Something's Wrong Here

We of the working class have sweated and toiled in blue and white collar jobs alike to generate tremendous profits for American Corporations. We have all paid our fair share of taxes to Hartford and Washington seeing little in return. We are now expected to pay for the cleanup of an economy that we have no power over.


Why must we pay for the mistakes of the top capitalists?


Congress and Governor Rell alike are considering further budget cuts and layoffs to help the economy...

Whose economy? Certainly not the economy of those being laid off or having services cut.



SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE:



$3 Trillion for Wars Abroad

$800 Billion Bailout for Wall Street Bankers

$800 Billion for The Pentagon Every Year (not including the wars)

Tax Breaks For The Super-Rich

Tax Breaks for Extremely Profitable Corporations

Government Subsidies for Oil, Weapons and Energy Companies

Multi-Million Dollar Salaries for Executives

Abysmal Minimum Wages

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BUT WE CAN’T AFFORD HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE?!?!

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We obviously cannot count on politicians and big business to do what’s right for the true majority of America. They are only concerned with the bottom line and profit margins, not the public well being.



We all pay taxes and yet have no voice whatsoever in the decisions made about our collective economic future. The state and federal government are now planning to cut services and programs, laying off workers to “fix the economy.” But, as you can see above, we already have more than enough revenue to provide healthcare, living wages and guaranteed retirement. The problem is that we do not have the political power to shift our collective assets from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy….or do we?



Consider these two quotes and then consider joining the good fight for REAL Change. United and organized we will be stepped on no more!



“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will”

-Frederick Douglas



“Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.”

- Eugene Debs




Please Attend The

Community Meeting For A People's Bailout

Saturday, February 7th

1-4pm

Hartford City Hall, 550 Main St.


This meeting has been organized by People's Bailout CT, an independent, grassroots citizen powered movement. Learn more at www.peoplesbailoutct.wordpress.com

This message brought to you by your friends from the Socialist Party of CT


visit: www.socialistpartyct.org or email: spcentralct@gmail.com

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Thank You,
Todd Vachon
Chairperson
SPCT
www.votevachon.com