whileromeburns.org tells us "Last month more than 600,000 Americans lost their jobs. Every additional day we delay the stimulus bill, another 20,000 get downsized. Please pass a bill now which creates the most jobs possible."
greenforall.org warns us "We need your help right now, to save Obama's visionary green Recovery Plan in the U.S. Senate. Americans widely support the Recovery Package, but the right wing is mobilizing to kill it. Your Senators are voting on the bill in the next few days."
Meanwhile, those looking at the details of the plan notice that it:
- includes $2 billion provision for "clean coal" plants.
- includes tax cuts for big business including $1.6 billion for Verizon
- no longer includes the state healthcare programs
- doesn't include meaningful bankruptcy reform
- includes $50 billion for nuclear power
Not all on the left are unquestioningly falling into like, Naomi Kline (tinyurl.com/cmx6yb), and others (http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/03-7 and http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/02/03-3) are pointing out some serious concerns about what is in the bill.
I urge everyone to set aside faith-based Obama support and get into the details.
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