RE: [TruthTalk] Republican or Democrat

[Hughes Jonathan]

Title: FW: Republican or Democrat

Hi Izzy,   Nice joke.  Jokes and stories are nice when one wants to avoid facts.   The facts:  More people are below the poverty line since Bush took office than before.  More poverty, more homeless.  This is what conservative compassion is all about.   An estimated 850 000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night, according to advocates for the homeless. About 45 million people were without health care insurance for part of 2003, according to a US Census Bureau report published last week. The report showed that since Bush took office in 2001, 4,3 million people have fallen below the poverty line. That brought the number of people living in poverty in 2003 to 35,9 million, or 12,5 percent of the population. Several thousand protesters representing groups called Still We Rise and Housing Works marched to within two blocks of Madison Square Garden accusing Republicans of ignoring the plight of the poor and those living with HIV and Aids. "Today's march is about the reality of the Republicans' compassion agenda," said Michael Kink of Housing Works. "They talk the talk but they do not walk the walk on AIDS, homelessness and poverty. We have more AIDS, more homelessness and more extreme poverty than we did four years ago." http://news.lp.findlaw.com/politics/s/20040830/campaignprotestsdc.html   Jonathan Hughes   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 4:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Republican or Democrat   Subject: Republican or Democrat A Republican and a Democrat were walking down  the street when they came to a homeless person. The Republican gave the homeless  person his business card and told him to come to his business for a job. He then took twenty dollars out of his pocket and gave it to the homeless person. The Democrat was very impressed, and when they came  to another homeless person, he decided to help.   He walked over to  the homeless person and gave him directions to the welfare office. He then  reached into the Republican's pocket and got out twenty dollars. He kept  15 for Administrative Fees and gave the homeless person  five. Now you understand the difference between Republicans and Democrats This e-mail and any attachments contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Thank you for your cooperation in connection with the above. Ce courriel ainsi que tous les documents s’y rattachant contiennent de l’information confidentielle et privilégiée. Si vous n’êtes pas le destinataire visé, s.v.p. en informer immédiatement son expéditeur par retour de courriel, effacer le message et détruire toute copie (électronique ou autre). Toute diffusion ou utilisation de cette information par une personne autre que le destinataire visé est interdite et peut être illégale. Merci de votre coopération relativement au message susmentionné.