Shining light on scam, betrayal
Excerpting, editing by Carolyn Bennett
Last year’s candidate for the U.S. presidency, Jill Stein,
writes today of the bipartisan betrayal and fiscal cliff “scam.” This is some
of her statement.
Bipartisan betrayal of
Americans
Protects wealthy households earning
up to HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ($450,000) annually from tax increases.
Ends payroll tax holiday, hitting the vulnerable working and middle class with significant tax increases.
Ushers in $205 billion more in wasteful corporate tax
favors (new racetracks, tens of millions; Goldman Sachs, $1.6 billion
tax-free financing for its new massive headquarters; banks, 9 billion-dollar
loophole for offshore financing; U.S. multinationals allowed to dodge taxes on
income earned by foreign subsidiaries – enabling them all to continue moving
jobs offshore)
Deals a setback to caretakers of
family members at home, repealing a the Affordable Care Act provision designed
to let millions of elderly and disabled people get help at home instead of
being placed in institutions
Bipartisan betrayal,
groundwork for disaster
The Obama government, Stein says, “has already agreed to $4
trillion in deficit reduction and the revenue side of the deal [the president] just
signed generates little more than $600 billion, which means –
[Americans] are looking at bipartisan
collaboration on more than $3 trillion in cuts going in to the next round of brinkmanship over the debt ceiling.
[The Obama government’s] earlier pattern
of willingness to cut Social Security, Medicare and other health programs
together with its current capitulation lays the groundwork for disaster.
You can be prouder than ever of
your vote against the continued bipartisan sell out.
Continuing her campaign for a Green New Deal, she declares the
struggle far from over. In the urgency of this moment in history and politics, “Our
voices are needed more than ever to continue the fight for strong Medicare,
Social Security and Medicaid – and for an economy that works for all of us.
More than ever
we the people
are the ones
we've been waiting for.
Sources and notes
“STATEMENT BY JILL STEIN: Bipartisan fiscal scam lays
groundwork for austerity,”
http://www.jillstein.org/stein_bipartisan_fiscal_scam_lays_groundwork_for_austerity?utm_source=jillstein&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fiscal_scam1&recruiter_id=114940
JILL STEIN
A 2012 candidate for the U.S. presidency, Jill Stein is a
Midwest born-New England physician, environmentalist and health expert,
political leader, activist and writer who two years ago (2009), along with her
routine responsibilities, was active in implementing the Massachusetts “Secure
Green Future” ballot initiative that earned high percentage points in voter
returns. The measure called on legislators to accelerate efforts to make
development of green jobs a priority and move the State economy to renewable
energy.
Leader in politics and public health
In 2002, Jill Stein ran for the office of Governor of
Massachusetts under the Green-Rainbow Party banner. In 2003 through 2006, she
represented Greens or Green ideals in co-founding the Massachusetts Coalition
for Healthy Communities, a non-profit organization addressing a variety of
issues that are important to the health and well-being of Massachusetts
communities: health care, local green economies, grassroots democracy. She
represented the Green-Rainbow Party in
races for State Representative (2004) and for Secretary of State (2006),
garnering the greatest number of total votes ever received by a Green-Rainbow
candidate.
Jill Stein’s environmental advocacy “as a human health
issue” began in 1998 “when she realized that politicians were failing to take
action to protect children from the toxic threats emerging from current
science.” Over the years, she has provided services to parents, teachers,
community groups and a Native American group seeking to protect their
communities from toxic exposure. She has offered expert advice on television
programs and testified before numerous legislative panels and local and state
governmental bodies. Her testimony on the effects of mercury and dioxin
contamination from the burning of waste helped preserve the Massachusetts
moratorium on new trash incinerator construction in the state.
She has been on Massachusetts and national boards of
directors of the Physicians for Social Responsibility; and has won the Clean
Water Action’s award, Not in Anyone’s Backyard Award, the Children’s Health
Hero Award, and the Toxic Action Center’s Citizen Award, among others.
Documentation
Jill Stein is coauthor of two widely-praised reports aimed
at promoting green local economies, sustainable agriculture, clean power, and
freedom from toxic threats: “In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development
(2000, translated into four languages and used worldwide); and Environmental
Threats to Healthy Aging (2009).
Her “Healthy People, Healthy Planet” teaching program makes
clear the critical connections of human health, climate security, and green
economic revitalization. Her body of work has been presented at government,
public health and medical conferences, and has been used to improve public
policy.
Personal
Born in Chicago, raised in suburban Highland Park, Illinois,
Jill Stein took her academic credentials at Harvard College (1973) and Harvard
Medical School (1979). She is married with children and lives in Massachusetts.
Revised from http://www.jillstein.org/bio
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