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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Oh those nasssty Republicans.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jencart13@yahoo.com href="mailto:jencart13@yahoo.com">Jenifer
Cartwright</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Peace-discuss] Fw: Outrageous
lies</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>A worthy cause (even if it's promoted by MoveOn.
<DIV> --Jenifer<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 4/20/10, Nita Chaudhary,
MoveOn.org Political Action <I><<A
href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org">moveon-help@list.moveon.org</A>></I></B>
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size=2 face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif">Wall Street is
spending $500 million to convince Congress to kill
financial reform. And that's paying off—every Senate
Republican is against it now. We have to call them out
right away, otherwise their bogus arguments against reform
will stick. We're working on an ad that lays out the
Republicans dirty tricks. <B>Can you chip in $5?
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Wall Street is spending $500 million to
convince Congress to kill the reform bill that will finally curb their
reckless behavior.<SUP>1</SUP></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">That's one investment that's paying off.
Every single Republican is now on record opposing Wall Street
reform.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">That means every single Republican is on
record protecting the big banks instead of the countless Americans who
lost jobs, money, houses, or their pensions because of Wall Street's
behavior.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px"><B>We have to call them out right away. If
we don't, their bogus arguments against reform will stick—just like
they did on health care.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">We're working on a hard-hitting ad that
lays out for the American people exactly whose side Republicans are
on. But we need to get it up on the air fast—while this story is hot.
That means we need 4 donations from people in Champaign. <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class=Apple-style-span>Can you chip in
$5?</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px; OVERFLOW: hidden"><A
href="https://pol.moveon.org/donate/wallstreet.html?bg_id=hpc5&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=3"
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">It seems hard to believe that anyone would
want to oppose Wall Street reform in the middle of a major financial
crisis like this. But the Republicans are willing to do it to protect
their allies at the big banks.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">They know this is a high risk strategy.
Their pollsters say the only way they'll get away with it is if they
lie about Obama's plan and say it will cause more bailouts—even though
they know that it will do the exact opposite.<SUP>2</SUP></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">But if we don't expose them—their lies will
stick. Remember health care?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">The truth is that Wall Street reform
will:<SUP>3</SUP></P>
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<LI><STRONG>End the bailouts</STRONG> by forcing big financial
companies to put aside money now, so if there's another AIG-like
disaster, taxpayers won't be on the hook. We'll use the big banks'
own money to shut them down.
<LI><STRONG>Protect consumers</STRONG> by creating an independent
watchdog that would finally stop credit card companies, mortgage
brokers, and big banks from hiding information in the fine print.
<LI><STRONG>Shut down the "shadow markets"</STRONG> by cracking
down on the backroom trading that put our economy at risk. Unlike
the stock market, these "shadow markets"—where trillions of
dollars of "derivatives" are traded each year—are secret, highly
risky, and virtually unregulated.<SUP>4,5</SUP>
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">So we're fighting back. But we need help.
Can you chip in $5?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Thanks for all you do.</P>
<P>–Nita, Laura, Daniel, Ilyse and the rest of the team</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">Sources</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">1. "No more taxpayer bailouts," Americans
for Financial Reform, April 15, 2010 <BR><A
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87878&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=5"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87878&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=5</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">2. "A GOP Financial Reform Bellwether,"
Time, April 13, 2010 <BR><A
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87876&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=6"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87876&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=6</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">3. Senate Banking Committee, April 16, 2010
<BR><A
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87877&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=7"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87877&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=7</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">4. "Sen. Lincoln unveils broad derivatives
regulatory bill," MarketWatch, April 16, 2010 <BR><A
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87879&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=8"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87879&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=8</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 1em 0px">5. "Derivatives market," Wikipedia, April
13, 2010 <BR><A
href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87838&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=9"
rel=nofollow
target=_blank>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=87838&id=19922-10635882-ZjDdtVx&t=9</A></P>
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