'We The People' Rally Against State and Federal Budget Cuts
Organizer urges advocates of a wide range of social and economic issues to unify message.
Holding signs that ranged from pro-union to anti-war, about 50 people attended a rally Saturday at the Rose Garden in Bethlehem to protest state and national budget cuts and corporate tax breaks and loopholes. The rally was organized by Tom Ulrich, of We The People of Lehigh Valley, which according to its website promotes progressive causes. Ulrich told the gathering to “connect the dots,” to see the links between a wide range of social and economic issues such as unions, public schools, the environment, peace and social justice, and to unify over the impact of state and national budget cuts to these causes. Ulrich said democracy does not thrive when there is huge economic disparity between people. Craig Olsen, a naturalist from Lower …
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11:21 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
Yes & stop funding Homeland Security "The Mother! Guard your mother Land!", as well as TSA. Do you know those xray machines still have not been tested? It's anyone's guess the amount of waves made each time one is used which would, IMO, reach beyond it's small proxcimity; but either way it's a medical device being abused. Who is responsible for liabilities having to do with these "Guard the … more ›