[Peace-discuss] Tell Congress: Create Jobs Now!

[C. G. Estabrook]

Here are some people who still call themselves Democrats but are actually doing 
something worthwhile. Remarkable.

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Subject: Tell Congress: Create Jobs Now!
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:00:38 -0500
From: Bob Fertik, Democrats.com <activist at democrats.com>

In December, Republicans demanded - and won - an extension of Bush's tax cuts 
for the rich costing $858 billion over two years.

Amazingly, that same $858 billion could create jobs for all 14.5 million 
unemployed Americans paying nearly $30,000 per year!

The rich don't need more tax breaks. But 14.5 million unemployed Americans 
desperately need jobs.

Tell Congress: Create Jobs Now! <http://democrats.com/create-jobs-now>.

The new Tea Party Republican Congress wants to slash jobs to give more tax cuts 
to the rich.

They won't create jobs unless we build a powerful nationwide grassroots movement 
to demand them.

That's exactly why we're launching the Job Party - to create a movement more 
powerful than the Tea Party. Here's our plan:

1. A video contest to convince Congress to Create Jobs Now. Watch some great 
videos here. Vote on videos made by activists like you. If you can, make your 
own video urging Congress to create jobs now.

2. An Emergency Jobs Bill to create 15 million jobs right now. Read ideas from 
activists like you. Propose your own ideas. Suggest thinkers we should contact.

3. Rallies this week at local Congressional offices with Progressive Democrats 
of America. Bring signs saying "Create Jobs Now!"

In the weeks ahead, you'll hear more about the Job Party. We're reaching out to 
progressive leaders and allies to build a grassroots movement that's far more 
powerful than the Tea Party.

In 2011, we'll lobby for our Emergency Jobs Bill. If Congress refuses to act, 
we'll recruit Job Party candidates to run against them (on existing ballot 
lines) in 2012.

To become one of our founding members, visit our new web site:
http://JobParty.us
or "like" us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/JobParty
or follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/jobparty

Thanks for all you do!

- Bob, Charles, Diane, Harry, Jonathan, Justin, and the rest of the team

p.p.s. Please share your thoughts in our new blog:
http://www.democrats.com/tell-congress-create-jobs-now

p.p.s. We also support local rallies this week on the first anniversary of the 
Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision which let corporations spend 
unlimited funds to buy Congress and the White House. We must pass new laws and a 
Constitutional Amendment to get corporations out of politics.