Sirs, City of Dayton, Ohio denying Daytonians their fair day in court, without payment of highly suspect traffic tickets first. Seems one has to pay to have their fair day in court in Dayton, Ohio, and what justice can one realize under such demands? Daytonians are being denied their day in court to confront their accusers without payment!!! Guaranteed Constitutional rights! Resident, Dayton.
I am a poll worker in Milwaukee, and have been working the same ward for five years. We have a good crew and we know our jobs, and we handle the chore of same-day registration with efficiency and thoroughness. As with so many other things, Walker is full of crap on this.
The ward in which I work may well be the most heavily Democratic in Gwen Moore's district, which is the most blue district in the state (74% Democratic). Of approximately 2,500 registered voters, in the last five years I have yet to see any Republican candidate take more than 164 votes (most elections it's under 100).
Each election, our same-day registrants total in the hundreds; during the summer recall, one of our heaviest turnouts, the numbers reached over 500 - that's 38 an hour. There is no way that such a volume of applications can be processed by people who are either too overwhelmed or too incompetent to handle the task. The Milwaukee Election Commission will not let us work unless we attend regular training sessions to keep up with changes in procedure and the law.
I heard Walker refer to the typical poll worker as "retired and elderly". What a surprise - he's actually trying to feign compassion for feeble old people (when he has no compassion for anyone). For this past presidential election, yes, some of our workers were retirees, but we also had a group of college students who participating in the election as part of a service program.
Thank you for keeping the activities of ALEC in the public eye. I have made it a point to spread the word about this corrupt group masquerading as a non-profit. Any legislator affiliated with this group should be exposed because their activities are a direct conflict of interest with their responsibility to act in the best interest of their constituents.
Thank you for keeping the activities of ALEC in the public eye. I have made it a point to spread the word about this corrupt group masquerading as a non-profit. Any legislator affiliated with this group should be exposed because their activities are a direct conflict of interest with their responsibility to act in the best interest of their constituents.
I clicked on the AFP link and found a well-organized website from which you can send emails to Congress. Just change their text and substitute your own. I sent this:
The worst thing the government can do in an economic contraction is to cut spending. That will only deepen the recession. But if you are determined to cut spending then be ETHICAL. Cut Pentagon spending and corporate subsidies. Eliminate tax havens and loopholes for corporations and millionaires. Levy a .05% tax on Wall Street transactions. Reinstate a progressive tax code. Top earners agreed to pay 91% under FDR. Why? The alternative was a maximum wage of $25,000 per year.
Social Security does not contribute one dime to either the debt or the deficit. It is a TRANSFER program, entirely funded by the payroll taxes of workers and their employers. It currently has 2.7 trillion in surplus assets and can pay full benefits through 2033. Should it become necessary the payroll tax cap can be increased. Right now income over $108,000 is not taxed at all.
Medicare is not the problem. It's the solution. Make it available for every US citizen regardless of age. If you are genuinely concerned about government spending, promote the single-payer health insurance systems enjoyed by EVERY other industrialized nation. We pay twice as much for half the quality and still 45,000 Americans die every year because they lack health insurance.
It isn't a budget deficit that ails our country. It's an ethics deficit.
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