clean air and water, but there is no government "of, by, and for the people" to deliver on those aspirations.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12647.htm
Local Teacher's Run-In With Homeland Security Creates Insecurities
Leander Pickett, a teacher's assistant at Englewood Elementary, said he was manhandled and handcuffed by two plain clothed Homeland Security officers in front of the school Tuesday for no reason at all.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wjxt/20060406/lo_wjxt/3379371
Money From Abroad for Katrina Lost
Federal auditors on Thursday laid out a scenario of omissions, missteps and bureaucratic nightmares that caused a loss of money and other donations sent from abroad to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.wibc.com/news/article.aspx?id=853183
Increasingly Vicious Laws Push Out Homeless
Communities nationwide appear intent on testing the lengths they can go to suppress or expel their homeless populations -- anything to avoid having to see, let alone help, the least fortunate.
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3026
From Information Clearing House
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