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<h1 style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Rally: No to a Bad "Grand Bargain" </h1>
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<img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/FiscalCartoon.jpg" alt="Highway Robbery: Yesterday & Today" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5">Wed, Dec 19, noon to 1pm</h3>
<h3 style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Downstairs from Sen. John Kerry's office</h3>
<h3 style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Cambridge St. at New Chardon, Boston</h3>
<h3 style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Bowdoin or Govt Ctr T</h3>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><i>Join us as we deliver a letter to Senators Kerry and Brown to protest a bad "grand bargain". </i><i>Tell us in advance that you'll be there -- <a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/grand-turkey-register">Register to attend</a></i><em>!</em></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">President Obama is bargaining with Republicans to cut the deficit. But he shouldn’t balance the budget on the backs of ordinary people, who didn’t cause the problems.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">On November 7, the people of 91 Massachusetts cities and towns passed the <i><a href="http://budget4allmass.org">Budget for All</a> </i>by a 3 to 1 margin. It calls for budget principles that will put people back to work, fight climate change, rebuild our economy for the future, and stop endless wars, while balancing the budget. </p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Read about <a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/4165">apparent doublespeak by some Democrats</a> on the "fiscal cliff". </p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Tell Senators Kerry and Brown to oppose any budget deal that does not respect the principles the people of Massachusetts voted for:</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">• Stop the cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, housing, food and veterans’ benefits</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">• Invest in jobs in manufacturing, schools, housing, renewable energy, transportation and public services</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">• Close corporate tax loopholes, end offshore tax havens, and raise taxes on incomes over $250,000</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">• Reduce the military budget, end the war in <st1 country-region="" st="on">Afghanistan</st1> and bring troops home safely now</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">We will gather in front of Senator Kerry’s office to deliver a letter, and then march to Senator Brown’s nearby office. Tell our elected officials that the people have spoken. Don’t listen to the greedy and their lobbyists – listen to the people of Massachusetts. <b>Reject the "grand bargain" – it’s a turkey! </b></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><i><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/grand-turkey-register">Register to attend the rally</a></i><em>!</em></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Sponsored by the <a href="http://budget4allmass.org">Budget for All Coalition</a>, <a href="http://www.masspeaceaction.org/">Massachusetts Peace Action</a>, <a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/">UJP</a> Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force, <a href="http://smedleyvfp.org/">Veterans for Peace</a>, <a href="http://saveourhomes.org/">Mass. Alliance of HUD Tenants</a>, and <a href="http://pdamerica.org/">Progressive Democrats of America</a> </p>
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<td class="view-field view-field-node-title"><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/4164">Rally: No to a Bad "Grand Bargain"</a></td>
<td class="view-field view-field-event-event-start">Wed Dec 19</td>
<td class="view-field view-field-event-event-start">12:00pm</td>
<td class="view-field view-field-location-name">Downstairs from Sen. John Kerry's office</td>
<td class="view-field view-field-location-city">Boston</td>
<td class="view-field view-field-node-data-field-image-field-image-fid"><img src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/imagefield/FiscalCartoon[1].jpg" alt="" title="FiscalCartoon[1].jpg" width="138" height="120" class="imagefield imagefield-field_image"></td> </tr>
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<td class="view-field view-field-event-event-start">7:00pm</td>
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