We Demand a Shot at the American Dream

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-a-saunders/we-demand-a-shot-at-the-a_b_6094820.html

Lee A. Saunders
President, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO

Posted: 11/03/2014 12:13 pm EST Updated: 11/03/2014 12:59 pm EST

It's been a rough four years for the women, men and children living on the margins in this country. Those margins have gotten a lot more pronounced and swallowed up a lot more folks in states run by extremist, right-wing governors.

Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than here in Florida, where Wall Street's heinous financial schemes devastated families from the Panhandle to the Keys, and the housing market that had pumped money through the state like a fire hose collapsed suddenly.

In 2010, politicians seized upon the frustration of Florida citizens just trying to get by in conditions neither they nor their governor created. Nationwide, we've seen the impact of governors and other politicians who care more about the corporate pals who helped them take power than the people who have been harmed by that power. Across Florida, families are feeling the effects of bad policy that prioritizes tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.

They feel it at the kitchen table when they sit down at night to try to pay their mounting bills. When their retirement is anything but secure. When they can't afford to send their children to college. When they can't make a down payment on a house.

FULL story at link.

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[appalachiablue]

1. great points. thanks.