Action Now members at the Jobs Not Cuts rally!
On November 17th, Action Now members joined unions, community members and the Occupy Wall Street movement at a rally to call for JOBS instead of cuts to schools, libraries, health services, medicare, medicaid, social security and other programs that benefit working families! There were similar rallies held all over the country to show that Americans are united and fed up with bearing the brunt of the recession while the rich continue to get richer!
Action Now marching to the bridge!
Three years after Wall Street wrecked our economy, millions are still out of work, and the gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us continues to grow. 99% of Americans are living through an economic emergency, but our legislators don’t seem to notice!
Instead of creating the good jobs we need, Congress and the State Legislature are spending their time protecting tax loopholes for the rich and pushing for billions in budget cuts that would eliminate jobs, health clinics, education, and other critical state and federal services.
Taking over the Lasalle Street bridge!
At the rally, over a thousand people marched from the Thompson Center to the Lasalle Street Bridge and proceeded to block traffic on the bridge. Action Now members and 40 other members of labor and community organizations risked arrest by sitting in the middle of the Lasalle Street Bridge and refused to move until they were forcibly removed by police.
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Action Now member Joseph Pughsley being removed and ticketed by police after participating in the sit-in on Lasalle bridge (photo: Chicago Tribune)
Good job, Action Now!
I could not be there; but my prayers are always with you!
Miss Patricia Taylor
Action Now Member
The fact that republicans and democrats in the White House cannot get along with one another is morally bad and a real bad example for future wannabe political leaders. I wish these so-called political leaders would read their bibles more carefully and with some discernment and understanding. It says, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”!
(Mark 3:25; Matthew 12:25; Luke 11:17)
Can we go back to being ONE nation under God, not one DIVIDED nation under God? You can do this!
Furthermore, cutting unemployment benefits for the unemployed will be a “Lethal Weapon” on the survival on millions of poor people. It will kill the lifeline for millions!
Furthermore, the politicians in the white house are acting like the Tin Can Man in the Wizard of Oz movie — NO HEART!!!
P.S.: I sincerely believe that it is easier for an “elephant” (camel) to go through the eye of a needle than it is for “republican” (rich man) to give the working poor a tax break! (Referenced from Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25)