[Oe List ...] We didn't start the fire...

[Len Hockley]

Hi,
Here's a great take on the budget.  Looks like Presidential material to 
me (After Obama, of course).

Len

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> Rep Jan Schakowsky did a PBS Newshour interview last night that 
> includes HER plan to reduce the deficit.
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> By 2015 she wants to reduce deficit by 441 billion.  She is a true 
> progressive, and wants to do this by
> 132 billion reduction in tax breaks to corporations
> 110 billion reduction in defense spending
> 151 billion raised taxes partly by taxing capital gains more realistically
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> She also wants to cut medical care spending in general by putting the 
> public option back on the table.
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> She is a member of the President's Bipartisan Commission on deficit 
> reduction, but wanted to put out her own plan instead of backing the 
> plan being put forward by chairs Simpson and Bowles.  You can listen 
> to this compassionate Illinois Democrat:
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> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/schakowsky_11-22.html
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> OR read the news release about her plan - she states that "the middle 
> and lower class did not cause the deficit" and we can't take money to 
> fix the problem from people who only earn $18K per year (that's the 
> average annual earning of seniors).
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> http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2777:schakowsky-alternative-to-simpson-bowles-deficit-reduction-plan&catid=21:2010-press-releases&Itemid=58 
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> YES - there is someone (in addition to Peter DeFazio) out there who 
> understands that there is no problem with SS until 2037. Someone who 
> wants to cut the income of wealthy corporations and millionaires.  
> This is a wonderful woman.  I called her Washington office to say 
> thank you.
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> Love,
> P
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> Kierkegaard is one of the subliminal messages in this trip down memory 
> lane.  At the end of the song, you can click on a tab to see the list 
> of subliminal messages.  Way cool.
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> *Susan*
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> *This song & its title was an answer to a Final Jeopardy 
> question--only one person got it right.** **Question was (paraphrased) 
> "What 1980s song do history teachers praise for its educational 
> value."  Never could understand all the references on Billy Joel's 
> song.  Fortunately, with this video, given the picture(s), we now can 
> "see" what our "ears" couldn't hear.  Anyway, checked to see purpose 
> behind the song.** **Apparently, it's Joel's homage to the 40-years of 
> historical headlines since his birth (1949).  Wish we could have 
> appreciated the depths of this song when it was released.** **Twenty 
> years later, it's amazing what Joel was able to put into music and 
> lyrics lasting only a few minutes.
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> Whether you are a Billy Joel fan or not, you probably remember his 
> great song, 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.  Here it is, set to pictures.  
> It's a neat flashback through the past half century.  I never did know 
> all the words. Turn up volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years 
> of history in** **less than 3 minutes!  Thanks to Billy Joel and some 
> guy from the  University of  Chicago  with a lot of spare** **time 
> and** **Google* <http://www.google.com/>*.  Top left gives you full 
> screen.  Top right lets you pause. _Bottom left shows the year_. 
>  The** **older you are, the more pictures you will recognize.  Anyone 
> over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they see.  But it's great 
> at any age.*
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> */Click below/*:
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> We Didn't Start The Fire <http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html>
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