Philadelphia Town Meeting: Our Budget, Our Economy

Philadelphia Town Meeting: Our Budget, Our Economy

Sat, Jun 26, 2010

11:30 AM - 6:00

The Philadelphia Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor


First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Register here to attend the Town Meeting

from a Neighborhood Networks email:

On Saturday, an organization called America Speaks will be having forums all across the US looking for opinions on what to do about budget deficits.

America Speaks is well funded by right wing foundations.  It will do everything possible to tilt the “consensus” emerging from Saturday’s discussion to conform to conservative views of what to do about budgets and spending.  That means without us, no one will be talking about priorities that require spending, no one will be defending social security and Medicare and Medicaid.

And here’s what really hurts, when they say that these essential things must be cut -- and war spending and tax cuts for the rich maintained -- they will also say they are speaking for you.

They will take that “consensus” to Congress, to the President’s own deficit commission, to the media echo chamber, and into the fall elections.

So here’s what to do.  Sign up to attend the event and have your actual voice heard.  You can do that by going here.

Or join a coalition of progressive groups, including Neighborhood Networks, that will gather outside the entrance to the event passing out information to participants as they go in.  Our flyers will be suggesting ideas that folks might want to present to the forum that put people first.  If you’d like to join us in spreading these ideas, just drop me a note at shapsj@comcast.net
and
I’ll send you all the details.
 
 
-Stan Shapiro, Neighborhood Networks