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Welcome To the Norwin Area Democrats!
We serve and represent Adamsburg, Harrison City, Irwin, Manor,
North Huntingdon, North Irwin, Penn Township, and Trafford
BULLETIN BOARD
INFORMATION ON GEORGIA SENATE RACE
HELP is Needed in This Critical Georgia Senate Runoff Race
If you want to help win the January 5, 2021 runoffs and take back the Senate, here's how:
Norwin Area Democrats
We are asking for volunteers to help with postcards and letter writing. Contact Katie at 724-216-7461 to help out in this very important run off race.
To Donate to Fair Fight,
Jon Ossoff and Reverend Warnock all at once
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Volunteer for Fair Fight From where you are:
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To help and support Jon Ossoff to win the senate seat go to: https://electjon.com
To help and support Reverend Warnock to win the senate seat
go to https://warnockforgeorgia.com
CALL to ACTION:
Voice Of Westmoreland
(VOW) is partnering with Stand Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and People's Action to assist with supporting the two Senate Races in Georgia. Anyone interested in joining VOW in this work by making Deep Canvassing calls contact Diana Steck at dsteck1315@gmail.com
HOW YOU CAN BE AN ALLY AND FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY
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COMMUNICATION
FOCUS GROUP
Your voice and opinions are powerful. As a voter you enjoy more persuasive ability to influence a member of Congress than a lobbyist in Washington. It is not ONLY your right, but your duty to make contact with your legislatures.
CONSTITUTIONAL CORNER
THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
In the late summer of 1787, the Founding Fathers struggled to draft a solution that would satisfy the states of both larger and smaller populations regarding presidential elections. In hopes of satisfying all parties, the electoral college was offered as a solution. This compromise was reached whereby popular vote would determine what slate of party electors would meet on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December to cast their choice for president. The most common selection method of electors is by state party conventions. In PA though, the presidential nominee for each party nominates and sends their list of electors to the PA Secretary of State. The electors for all states will meet in their state capitols on December 14 to cast their votes for president and vice-president. On January 6, in a joint session of Congress, the electoral votes will be accepted and verified. These details are derived from
Article II and Amendment XII of the Constitution.
by Barbara Shrump
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OUR NEXT NORWIN AREA DEMOCRATS MEETING WILL BE IN JANUARY VIA ZOOM.
ON JANUARY 20TH AT NOON JOE BIDEN WILL BECOME OUR 46TH PRESIDENT AND KAMALA HARRIS WILL BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN VP!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
letter of the Week
for past letters that were written and sent to local publications for consideration.
OUR STAGGERING NATIONAL DEBT
In his article, "Will Georgia Halt the Radicals Revolution", Nov. 11, 2020, Pat Buchanan wrote, "LBJ's Great Society is manifest today in our staggering national debt". So let's look at some debt data. LBJ did increase government spending by 13%. Since Johnson, every president has increased the debt by at least 30%. In 1969, LBJ's last budget, the government collected more money than it spent: there was a surplus of $3.2 billion. The next time the government had a surplus was under Bill Clinton.
Ronald Reagan added $1.47 billion in deficits and almost doubled the national debt. He did that by reducing taxes on the wealthy and increasing the defense budget. George W. Bush increased government spending, more than any of the six presidents preceding him including LBJ, with tax cuts benefiting mainly the wealthy and increases in defense spending. Bush ran a deficit every year, increasing the debt by $1.35 trillion. Donald Trump ran a deficit of $2.47 trillion over his first 3 years in office. This was accomplished by tax cuts mainly for corporations and the wealthy and increases in defense spending.
We have a pattern here. Republican presidents increasing the debt by cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy while also increasing defense spending. It is as if they are deliberately trying to bankrupt our nation. They said the tax cuts would pay for themselves, they did not, but social programs like the Great Society have.
by Sandy Kramer
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