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Group says policies should promote opportunities for all Oregonians.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - The income gap that separates Oregon’s wealthiest families from the rest of the state’s households has widened dramatically over the past two decades, according to  a study released today.

Between the late 1980s and the middle of this decade, Oregon experienced the second highest increase in the gap between the incomes of the richest and middle-income families. The gap between the richest and the poorest families in Oregon grew at the 11th fastest pace among all states over the same two decade span.
New Data Shows Oregon’s Wealthiest Pulling Away From the Rest …

Among the key changes recommended by OCPP is making our tax system more fair by expanding the Earned Income Credit, a tax credit that’s targeted at boosting the income of low-income working families.

“The task force has a great opportunity to respond to the imbalance in our tax system and foster opportunity for low-income working Oregonians,” said Sheketoff.
Oregon Center for Public Policy

Did George Bush read Robin Hood upside down? Or, backwards? If Congress allows Bush to continue with his present budget policy, he will become the anti-Robin Hood–stealing from the poor to give to the rich.
http://www.idealog.us/2004/03/bush_cuts_socia.html

It is time for accountability and economic justice in Oregon, America, and across the globe.
Together we make a difference.

regards, Tim
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Impeach Bush and Cheney for Torture

On 4/11/08, George Bush told ABC News he personally approved of the approval of torture - including waterboarding - during a meeting attended by Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet.”Yes, I’m aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.”

In the wake of this confession, every American - and every Member of Congress - must take a stand.  Either you’re for torture or you’re against it. And if you’re against it, you must support the only Constitutional remedy: impeachment.

We don’t need a Special Prosecutor when the President has publicly admitted to approving war crimes. 

It’s no excuse to say, “we can’t impeach Bush because President Cheney would be worse.” We know that Cheney directly approved torture, so both of these criminals  must be impeached together. If convicted by the Senate or if they were to resign to avoid impeachment, Speaker Pelosi would become President, as prescribed by the Constitution.

It’s no excuse to say, “we don’t have the votes to impeach Bush and Cheney.” Democrats didn’t have the votes to impeach Nixon when they started, but when the House Judiciary Committee reluctantly adopted Articles of Impeachment, Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment.

Nor is it an excuse to say, “we don’t have time to impeach Bush and Cheney.” Bush admitted both his own and Cheney’s guilt, and Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet are witnesses. There’s no need for impeachment hearings - an impeachment resolution based on Bush’s confession could go straight to the floor for a vote, just as they did on 11/6/07 when Dennis Kucinich introduced H.Res. 799, Articles of Impeachment for Vice President Cheney.

And finally, it is utterly immoral for Democrats to say, “we shouldn’t impeach Bush and Cheney because it would hurt the chances of electing a Democrat in November.” Simply stated, politics should never come before torture.

Dr. Martin Luther King famously said, “A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam.”

Bush has admitted that he approved torture.  It is now time to impeach.
http://www.democrats.com/impeach-for-torture

 Candy,I don’t know why people enjoy wallowing in the gutter of sexual and religious

innuendo.  Private sex lives and religious beliefs have no part in politics.  But
I guess some people never moved beyond gossip and negativity. 

We need to end this war, restore constitutional integrity, and rebuild what these
thugs have destroyed.  Then we can move forward with the peoples’ business. 
(And the obsessed busybodies can buy scandal sheets, listen to Limbaugh, or stew
 in their own juices.  We have too much at stake to invest time in this drivel.)

Clinton, McCain, and Obama are the only candidates.  
McCain is not able.  No experience running a country, state, or business.
Knows little about economics or world affairs.  No platform.
 
Clinton has some good ideas, and some not so good.  Her campaign has

been poorly organized and dipping into negativity has cost her.  With the
wrong choice of a VP, she could lose the election.  With the right choice,

she would still have a tough time beating McCain and Condi.  Her voting

record is barely different than McCain’s, and her endoresement of the
“argument that our invasion and occupation of Iraq was “worth 500
thousand childrens’ lives” does not ring true.  She made a mistake supporting
this war for nearly eight years, and like sociopathic George, Hillary cannot
seem to bring herself to recognize and admit an error.  Not a good sign.

Obama has inspired a generation to civic-engagement.  His charismatic

presence and intellectual calibre are powerful considerations. His platform
is thoughtful, considered, and specific.  We need him at this critical time.
He is an anomoly.  There are no other candidates with his innate leadership
skills.  He may be more conservative than more liberal elements might prefer,

but he is an honest man, has more experience than Clinton or McCain, and

can restore our image at home and abroad while rebuilding what these thugs

have torn asunder.  

Obama and any number of VP possibilities can provide a viable and verifiable
alternative to the Cain/McBush proscription for military adventurism and trickle-
down “noblesse oblige,” where the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the
middle class drowns in the bathtub…   We can do better.
 
tim