More Borrow and Spend....Not Less!

From Bloomberg - Labor and civil rights groups gathered yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, the site of a rally by Tea Party activists last month, to urge more government spending to create jobs and help people suffering from the recession. “We’re the antidote to the Tea Party,” said Ben Jealous, president of the civil rights group NAACP, referring to Tea Party groups who seek to limit government’s size and spending. “This march is about pulling America together and putting people back to work.” Rally organizers, including the AFL-CIO labor federation and other labor, civil rights, religious, student, peace, and gay and lesbian groups that are part of the traditional Democratic party base, say they hope to turn attention to the people who helped elect Democrat Barack Obama president two years ago and are now disappointed with the results. “We’re not as strong as we used to be, but we’re still here,” said Dave Hausman, 55, a General Motors Co. driver from Buffalo, N.Y., who came to the event with other United Auto Workers union members. “It doesn’t always seem like the politicians can fix things anymore.” Democrats are fighting to preserve their majorities in the House and Senate in the Nov. 2 elections in the face of an unemployment rate that remains close to 10 percent.

Today’s event “is a chance to demand the change we voted for in 2008,” said George Gresham, president of 1999 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. “While some want to divide us and take us back, we are determined to move forward with new investments in our people.” Organizers labeled the rally “One Nation Working Together,” urging increased government spending on infrastructure and other public works projects, an extension of unemployment benefits and an increase in the minimum wage. Read more here:

More Borrow and Spend....Not Less!