Strengthen Social Security...Don`t Cut It !

Fiscal Commission Meets Again, Considers Medicare, Social Security Cuts > http://www.strengthensocialsecurity.org/. <

Did You Know…
A new survey sponsored by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) found that only 24% knew that the new health law will extend the solvency of Medicare, and only 14% were aware that the reforms are projected to cut deficit spending. To print a copy of this document, go to > http://bit.ly/aISZwC.
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The Wednesday, July 28th meeting of the President's Fiscal Commission, which is charged with fixing the federal budget deficit, featured testimony from Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a conservative organization funded by the right-wing Pete Peterson Foundation. MacGuineas mentioned raising the retirement age as a viable option to help generate savings. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) made the point that the debate must shift away from spending cuts and start to focus more on revenue raising options, saying that capping mandatory spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security will undoubtedly generate minimal savings at the expense of deserving beneficiaries. For an Alliance summary of the happenings at Wednesday's meeting, go to http://bit.ly/c2tIIb.
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Social Security's 75th Birthday Festivities Begin http://www.strengthensocialsecurity.org/.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Democratic Leaders, and House Democrats held a press event on Wednesday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law on August 14, 1935. At the event, the Speaker blasted Republicans for trying to privatize Social Security, saying the change would have resulted in the trust fund incurring a massive loss due to the downturn in the stock market. Last Saturday in Las Vegas, at the "Netroots Nation" convention, the Speaker said that she is opposed to raising the retirement age. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has said that he favors raising the Social Security retirement age to 70. On Thursday, more than 60 groups, including the Alliance, announced the creation of the coalition "Strengthen Social Security…Don't Cut It." The new group is launching a major mobilization to push back against Fiscal Commission assertions, backed by the Wall Street spin machine, that claim Social Security is a major component of the budget deficit and is teetering on the brink of disaster. In a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the group outlined plans to build support in Congress to fight benefits cuts and press candidates this election to push back against any move to raise the retirement age or privatize the program. "We are united by our concerns over the new Fiscal Commission, which operates in virtual secrecy and with a fundamentally flawed understanding of how Social Security is financed and operates. There is no government financial commitment at all. Every dime comes from workers and employers," The new group's web site is http://www.strengthensocialsecurity.org/. For more information, go to the AFL-CIO blog at http://bit.ly/bk160P. For photos of the press conference, go to http://bit.ly/dixNaW. For a new Alliance document on Social Security Disability Insurance, visit http://bit.ly/bMs5Eu.

Social Security Myths...Check it Out !

Top 5 Social Security Myths

Myth #1: Social Security is going broke.

Reality: There is no Social Security crisis. By 2023, Social Security will have a $4.6 trillion surplus (yes, trillion with a 'T'). It can pay out all scheduled benefits for the next quarter-century with no changes whatsoever.1 After 2037, it'll still be able to pay out 75% of scheduled benefits—and again, that's without any changes. The program started preparing for the Baby Boomers' retirement decades ago. Anyone who insists Social Security is broke probably wants to break it themselves.

Myth #2: We have to raise the retirement age because people are living longer.

Reality: This is a red-herring to trick you into agreeing to benefit cuts. Retirees are living about the same amount of time as they were in the 1930s. The reason average life expectancy is higher is mostly because many fewer people die as children than they did 70 years ago.3 What's more, what gains there have been are distributed very unevenly—since 1972, life expectancy increased by 6.5 years for workers in the top half of the income brackets, but by less than 2 years for those in the bottom half. But those intent on cutting Social Security love this argument because raising the retirement age is the same as an across-the-board benefit cut.

Myth #3: Benefit cuts are the only way to fix Social Security.

Reality: Social Security doesn't need to be fixed. But if we want to strengthen it, here's a better way: Make the rich pay their fair share. If the very rich paid taxes on all of their income, Social Security would be sustainable for decades to come.5 Right now, high earners only pay Social Security taxes on the first $106,000 of their income.6 But conservatives insist benefit cuts are the only way because they want to protect the super-rich from paying their fair share.

Myth #4: The Social Security Trust Fund has been raided and is full of IOUs

Reality: Not even close to true. The Social Security Trust Fund isn't full of IOUs, it's full of U.S. Treasury Bonds. And those bonds are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.7 The reason Social Security holds only treasury bonds is the same reason many Americans do: The federal government has never missed a single interest payment on its debts. President Bush wanted to put Social Security funds in the stock market—which would have been disastrous—but luckily, he failed. So the trillions of dollars in the Social Security Trust Fund, which are separate from the regular budget, are as safe as can be.

Myth #5: Social Security adds to the deficit

Reality: It's not just wrong—it's impossible! By law, Social Security's funds are separate from the budget, and it must pay its own way. That means that Social Security can't add one penny to the deficit.

Defeating these myths is the first step to stopping Social Security cuts.

FOX is NOT NEWS !

Fox News is Propaganda, Not NEWS !

In just a few days, the White House Correspondents Association will decide which news organization will be awarded the seat recently vacated by Helen Thomas. The news organizations most actively vying for the seat are FOX, NPR and Bloomberg News. FOX News is a right-wing propaganda outlet, not a legitimate news agency. In recent weeks the network has turned the volume up on its race-baiting political agenda. The media assault on Shirley Sherrod is just a latest in a series of racist and politically motivated attacks on targets like Van Jones, ACORN, and Eric Holder's Department of Justice. It's bad enough that we have to fight the constant smear campaigns and appeals to racial paranoia from FOX and the right-wing media. We can't let them have the best seat in the White House press briefing room and the legitimacy that it confers. I just told the White House Correspondents Association to give the best seat in the briefing room to NPR, not FOX. I hope you will, too.

Have a look and take action at the link below.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/fox_or_npr/?r_by=10248-3026155-9LZ3.px&rc=confemail

Free Trade Does`nt Work !

This writer has been saying this for a very longtime now !

George Carlin -"Who Really Controls America"

Caution ~ Strong Language in this Film !

Featuring George Carlin

Thanks to Steve Sauter for this !

Wimpy Leaders Ignore A Strong People !

WIMPY LEADERS IGNORE A STRONG PEOPLE
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Posted by Jim Hightower


Right-wing Republicans and corporate Democrats have become a pathetic bunch of "No-can-do Nancys."

Faced with an economy reeling from the plutocratic policies that these same lawmakers pushed down upon us, they are now whimpering that America is too weak to meet the obvious needs of its own people. "We must surrender to the Gods of Economic Despair," they cry. At a time when history calls for our leaders to step forth with a bit of FDR boldness and rally grassroots people to rebuild our economy, they trumpet for retreat, giving up on America's historic ideal of the common good. A jobs program? "Everyone for themselves," they shout. Health care for all? "Go to the emergency room," they scream. Social Security? "Socialism," they screech, "run away from it!" Public education? "Can't afford it," they tell us, as they turn their backs on hundreds of thousands of teachers soon to be fired. Repair America's rotting infrastructure? "Too big for us, " they wail, "leave it to the next generation." Wagging teabags rather than picking up the tools of real recovery, the woeful voices of American failure insist that they speak for the People. Hogwash. Americans are a strong, community-minded, democratic-spirited, can-do people. Indeed, the latest Gallop poll shows that 60 percent of the public favors "additional government spending to create jobs and stimulate the economy." "But we must balance the budget," whine the naysayers. Of course we should, and big majorities say we should do that by putting people to work, taxing the superrich to pay their fair share of Social Security and other public needs, as well as by slashing the $12 billion a month we're spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's time for our "leaders" to stop whining – and catch up to the people.

"DeMarco note on budget balancing ," July 2010.

"Cost of War," http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ , July 2010.

"Labor's New Critics : Its Allies in Elected Office ," The New York Times , June 28, 2010.

"More Stimulus Needed to Reduce Unemployment," http://www.cepr.net/ , June 24, 2010.

"Afghan war costs now outpace Iraq's," http://www.usatoday.com/ , May 13, 2010.

Mike McWherter - Let's Focus on What Matters

Make Sense to you, does to me !

The Patients Bill of Rights !

Patients Bill of Rights

“Starting in September, some of the worst abuses will be banned forever. No more discriminating against children with pre-existing conditions. No more retroactively dropping somebody’s policy when they get sick if they made an unintentional mistake on an application. No more lifetime limits or restrictive annual limits on coverage. Those days are over.” –

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA


President Obama announced a Patient’s Bill of Rights made possible under health reform—a basic set of consumer protections that end some of the health insurance companies’ worst abuses.

The Patient’s Bill of Rights:

1. Prevents insurance companies from canceling your policy if you get sick. Right now, insurance companies can retroactively cancel your policy when you become sick if you or your employer made an unintentional mistake on your paperwork.

2. Stops insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. Beginning in September, discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions will be banned—a protection that will be extended to all Americans in 2014.

3. Prohibits setting lifetime limits on insurance policies issued or renewed after Sept. 23, 2010. No longer will insurance companies be able to take away coverage at the very moment when patients need it most. More than 100 million Americans have health coverage that imposes lifetime limits on care.

4. Phases out annual dollar limits on coverage over the next three years. Even more aggressive than lifetime limits are annual dollar limits on what an insurance company will pay for your health care. For the people with medical costs that hit these limits, the consequences can be devastating.

5. Allows you to designate any available participating primary care doctor as your provider. You’ll be able to keep the primary care doctor or pediatrician you choose, and see an OB-GYN without referral.

6. Removes insurance company barriers to receiving emergency care and prevents them from charging you more because you’re out of network. You’ll be able to get emergency care at a hospital outside of your plan’s network without facing higher co-pays or deductibles or having to fight to get approval first.

The Patient’s Bill of Rights starts to take effect this fall—but the benefits for individuals and families under health care reform don’t stop there. Over the course of the next several years, the historic health reform law will make care more affordable, hold insurers accountable, and finally give all Americans the coverage they deserve.

To learn more about what’s in the health care reform bill, please visit:

http://www.WHITEHOUSE.GOV

Thomas M.Cooley High School~Detroit Michigan ~ The End of an Era !

Thomas M. Cooley High School Detroit Michigan...Closing

by Don Jones...7/23/10

Former Audio-Visual Stage Technician at Cooley H.S. 1958-70

I have learned today that Thomas M. Cooley High School in Detroit Michigan will close its doors July 30, 2010 for the last time. It is a sad day for this writer. I worked there from 1958 until 1970 ! They were wonderful days at a school that was not only top notch in the city, but, academically one of the best in the State of Michigan. Cooley had the largest comprehensive music department in the United States at That time. I was privileged to work with some very talented people at Cooley. Ms. Doris Lenz was the fine arts Department head. Ms. Stella Schvickas was a wonderful art teacher. Mr. William E.(Bill) Hollingsworth was the Auditorium Director and my immediate supervisor and one great guy ! I have been in communication with Mr. Stephen Czapski, Principal at Cooley H.S. Having never met him, from his letters, he sounds like an upfront and caring man and Principal. I can only hope that the powers that be, will find a place for him in a broken but not dead yet system ? I understand they will place the 17 acres that Cooley presently sits on up for sale. My heart breaks, when I think they will demolish that auditorium and stage facility. It was built in 1928-29 and If you have never seen it, You should before it is gone. When I left Detroit in 1970 and headed for Martin Tennessee, little did I think of the events that would unfold. Detroit had approximately 2 1/2 - two and half million people in the City limits. There were 26 High Schools and the Detroit Board of Education was the largest employer in the City limits. Today, there are less than 800,000 thousand people in the City ! Detroit had a school system that was envied by everyone across the country ! Today it is in shambles. The arsenal of democracy is decaying before our very eyes. I believe it can be rebuilt. This City must not be allowed to continue on its present course. I informed Mr. Czapski, that the first time, I heard of the term "Quality Education", was around 1964-65, when Lyndon B. Johnson was president. The Congress under his direction passed the National Defense Education act (NDEA). Money was thrown at our school system like rice at a wedding. I`m not sure if helped or hindered ? For years after the (NDEA) I kept hearing the term, Quality Education. I really did`nt understand the definition or if there was a definition ? Then about three years ago, I learned what Quality Education was ! Definition of Quality Education = Discipline ! Somewhere along the way, we seem to have lost our way, in discipline. Now, I`m not sure how to regain it ? I just know, what it is ! The Teachers/Faculty blame the parents, the parents blame the Teachers and Administrators. I think there is enough blame for everyone to share and at this time and point, blame is irrelevant. I do not have all the answers, but, I have some. I just know, that if we do not save our public school system, we will lose ourselves ! We seem to have become a throw away society. If we throw away our public school system, we might as well consider ourselves lost in a wilderness of despair. Lets return to common sense and service to our fellowman. I realize, that I have rambled a bit, but, I cannot write this and be neutral. Everything in the past is not bad. Everything in the present only seems to be. Everything in the future depends on both ! I`m an old Detroiter, I can remember when it was Great ! I believe it can be again. It must be again or we all lose !

Cooley Cardinal ~ Black & Red Epitaph :

Thomas M. Cooley High School is located at the intersection of Hubbell and Chalfonte Street, on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The three-story structure is operated by the Detroit Board of Education. The facility was named in honor of Thomas M. Cooley, a nineteenth-century jurist and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Due to budget issues and declining enrollment, the school was closed at the end of the 2010 academic year.

Hi.

I am also a graduate of Cooley High School (1959) . I was privileged to have Don Jones as one of my teachers. Cooley High school was a wonderful building, beautifully built and very pleasing to the eye. The grounds were equally beautiful. We keep tearing down our old wonderful buildings . Why not sell it for a dollar and save the demolition costs, someone might have a good use for it. I know my memories are from 50 years ago but I’m sure the building is still salvageable. Another idea is sell it to China so it can follow the jobs that left Detroit.

Steve Sauter, Class of "59"

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Don :

I have tried with to no avail to save the closing of Cooley High School - even that last ditch effort. As I walked on each floor that last day - Thursday, July 29th - it was a shame to see the gutting of the school's interior. Currently, my objective is still to reopen as a magnet and academic academy, similar to the Lindblom - Math and Science Academy High School located on the South Side of Chicago. Lindblom had also fallen to disrepair within a socio-economic neighborhood, I would suggest similar to that of Cooley High School in Detroit. I visited the new Lindblom in April of this year. Wow, currently it is a wonderful refurbised high school (interior and exterior) with an advanced curriculum. Moreover, it has great architecture as does Cooley - though different type and period. I will not stop in this advocacy for Cooley High School within my geographic School Board District.

Sincerely,

Tyrone E. Winfrey, Sr. ~ School Board, City of Detroit

Senator Corker (R) Is Consistant...Consistantly WRONG !

Senator Bob Corker (R)Tennessee Votes Against Unemployment Benefits Extension...Thank God it Passed Without HIM !

Dear Don,

Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding your support for the unemployment benefits extension in H.R.4213. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. In these difficult economic times, I understand the problems being faced by many individuals who have lost their jobs. My heart goes out to Americans who are hurting because Washington can't agree on a way to pay for an extension of unemployment benefits. I voted several times to pass and pay for an extension, but I cannot in good conscience continue voting for bills that aren't paid for. There are a number of reasonable ways to pay for these extensions, and it is difficult for me to understand why anyone opposes doing so. You will be pleased to know that the Senate has passed an unemployment benefits package that will carry benefits through the end of November. Unfortunately, because this package was not paid for, I was unable to support it. I am hopeful that the economy will recover in the near future so that continued extensions of unemployment benefits will no longer be required. As we continue to wrestle with the challenges of our economic problems, please know that the insight and information you have given here will certainly help my staff and me more effectively look into this issue, and I thank you for your input. Thank you again for your letter. I hope you will continue to share your thoughts with me as I serve you in the United States Senate.

Sincerely,

Bob Corker (R) Tennessee > http://www.corker.senate.gov/public/ <>

Editorial : Dear Senator Corker, when it really counted, you did`nt vote for Tennesseans or any other middle class Americans ! You don`t seem to have any trouble cutting tax's for the RICH ! You can write Senator Corker by clicking on the title of this article or the address above ! Let him know of your displeasure !

Democrats Pass Unemployment Extension !

Senate Breaks Republican Stranglehold on Jobless Help
by Mike Hall, Jul 20, 2010

The U.S. Senate this afternoon broke the Republican blockade of unemployment insurance (UI) for long-term, jobless workers—a blockade that cost more than 2 million unemployed workers their benefits. The U.S. Senate voted 60-40 to end the filibuster led by Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) which all but ensures the bill’s final passage. The legislation continues the program of UI benefits for workers who have been jobless for six months–nearly 7 million of the nation’s official 15 million unemployed workers. The final vote is expected later today.

Says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:

Finally, the Senate has overcome the final hurdle to provide relief for more than 2 million people who have lost their benefits since Republicans in Congress launched their latest political stall tactics against the jobless. Millions of Americans will have the means to feed their families and pay some bills while they seek work. The House approved an extension in May, but because there were minor changes in the Senate, the House must vote again and is expected to do so tomorrow. The bill is retroactive to June for the more than 2 million unemployed workers who have lost benefits. However, the extension is only through November. Says Trumka: We still need our leaders to do more, not less, to create jobs and sustain the economic recovery. Our nation must invest in jobs now—so we can lay a foundation for long-term growth and shared prosperity. The swearing in of Carte Goodwin, who was appointed to fill the seat of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) until a special election is held, gave Democrats the vote they need to reach the 60 needed to beat McConnell’s obstruction. Two Republican senators from Maine—Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe—voted for the legislation and Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted against it. With this fall’s congressional elections fast approaching, Trumka says: Creating jobs and helping those who have lost their jobs are defining issues for all Americans. Leaders in Washington must rebuild an economy that works for everyone, or they will take us back to one that works only for Wall Street.

Editorial : As You can see, Republicans and Ben Nelson voted against unemployment benefits ! How dare them ! I know, lets un-employ them ! Along with Tennessee`s Alexander & Corker ! Alexander & Corker upper left. Ben Nelson, upper right ! Mitch McConnell center. Remember, they all voted NO ! Click on the title of this blog to contact Alexander & Corker in Tennessee. Google McConnell and Nelson !

Until Trade is Leveled ~ Our Race to the Bottom Continues

Level the Playing Field in Trade Policy
by James Parks, Jul 19, 2010

Current U.S. trade policies encourage corporations to move production off our shores to low-wage countries that do not enforce workplace and environmental laws. This is good for multinational businesses and investors but bad for workers and communities, as pointed out by Stan Sorscher, legislative representative for the Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)/IFPTE Local 2001. Writing at Huffington Post, Sorscher says to level the playing field, the United States should set rules that will encourage more investment in America, and neutralize the flow of new investment offshore.
The nation also needs to set non-economic principles and rules that go beyond the bottom line. For example, U.S. corporations are not allowed to make goods in sweatshops. It’s only fair, he says, that we level the playing field by insisting on sweat-free goods when selling in our domestic market. If domestic manufacturers are responsible and play by rules that reflect our values, then at the very least, we should protect those local businesses from being undercut by foreign producers working to lower standards. Check out Sorscher’s full column, “Level the Playing Field in Trade Policy,” here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stan-sorscher/level-the-playing-field-i_b_646234.html

Mitch McConnell ~ Big Money`s Personal Representative !

Long-Term Jobless Aid Set for Senate Vote Again, McConnell Vows Filibuster
by Mike Hall, Jul 19, 2010

Here’s some advice for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his Republican colleagues whose obstruction-at-any-price strategy has cost more than 2 million long-term jobless workers their unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. It’s time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics. It’s time to do what’s right—not for the next election but for the middle class. Those words from President Obama today came a little more than 24 hours before the U.S. Senate once again tries to break the Republican blockade on extending the long-term UI that expired June 1 because Republicans filibustered against the bill. Pointing to their preference for helping out the wealthy and Wall Street over extending a hand to working families, Obama says “after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit,” the Republicans who didn’t have any problem spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are now saying we shouldn’t offer relief to the middle class. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says “the Party of No” has been the “Party of No Leadership” on the economy. Just look at its record: When Republicans were in charge, they put special interests and big corporations ahead of the middle class, driving our economy into a ditch. Now, they are protecting tax breaks for CEOs who outsource jobs while blocking policies that actually create jobs, like tax cuts for small businesses and a safety net for workers hurt by Republicans’ job-killing policies. McConnell told reporters today that he will again lead a filibuster against the jobless benefits extension. But with the swearing in of Carte Goodwin, who was appointed to fill the seat of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) until a special election is held, Democratic leaders believe they can reach the 60 votes needed to beat McConnell’s obstruction. The U.S. House is then expected to quickly approve the bill and send it to Obama.

McConnell > http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/ <

Editorial : I have a question ? How does McConnell get elected ? He is for millionaire Bankers and Big CEO`S ! Wake up Kentucky ! You can reach Senator McConnell here > http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/

Michael Duke, CEO Wal-Mart in a Word "OVERPAID"!

SURPRISE! THE PEOPLE SPEAK...Wal-Mart
Monday, July 19, 2010 Posted by Jim Hightower

Michael Duke is the Big Wally of Walmart. As CEO of the low-wage behemoth, he siphons some $19 million a year in personal pay from the global retailer. How much is $19 million? Let's break it down in terms that Duke's own workforce can appreciate. While Big Wally's workers average about $9.50 an hour, Duke's pay comes to about $9,500 an hour. So he pockets as much in two hours as Walmart workers make in a whole year! But Walmart doesn't give a damn about such gross pay gaps between privileged elites and the rest of us. As a spokesman scoffed, "I don't think Mike Duke... needs me to defend his compensation package." Really? If not you, who ? Those who think that the hoi polloi don't notice, much less care, about America's growing income disparity, should take a peek at a recent opinion survey run by the right-wing, corporate-funded Peter Peterson Foundation. This outfit intended to show that the general public backs the teabag agenda slashing of government spending, including balancing the federal budget by putting Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block. But – woopsie-daisy – the survey of thousands of Americans went badly wrong for the Peterson ideologues. For example, far from wanting to gut Social Security payments, 85 percent of the people favored extending the program by the making rich pay into the fund, like all the rest of us do. And – hey, Mike – this one's for you: nearly six out of 10 of the folks involved in the foundation's "America Speaks" survey want a new, higher tax bracket to make millionaires pay their fair share of providing for the common good. The foundation tried to bury these surprisingly progressive results, but you can see a good analysis of them at the Center for Economic Policy and Research: www.cepr.net.

"Americans Care About Jobs, Not Deficits -- When Will Obama Listen?" http://www.alternet.com/ , June 28, 2010.

"Walmart CEO Pay: More in an Hour Than Workers Get All Year?" http://www.abcnews.com/ , July 2, 2010.

"Executive Profiles* Mike Duke," http://www.businessweek.com/ , July 6, 2010.

Editorial : God forbid that millionaire$ pay income tax ! You know, like ordinary people !

Unemployment Benefits to be Extended ? Not if Republicans can STOP it !

Won`t You Please Help Those Who are Still Unemployed ?

Dear Friends of Underdog,

The Senate is in danger of leaving for its August recess without helping the millions of working people who are suffering in this extended recession. From the almost 2 million workers whose unemployment insurance has run out to the hundreds of thousands of teachers and firefighters whose jobs are in danger, we need the Senate to act now. Can you take a minute to email your senators and demand they finish their work before they go on recess:

Tennessee`s Alexander & Corker both Republicans have voted NO in the past and will Vote NO now !

You can inform them of your displeasure at their web-web-sites :

Bob Corker(R)Tennessee > http://www.corker.senate.gov/public <

Lamar Alexander(R) Tennessee > http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/

Just Click on the following and follow directions !

Take action: http://act.americanrightsatwork.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=419&track=201007_tafe_employ

UnderDogs Blog ~ Re-Published - July 18, 2010

> http://wwwsecondchance.blogspot.com/search?q=underdog+blog+donjones < UnderDog`s Blog ! Re-Published July 18, 2010
By Don Jones = Underdog

I publish this blog, called Underdog almost daily. I write about things, I think, I know about ? For instance, I write about Organ/Transplantation. I write about Unions. I write about healthcare. I write a little about Pulmonary Hypertension. At times I am very opinionated. I do not ask that you agree with me, I do ask however that when you disagree with me, that your comments on my blog be without curse words. I do not use them in my blog. I must insist that your comments be curse free. If they are not without curse words, that`s your prerogative. However, that particular comment will be deleted. That's my rule ! I am a Democrat most of the time. Although, I have voted Republican. I am a voter of platforms and programs. Thus, the platform of the Democrats, usually fit my needs. I feel that if you are a Republican voter, you are mostly with and not without, you are white collar not blue collar. I feel if you are opposed to health care reform, you are both with and have great insurance ! I`m a Democrat who opposes gun control. I am a Democrat who opposes abortion. If you want to carry a gun, and I do ! Get licensed. I am ! You don't want or believe in abortion, don`t have one ! As for myself and my family, I view it as our decision, not your`s ! I believe in Free Democratic Trade Unions ! I belong to one. In my state of Tennessee, we have a law called (Right to Work) You are not required by law to join a union. If you do not wish to join, don`t ! You must understand, that I do not agree with that law, but, I am a law abiding citizen, thus I do abide by it ! I believe we should have term limits for our politicians. Congress was never intended to be a life-time occupation. We have them for our President and in Tennessee we have them for our Governor. Why not Congress and the Senate ? I once had a politician tell me, he could`nt be bought, but, he could be rented for a little while. I had a problem with that statement. I am a practicing Christian. I believe in separation of church and state. I have seen my church lose members over the years, because they turned into a political action committee(PAC). Let your conviction be tempered by your love for your fellow man. Let your example be that of Love, Hope and Charity ! I am a Freemason, Do not ever give up on our democracy. Vote ! Demand that your voice be heard and that you stay in touch/contact with your elected Representative`s. When you do disagree with someone, disagree with kindness, not hate or disgust. My e-mail address is on my blog. You can contact me via e-mail. donjones90@gmail.com/ or donjones@charter.net . You can make comments on my blog, I encourage you to do so. Just be agreeable or disagreeable, not ugly ! If you have items of interest you would like to see published, just forward them to this writer. Now, understand, I am the publisher, I will decide what is published and what is not ! If you wish to save my web-address for my blog, just click on the title or the following link.

> http://wwwsecondchance.blogspot.com/ <

and put it in your favorites.With warmest regard, I remain
Stick a Fork in Me, I`m Done !
UNDERDOG = Don Jones !

P.S. I hope this gives you a better insight as to my thinking and the positions I take on certain subjects !

Coffee Shop Politicians...

Solving Political Problems at the Coffee Shop ?
by Don Jones=Underdog...7/17/10

This morning I visited my usual coffee shop, I have coffee and honey buns. I visit with other men/mostly, and a few women. We talk weather and politics. Not a good idea. ? My self and one other male are the only Progressive Democrats who frequent this establishment. This morning they really stuck it to me. I find that facts, really do not matter ! I was asked why I believed what I do ? I said, just the facts. These conversations rarely change any ones way of thinking. One man, a retired railroad worker, informed me that President Obama was a Muslim. One a mule dealer said he was a socialist. now, I do not know how to explain to them in a factual manner, that I don`t believe those things for a moment ! One man asked me to bring in honey buns the next time I frequented this establishment. I did,The owner does`nt mind at all. Another man, a college professor, asked me If I truly believed my progressive/Democratic assertions ? I informed my fellow coffee drinkers that I voted the issues and platforms, as to how they affected me ! These individuals are nice people, it would seem to me, that they are not very well informed, but, they probably think the same thing about me. So, what`s my point ? It is that we can disagree without being disagreeable. I can remember, when you could`nt find a Republican/Conservative in Weakley County. Now everyone seems to be a Republican/Conservative. I`m wondering what has changed, to convert these fine Democrats to Republicans ? I do not want it to be, what I think ! But, maybe, just maybe, it is the racial thing ? I pray not ! Once some of us older Americans have passed on, I believe this will change again. Alas, I may be the last of the Mohican's ? I had a lady, tell me that she was color blind. I`m not color blind, but, I do not believe I am prejudiced. President Obama has a hard row to hoe, even if he does well, which at this point in time, I believe he is, he must overcome his half-black heritage. That will be extremely dificult to do in the southern states ! I ask you to ask yourself, what are the issues and what is best for the United States of America ? If someone does`nt agree with you, be tolerant even, try to listen a little harder. Coffee Shop politics all across this great nation, depending on your area, as to how it goes ? I do believe that none of us, should ever give up on our democracy. This writer won`t !

Governor McWherter - Where Have You Gone ?

Former Governor Ned McWherter, As He sees It !
By: John Brannon, Special to The Press : Posted: Thursday, July 15, 2010

Former Tennessee Gov. Ned Ray McWherter offered a solution to stop the illegal aliens streaming across the U.S. border with Mexico: Use the National Guard. “I’d put some troops down there, and I’d stop this immigration problem we’re having,” he said. McWherter, 79, is a veteran of 30 years in state government, including 14 years as speaker of the Tennessee House and two terms (1987-1995) as governor. The Palmersville native lives in Dresden and is semi-retired. McWherter commented on the illegal alien problem and other issues during a recent interview with The Messenger. “I’d stop this walking across the line,” he said of illegals. “They’re going to keep doing that as long as we don’t close the borders. We’ve got enough National Guard troops that train two weeks each year. We could put National Guard troops from all the states down there for their training for a year or two, and it wouldn’t cost a lot of money. It needs to be stopped, and it can be. “We could close that border down, and if people wanted to come into our country, they could come like our ancestors did — do it the right way and become citizens.” He said the illegal aliens say they come in because they are the only ones that will work. “Well, if people can make a livable wage, they’ll work,” he said. “They always have. When I started out, out of school, I worked at the shoe factory. My mother worked at the shirt factory. Everybody worked.
“Our economy will build back and sustain itself if we give the people the opportunity to have jobs.”
Other issues discussed included:

The Obama administration:

“Obama is borrowing too much money, in my judgment, putting a lot of it out here, and I don’t know how effective it’s going to be. Tennessee has never been very supportive of him. I was for Hillary (Clinton in her presidential campaign). She defeated him pretty well in Tennessee. “It seems like they (Obama administration) are prone to want to give money away. In my judgment, they’re still not popular in Tennessee.” He said Obama administration’s practices had an influence in Democratic Congressman John Tanner’s decision to retire at the end of his current term. “I think John just got worn out with them borrowing money. I think that’s one of the reasons (he’s retiring). When I talked to him, I was kind of shocked that he decided to leave this year, but he just said, ‘The leadership up there pushes some legislation that I don’t agree with.’ “We have a good congressman. He just doesn’t believe in borrowing all this money. Look at how much we owe the Red Chinese. In my judgment, that’s dangerous.” The United States reportedly owes China $91 billion. The total national debt is listed as $12,933,965,635,673 or almost $13 trillion.

The economy:

“I am a person who believes this economy, our country (with its) so-called capitalistic economy, is strong enough, that when you give it time, it will correct itself. What has happened, in my judgment, we don’t have any more middle income jobs. It’s either privileged or low. High income and low income.
“I can remember when Union City had a thriving shoe manufacturing business. I can remember when it had a thriving Salant & Salant. Those people who went to work there, when they got out of high school, have no major skills today. We’ve lost all these jobs, these opportunities for a middle class. We’ve got to rebuild it.
“The jobs have gone overseas to Mexico (and other countries).”

Governor’s race:

McWherter’s son, Mike, 54, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. The primary election is Aug. 5, the general election Nov. 2. McWherter said he’s going to actively campaign for his son.
“(When I ran for governor) I did well in East Tennessee, for a Democrat,” he said.
“I’m going to make a little trip up there. There are about five counties up there that I’m going to visit. They’re going to have a reception for me in each county.”
He said he’ll ask them to support Mike for governor.
“Mike’s got a chance to win this. It’s not a big Democratic year, but he’s got a shot at winning the governor’s race. It’s a challenge for him. He’s been in every county in the state. “He’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs, and he’s right. The people out in the rural areas just don’t have any jobs. They are just having to leave. If they’re not farming, they have to leave. That’s why the cities are growing. “Memphis’ population is going up. Nashville is really going up. Jobs come to the urban areas where they’ve got good air facilities and air support. It just makes a difference.”

Former President Bill Clinton:

“I hope we’re going to get Clinton down here after the primary election for a fund-raising event and we see who the Republican candidate is. I have spoken to his scheduling people in his New York office. They are going to try to work out a date.
“He was down here last year for our Jackson dinner. They ended up with 2,500 people and couldn’t feed all of them. So he draws a good crowd. He told me last year he’d come back and help Mike if he ran and needed him. “I was a supporter of Clinton. I don’t support his immoral character sometimes, but he did a good job as president. He got some legislation passed and he got the budget balanced. He made a contribution to this country.”

Al and Tipper Gore :

McWherter said when he heard the news that the former vice president and his wife were divorcing, he was shocked.
“Lord, just look at Albert and Tipper. That shocked me. I thought they were family, totally family-oriented. “What happened to them, I have no idea. I was shocked out of my shoes when I heard it on the news and read about it in the papers the next day. “It is tragic. Good thing is, their kids are all grown. Al’s mother was a lovely lady. She’s gone, and I’m glad she wasn’t here to see it.”

Editor’s note: John Brannon is a staff reporter for the Union City Daily Messenger.

Editorial : Gov. Ned McWherter, one of the best Governors in the last 100 years. Where have you gone and are there any like you on the horizon ? Maybe it is Mike ? I hope so ! > http://www.mikemcwherter.com/ <

Balancing the Budget on Social Security & Medicare ?

Comments from Fiscal Commissioners, New Study Concern Seniors !

On Sunday, the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's fiscal commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation's economic future, calling current budgetary trends a "cancer" that will destroy the country from within unless checked by tough actions in Washington. The two leaders - Alan Simpson(R) and Erskine Bowles - singled out Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, saying that the three programs fully consume federal revenue. The commission looks to reduce the deficit primarily through spending cuts and additional revenue. Separately, a new study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that if the Social Security benefit cuts and retirement age increases that have been widely suggested were adopted, they would have a substantially negative impact on low- and middle-income families. The report, "The Impact of Social Security Cuts on Retiree Income," is available at http://bit.ly/dplKBb. "Social Security and Medicare have helped generations of seniors stay healthy and out of poverty. "Balancing the budget on the backs of seniors is absolutely not the solution."

Editorial : I have an idea, stop the WAR ! No fiscal problem ! Do not balance the budget on SENIORS BACKS !

Goodyear, VEBA and Goodyear Retiree`s !

Goodyear Retiree VEBA & Drugs, Drugs,Drugs ?

7/15/10

by Don Jones VEBA Retiree

This article/blog is for my fellow retiree`s at/from the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ! Especially the Union City Plant/my Plant. In case you hav`nt noticed, you`re cost for VEBA Insurance has gone up. You have more deductibles` and your drugs are a bit higher. Now, I`m not complaining, but you need to understand that our VEBA, Goodyear has nothing to do with it any longer. It must be funded continually by good investing and our VEBA Board of Directors have this responsibilities. If you are not aware of who is on that/your VEBA Board please click on the following > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

>http://wwwsecondchance.blogspot.com/2008/01/goodyearuswa-veba-settlement.html < this will tell you who is on that Board.

You will find those that represent you. If this VEBA fund is not replenished/invested continually, we`re all in trouble ! Oh, yes you can now purchase some of if not most of your prescription drugs at Wal-Mart Pharmacy, cheaper than you can purchase them through your VEBA...I`m a Heart-Transplant Patient, I take a lot of expensive drugs. I can now get them at Wal-Mart, 30 day and 90 day supply for $4.00 and $10.00, that`s cheaper than Express Scripts ! Some drugs I take are actually $6.00 for 90 day supply...Check it out ! You can go on-line and Wal-Mart has a list of their drugs and prices for these maintenance drugs. Just click here > > > > > > > >

> http://www.walmart.com/cp/4-dollar-prescriptions/546834 <

Now, I`m not pushing Wal-Mart Pharmacy...just low prices for VEBA Retiree`s ! If I can be of any assistance to you or your dependants in this VEBA/Drug matter...just contact me at > donjones90@gmail.com <

VEBA = Volunteer Employes Benefits Association !

Editorial: I received the following from my good friend Steve, in Michigan. You might want to explore the possibility ?

Hi Don,

If you want to get a real feel for what drugs cost. Go to :
> http://www.canadadrugs.com/ <
All the best,
Steve

Spending on the Rich ! Cutting Back on the Rest of US !

SPENDING ON THE RICH, CUTTING BACK ON THE REST OF US
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Posted by Jim Hightower

Deficit hawks are on the fly in Washington, madly screeching that America can no longer afford... well, the American people/Us.
Having slashed taxes for the wealthiest one-percent of our society, having lavished gabillions of dollars on unnecessary wars that enrich politically-connected government contractors, having laid out trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street's casino banksters who crashed our real economy – Washington's brave fighters for extending more of our nation's wealth to the already-rich have suddenly turned into born-again budget whackers. Are they cutting back on any of the above elites, you ask? What a joker you are! No, no – it's regular folks who must pay the price for the decade of excess that these politicos lavished on the rich. In recent weeks, for example, Republican senators have repeatedly blocked an extension of jobless benefits for America's hardest-hit families. They've also denied aid that would keep states and cities from firing hundreds of thousands of teachers, police officers, and other essential public employees, "Can't afford it," bellow these newly-minted spendthrifts, even as their failure to act is intentionally increasing unemployment and economic-pain across our land.
Governors are also running the same sort of budget scams on their people. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, for example, recently dealt with his state's deficit by slashing spending for public health, higher education, the elderly and the disabled. He then vetoed an income tax on Minnesota's richest people, declaring that this effort to balance the budget and share the pain was "nonsensical." Likewise, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is terminating state workers while vetoing a tax hike on millionaires, calling the wealth tax "irresponsible."
So, students, the lesson here is that public spending is only sensible if it goes to the moneyed elites, and budget cuts are only good when applied to the rest of us.

"The Real Deficit Is Jobs," http://www.ourfuture.org/ , June 29, 2010.

"17 Senators From State With Double-Digit Jobless Rates Repeatedly Vote To Filibuster Unemployment Benefits," http://www.alternet.org/ , July 1, 2010.

"Undermining The Stimulus," http://www.thinkprogress.org/ , June 25, 2010.

Editorial : It seems that Jim Hightower, has got it just right ! Republicans take from the Poor and Give to the Rich !

Social Security Cuts ? Better Pay Close Attention !

> http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/05/26/wall-street-propaganda-blame-social-security/ <

Social Security Cut$ Eyed by Deficit Commission ‘Especially Painful,’ Report Finds
by Mike Hall, Jul 15, 2010

Next month, Social Security, one of the nation’s most successful and important government programs, turns 75. It is the cornerstone of retirement security for tens of millions of Americans. (Today, the U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security will examine the success of Social Security 75 years after President Franklin Roosevelt signed it into law. (We’ll be covering the hearing.) Next November, when the federal budget deficit commission makes its report, large chunks of that cornerstone may be chipped away if the panel recommends cutting Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age rather than addressing the real causes of the nation’s growing debt. A new study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that if the benefit cuts and retirement age increases that have been most prominently suggested were adopted, they would have a substantially negative impact on low- and middle-income families. Says CEPR co-director Dean Baker: There is a great deal of talk in policy circles about cutting Social Security, but very little discussion of the financial situation of those affected by the cuts….All of these proposals will result in significant cuts in income for low- and/or middle-income families. Social Security benefits are the largest source of retirement income for most retirees. For six in 10 seniors, Social Security represents more than half of their income. In addition, nearly one-half of elderly unmarried women and widows, and one-third of all beneficiaries, have little other than Social Security and rely on its monthly benefit for 90 percent or more of their retirement income. The report, “The Impact of Social Security Cuts on Retiree Income,” examined the most common proposals for reducing benefits for near or current retirees. Those cuts are: changing the way benefit increases are calculated, by adopting what is known as progressive price indexing (PPI); raising the retirement age to 70 years old in 2036; and reducing the cost of living adjustment (COLA) to 1 percent below inflation.

According to the report:

•The PPI formula would reduce benefits by 6.2 percent for a middle-income household with wage earners who were between ages 45 and 49 in 2007 and 9.6 percent for those between 40 and 44 years in 2007.

•Raising the retirement to 70 years old in 2036 would cut benefits by 4 percent for workers between the ages of 50 and 54 in 2007 and by 10 percent for workers 40-44 years in 2007.

•Reducing the COLA would result in a benefit cut of 12 percent for a retiree at age 75 and more than 20 percent at age 85. For low-income retirees between ages 55 and 75 in 2007, reducing the COLA equals a 14.6 percent reduction in income at age 85 and a 16.5 percent cut for workers who were between 40 and 44 years old in 2007.

Cutting benefits for middle- and low-income workers is “likely to be especially painful” for those “who are now approaching retirement,” according to the report.

Click here for the full report. http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/ss-2010-07.pdf

Click here, here and here for more from CEPR’s Dean Baker on the deficit commission. Baker also looks at the commission’s co-chairmen, Erskine Bowles, who sits on the board of Wall Street investment giant Morgan Stanley, and former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, long a proponent of cutting Social Security.

> http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/05/26/wall-street-propaganda-blame-social-security/ <

Republicans Vote Against Unemployment Benefits !

GOP Failing to Help Those Who Need It !

By Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) - 07/13/10

At the end of May, federal emergency unemployment compensation began to dry up. Since then, each week, thousands of Americans have lost their unemployment insurance — putting additional strain on struggling families, communities, and making the pain felt by unemployed workers even worse. As of July 9, more than 90,000 Michiganians and 2 million Americans nationwide have lost their unemployment benefits. These workers lost their jobs through no fault of their own in a recession of historic proportions. They number in the millions. They compete with five fellow citizens for every available job. They got a pink slip, and now some in Congress are giving them a cold shoulder. Recently, the House voted to extend emergency unemployment insurance to these vulnerable Americans struggling to find work and make ends meet. The Senate has tried repeatedly to bring an extension to a vote, but each time it has been blocked by Senate Republicans. Sadly, this kind of out-of-touch thinking on the economy is being seen too often. You may have heard the remarks of Congressman John Boehner, the House Republican leader, on the heels of the House passing a groundbreaking Wall Street Reform bill, Rep. Boehner likened the legislation — and the economic crisis it addressed — to “killing an ant with a nuclear weapon.” Think about that.
Millions of Americans are unable to find work. Millions more are struggling desperately to keep their homes. Our middle class way of life is slowly slipping away. Wall Street abuses and fraud — both well-known and yet-to-be investigated — were a substantial contributor to this crisis. And Congressman Boehner likened all of this to a mere ant. But there were other words uttered, words that should also be heard. From Madison Heights Michigan: “My husband was awarded $1,050 before taxes from unemployment. After making a car (payment), paying utilities, car insurance, and buying groceries for our family of five, there is little nothing left over. ... My family is not living large, we are surviving. Cutting unemployment will take us out of survival mode and put us into homeless mode. ... After working 20+ years, this is the first time that we have asked for unemployment...” From Southfield Mich: “I have been out of work since February this year. Also, I have a master’s degree and still can’t obtain work. … It is very difficult as you can imagine. I have been employed in my career for 15 years and I have never been without a job for no more than two weeks at the most.” These are the stories of everyday Americans — people who work hard, play by the rules, and ask for little more than government to be there when they need it. They open their mouths and share their stories, but unlike John Boehner, when they talk, there aren’t microphones around. They don’t read about themselves in the headlines or see their faces on the evening news. But theirs are the stories that matter. Theirs are the stories that I am determined to bring back to Washington. Theirs are the stories I hope convince the Republicans to end this dangerous blockade of unemployment insurance. As outrageous as Boehner’s comments are, the biggest outrage is the story that those unemployed Americans are forced to live. And unless the Senate acts now, it’s a story that even more Americans will be living in the weeks and months ahead.

Editorial : Tennessee is in the same place as these Michiganders ! We have Senators Alexander and Corker both Republicans, who vote against this unemployment extension bill ! Thus a vote against middle class Tenneseans ! And all Americans.

Bob Corker(R)Tennessee to Vote With Big Banks/Money !

A Lot of Words to SAY NO To Middle Class Americans !

Dear Don,

Thank you for contacting my office regarding the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform legislation. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. Following the market turmoil in 2008, Congress began working on proposals to reform our financial regulatory system. Since then, the Senate and House of Representatives passed two similar versions of financial reform legislation, and a conference committee was formed to sort out the differences between the two bills. I had the opportunity to serve on the conference committee, and despite my efforts to improve this legislation, I do not support the Dodd-Frank legislation because it fails to appropriately address the core issues that led to this most recent financial crisis. While the Dodd-Frank Act attempts to increase oversight in our financial industry and provide certain protections to consumers and investors, I find it unfathomable that in the more than 2300 pages, no provisions were included to appropriately deal with the poorly underwritten residential mortgages that nearly took down the global financial system. To address this issue, I offered an amendment which would have directed lenders to require a down payment, verify that borrowers are able to repay the loan, and fully document the income of the borrowers. I am also disappointed that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not addressed in the Dodd-Frank Act, and you should know that I cosponsored an amendment that would have created a plan on how to deal with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Unfortunately, both of these amendments were defeated during the debate on the floor of the Senate. Further, I am concerned about some of the provisions that were included in the bill. While I believe that some consumers were taken advantage of in the years leading up to the crisis, and there should be measures put in place to ensure those abuses are not repeated, this bill creates an overreaching consumer protection bureau with a massive budget at its disposal, and no oversight of the rules it writes for nearly every business that offers a financial product or service to consumers. I attempted to make a much needed improvement to the consumer bureau by offering an amendment to establish a board to deliberate and have final approval of all of the rules it would create. This attempt failed during the conference committee process, and ultimately led to the creation of an agency with unfettered powers that will increase the regulatory burden for both large and small businesses throughout the country. I am also concerned this bill does not adequately provide a means for liquidating large, highly interconnected financial institutions. As someone who worked vigorously for over a year to find an appropriate way to have nearly all failing financial institutions go through bankruptcy proceedings when faced with insolvency, the Dodd-Frank bill overlooks the bankruptcy process, and injects further uncertainty and government intervention into the global financial system. Rather than doing the work necessary to tackle such a complex issue, the bill bypasses our time honored judicial system and overly empowers the federal government to decide when and how a large financial company will be wound down. Our economy has suffered greatly over the past few years, and inadequacies in our financial system are certainly to blame. I don't think many Americans would argue that reforming the credit rating agencies, over-the-counter derivatives, and consumer protections are not necessary, given the economic losses that many families and businesses have experienced and no doubt, the bill has many good provisions. My concern is that this bill turned a legislative process that should have taken a bipartisan route to strengthen our financial system and address the causes of the recent crisis, into a political exercise where the majority party insisted on extending the arm of government further into both small and large banks and companies. Please know that as the Dodd-Frank Act is implemented, I will be working with my colleagues to monitor impacts it has on the safety and soundness of our financial system and the impacts it has on families and businesses in our country.

Thank you again for your letter. I hope you will continue to share your thoughts with me as I serve you in the United States Senate.

Sincerely,

Bob Corker (R) Tennessee
United States Senator

Editorial : Bottom line, This bill does not assist the RICH ! Therefore Senator Corker Does`nt like the bill !