Howard Dean: Middle Class Hurt by Bush’s Values

[madfloridian]

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_17821.shtml

SNIP..."Ever since the purveyors of conventional wisdom pronounced that the last election was about moral values, the beltway pundits have been endlessly engaged in trying to divine What It All Means. After all, President Bush presented himself as the embodiment of compassion and American values, and has told us that the election was his accountability moment – proof positive that the American people support his policy priorities.

The simple truth is, however, that it did not take an election to convince us that the American people are a deeply moral people. When we see children pool their pennies to help tsunami victims, or a community unite to pay for a neighbor’s transplant operation – that is all the evidence of compassion we need.

SNIP..."Ironically, rather than funding the services most of us rely on, taxes paid by the middle class are going directly into the pockets of the wealthy in the form of tax breaks. And most working families have much more to contend with than taxes. Many employers can no longer provide health insurance; our parents can no longer depend on nutritious meals delivered to their homes; Head Start cannot accommodate enough deserving children; and students know that the president’s much-touted $100 increase per year in Pell Grants will not put college within their reach....."

[ultraist]

1. Interesting

snip from OP article
"The simple truth is, however, that it did not take an election to convince us that the American people are a deeply moral people. When we see children pool their pennies to help tsunami victims, or a community unite to pay for a neighbor’s transplant operation – that is all the evidence of compassion we need."

Helping those in need is a core value of the Democratic party.

Let's see how much more we hear talk of our core values.

[bryant69]

2. See this is why Dean will make a great DNC chairman.

I mean he will doubltess make some gaffes along the way but he has passion.

Bryant
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[Colorado Blue]

3. BRAVO! nt