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Fringe Mobs Targeting Health Care Reform
From: Charles Paidock” cpaidock@hotmail.com

Marc Laitin
> AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator
>
> P.S. We are going to win this fight, but we can’t do it without
> hard work. The Republicans and their corporate allies are going
> all out to stop reform, and the next 30 days are going to be
> critical. Call your representative toll free: 1-877-702-0976
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Employers don’t have any use for people who aren’t healthy enough to work and make them rich. CP

> Subject: Fringe Mobs Targeting Health Care Reform
>

>
> Across the country, a small group of radical right-wingers are
> engaging in an all-out effort to stop real health care reform.
> There is little doubt that this increased level of coordinated
> activity is because we are closer to reform than we have been in
> more than 50 years.
>
> While we are getting closer to real reform, we can’t let up yet.
> We need to keep fighting to ensure that our voices are heard
> over the unruly mobs. More than 75 percent of America’s workers
> support President Obama’s plan for real health care reform, and
> we cannot allow a small band of angry zealots to stand in our
> way.
>
> Currently, fringe right-wing opponents of health care reform are
> focused on disrupting congressional town hall meetings. And
> we’ll be e-mailing you directly if we learn about town hall
> meetings near you. In the meantime, we need you to call your
> U.S. representative’s district office today and remind him or
> her to support real health care reform this year.
>
> Call your representative toll free: 1-877-702-0976
>
> The progress Congress has made so far toward reform has come
> thanks in part to the more than 50,000 phone calls made last
> week by activists like you. As of today, four congressional
> committees have approved health care reform bills with a quality
> public health insurance option, a requirement for employers to
> pay their fair share and no taxation of workers’ existing health
> care benefits.
>
> This is a remarkable achievement, and the furthest we’ve come in
> 50 years toward providing affordable, secure and stable health
> care for all. We still have a ways to go, and while the media
> loves to highlight all the bumps in the road, it’s important to
> remember two things: We have yet to lose a significant vote in
> Congress this year on health reform, and the president, his
> staff and leaders in Congress are all committed to enacting
> health care reform this year.
>
> Call your representative toll free: 1-877-702-0976
>
> If you have a chance to speak with your member of Congress or a
> staff member, here is a question and a few talking points you
> might find helpful. But personal stories are often the most
> powerful way to communicate the need for reform, so feel free to
> tell your own story.
>
> * Will you side with health insurers and vote for legislation
> that continues their control over health care, or vote for
> reform that puts patients and their doctors in charge of their
> health care?
>
> * I want real health care reform with:
>
> — A quality public health insurance option.
> — A requirement for employers to pay their fair share.
> — No taxation of workers’ existing health care benefits.
>
> Thank you for your support,
>
> Marc Laitin
> AFL-CIO Online Mobilization Coordinator
>
> P.S. We are going to win this fight, but we can’t do it without
> hard work. The Republicans and their corporate allies are going
> all out to stop reform, and the next 30 days are going to be
> critical. Call your representative toll free: 1-877-702-0976
> —————————————————————————
>
> If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for
> Working Families e-Activist Network at:
>
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>