Congressman Keith Ellison
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2008
6:21 PM
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CONTACT: Congressman Keith Ellison
Rick Jauert
202.225.4755
Rick.jauert@mail.house.gov
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Mr. President, Stimulate The Economy by Ending The War
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WASHINGTON - January 28 - The President’s spokesperson informed us today that the President will have no new ideas in his speech tonight. That’s unfortunate. Mr. President: Our country is in grave economic trouble. We have a housing finance meltdown going on while energy costs spiral up and down. Affordable and accessible healthcare is out of reach to almost 50 million Americans with 6 million alone added during this President’s tenure. Our educational system has left far too many children behind, while our bridges are literally falling down in America.
Mr. President: our country needs an economic stimulus package that will result in something more than pocket change for most working families.
Mr. President: The best American economic stimulus package you could offer the American public is to end this war in Iraq.
We are currently spending $10 Billion a month in Iraq, more than $2.5 Billion a week.
Taxpayers in Minnesota alone paid $11 Billion for the cost of the Iraq War through 2007. For that amount of money, Minnesota could have provided:
- over 3 million people with Health Care OR
- over 13 million Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
- over 250,000 Public Safety Officers OR
- nearly 175,000 Music and Arts Teachers OR
- over 1.2 million Scholarships for University Students OR
- 1,300 New Elementary Schools OR
- almost 70,000 Affordable Housing Units OR
- over 3.5 million Children with Health Care OR
- over 1.5 million Head Start Places for Children OR
- almost 200,000 Elementary School Teachers OR
- over 130,000 Port Container Inspectors
The President’s $150 Billion economic stimulus package represents a little over ONE year in war funding for Iraq.
I would urge the President to work with Congress to bring our brave men and women home from Iraq now – and put hard-working Americans tax dollars to use building American schools, roads, jobs, hospitals and small businesses. That is a message on the state of our union worth giving.
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