Instead, those polled say, increase taxes on the rich and end corporate subsidies.
As Congress wrestles how to avoid with the imminent fiscal cliff, a poll finds that Massachusetts voters strongly favor increased taxes on the rich, less corporate welfare and no cuts in social security, Medicare or Medicaid. "I think that this survey really gives us a clear view of voters expectations of their elected officials," said Jason Stephany of MassUniting, a coalition of community groups, neighborhoods, faith organizations and workers advocating for good jobs, corporate accountability. MassUniting conducted the poll along with Public Policy Polling. It was conducted from Nov. 27 to 29 and included 638 Massachusetts voters. "Essentially,the big thing that this poll tells us is that this election was not a fluke or a one-off thing…
As part of a national day of protest, unemployed workers will join the Occupy movement to call on Congress to create jobs.
Hundreds of unemployed workers will join forces with the Occupy Boston protesters, trade unions and community groups today to march for what they describe as "jobs, not cuts." The protesters will gather first at Dewey Square around 4 p.m. on Thursday before marching to the Charlestown Bridge on North Washington Street. The march will halt before protesters cross the bridge. Police are expected to shut down the bridge during the march. Organizers say the protest is following Congress's "super committee" recommendations to enact budget cuts that would kill jobs. The protest was also prompted by police action around the country this week, breaking up and "evicting" Occupy camps in other cities. Marches will take place across the country today…
Protesters halted traffic downtown on Friday, marching through city streets from the Boston Common to the Bank of America headquarters on Federal Street.
Thousands of people marched through Downtown Crossing Friday, halting traffic and protesting Bank of America and other major financial institutions. Twenty-four Boston residents were arrested at the end of the demonstration, when protesters surrounded Bank of America's Boston headquarters on Federal Street. Among the arrested were local families facing foreclosure, according to MassUniting, a Charlestown-based coalition that helped organize the protest. Bank of America has increased its number of foreclosures on distressed homeowners in recent weeks, according to new data from the foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac. August 2011 saw the largest monthly increase in foreclosures since August 2007. MassUniting said 3,000 people participated …
Anne Justice
1:04 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2011
Jan, so true.How soon people forget. It all becomes relative for people that don't remember when.People that never experienced injustice don't have anything to compare it to.Some actually think that the idea of benefits,and decent working conditions,overtime pay,etc. have always been in place.Ask the Chinese workforce how wondeful that would be. The Triangle Shirt Factory wasn't all that long ago. more ›