How can the people force a mean spirited conservative congress to pass a progressive agenda? Simple. I have picked some well known companies that appear related to issues that progressives find important. Boycott these companies and make them lobby congress and get what we want or they go bust. While I agree we need to elect a Democratic congress and a Democratic president, with a consumer boycott we the people can exert influence every single day and not just at election time and not just with letters or petitions but with petitions with the bite of a boycott.
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Call Eckerd Pharmacy Corporate Headquarters at 800 325 3737, Call CVS Pharmacy Corporate headquarters at 888 607 4287 and Call Walgreens Pharmacy Corporate headquarters at 800 289 2273 and tell them you will not purchase any products from their drug stores until they get the Republican congress to repeal the faulty prescription drug benefit and replace it with a simple 80 percent coverage benefit under Medicare Part B. Then sign the petition.
Call Walmart at 800 WALMART and tell them you will not buy from them until they get the Republican congress to stop social security privatization, increase the minimum wage to TEN dollars an hour, and extend unemployment insurance for people who lost jobs and sought work for more than 6 months. then sign the petition.
Sign the petition to stop social security privatization, increase the minimum wage,extend unemployment insurance for people who lost jobs and sought work for more than 6 months and repeal the faulty Republican prescription drug benefit and replace it with a simple 80 percent coverage of medication under Medicare Part B. Please get two other people to sign this petition.
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Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 14943 Location: Kansas
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:10 am
While it is your opinion on these things, it seems your logic is somewhat flawed. Using your logic, since there are Republicans and Conservatives in the following places, you should also call your hospital, medical office, bank, employer, etc. and refuse to cooperate with them because they may have (and most likely do) people that help you there. To me it is ludicrous to refuse to work with National organizations and companies because of their stand. Personally, I am in favor of conservative politics and I want the government out of all of these giveaway programs that incent people to not work or think on their own. I could go on and on with my 'opposing' view as to entitlements, but I won't. My point to you is that I believe it is nothing short of hypocracy to pick a drug store or a company here and there and threaten to not do business with them to promote a political ideology. Get active in your local government structure or whatever. And, your title of the post is hardly the point of the post, although you do reference it.
Keeping a failed "temporary" handout program that assumes politicians can better decide how to protect my retirement is progressive? Progressive is "Promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods." Social security is not new, and it certainly hasn't progressed toward better conditions. However, privatizing it IS new and could make it better. If you disagree with that, state your case with supporting facts and arguments, not by calling your opponent "mean-spirited" without justification or explanation.
I think we have to raise the manditory contribution and put the difference into managed funds. Leaving the original in place to buffer the transition and as protection against whatever evil may befall the new system. But then I don't think we should have ever left the "Gold Standard" either.
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