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Green Party NYS: Guv Cuomo State of State Does Little for 99% of New Yorkers

Posted on January 9, 2012 by iwilder

Governor Cuomo’s agenda for 2012 is designed to maintain the power and wealth of the 1%, promoting austerity rather than prosperity for the vast majority of New Yorkers. “We need a Green New Deal, financed through progressive taxes. We need a WPA style public jobs program to replace the 500,000 jobs the state has lost […]

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Prez hopeful Stein (G): Stop the Cuts after supercommittee failure

Posted on November 23, 2011 by iwilder

In Wake of Supercommittee Failure, Automatic Cuts to Domestic Spending Should be Scrapped, says Presidential Candidate Stein, Calls Entire Deficit Reduction Process Unjust and Undemocratic. In the wake of the failed Supercommittee effort to cut the deficit, the Budget Control Act of 2011 is now slated to impose automatic cuts that are unjust and undemocratic, according to presidential candidate […]

Filed under: 3rd party, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, presidential, Press Release | Tagged: Deficit, Jill Stein, medicare | 1 Comment »

North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle” – It’s Not Oil

Posted on September 7, 2011 by iwilder

If its secret isn’t oil, what is so unique about the state? North Dakota has one thing that no other state has: its own state-owned bank. Access to credit is the enabling factor that has fostered both a boom in oil and record profits from agriculture in North Dakota. The Bank of North Dakota (BND) […]

Filed under: activism, Corporations, economy, News, US Politics | Tagged: Bank of North Dakota, budget, Business and Economy, Deficit, finance, politics, united states | 1 Comment »

Green Party of Suffolk Adopts US Conference of Mayors’ “Bring the War Dollars Home” Resolution

Posted on September 5, 2011 by iwilder

Challenges the County, Towns, and Villages to Also Adopt It The Green Party of Suffolk, the county’s largest peace organization, has adopted the US Conference of Mayors’ resolution “Calling on Congress to Redirect Military Spending to Domestic Priorities.” The Green Party of Suffolk calls on our villages, towns and the county government to also pass […]

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NJ Green Party hosts Regional Healthcare and Labor Conference 2/27/11

Posted on February 18, 2011 by iwilder

The Green Party of Monmouth County and the Green Party of New Jersey (GPNJ) will host a conference addressing healthcare and labor issues on Sunday, February 27,2011 from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 1401 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ. The event, which will be held at the Dauphin Grille within the hotel, includes a full buffet […]

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Calendar, events, grassroots democracy, Green Party, health, health care, Healthcare, Labor, News, third party | Tagged: Asbury Park New Jersey, cynthia mckinney, Deficit, green, howie hawkins, JEFF SAXON, Margaret Flowers, new jersey, parties, politics, Single-payer health care, Tom Neilson, united states | 1 Comment »

Green Party New York Challenges Cuomo’s Alice in Wonderland Approach to Budget

Posted on February 4, 2011 by iwilder

Opposes Cuomo’s Proposals for Tax Cuts to the Rich, Job Cuts, Says Single Payer Health Care is the Solution to Medicaid Howie Hawkins, the former Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that Cuomo’s proposals to resolve the state’s alleged $9 billion state budget deficit by giving a $5 billion tax cut for the wealthy […]

Filed under: 3rd party, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, new york, News, politics, US Politics | Tagged: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, aliceinwonderland, andrew cuomo, Deficit, Lewis Carroll, Medicaid, new york, politics, united states, wall street | 2 Comments »

Green Party: Obama’s compromise tax package will blow up the deficit, undermine Social Security

Posted on December 16, 2010 by iwilder

Obama’s compromise tax package will blow up the deficit, undermine Social Security, say Greens urging House Democrats to vote nay • Tax-cut deal with GOP seals Obama’s betrayal of working Americans who elected him, say Greens Green Party leaders urged House Democrats to stand firm and do what they can to block President Obama’s tax […]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, economy, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, politics, US Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Deficit, democratic party, GOP, republicans, social security, Tax cut, united states | 3 Comments »

Hawkins Jobs Plan Would Provide Jobs; Cuomo Just Wants More Handouts to Businesses

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

The Hawkins for Governor jobs plan is much simpler – and more effective – than Mr. Cuomo’s Green Party of NY Governor candidate Howie Hawkins said the Cuomo work plan would be ineffective, just more tax breaks and handouts for businesses: We are in the greatest recession in 70 years. You have to spend to […]

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