Support the Jubilee Act! (BR)
With the new year will come a new Congress. With the new Congress will hopefully come a willingness, if not an enthusiasm, to embrace a new attitude of humaneness and charity for the less fortunate.
We can get off on the right foot by kicking our elected representatives in their asses -- metaphorically speaking -- and telling them to support the Jubilee Act when it is re-introduced by Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Spencer Bacchus (R-AL) early next year.
If passed, the Jubilee Act will cancel the $200 billion collectively owed to the United States by the poorest nations of Africa, the existence of which serves as a convenient excuse for the borderline and outright tyrants of the continent not to invest in their country's infrastructure, economy and health.
The American Friends Service Committee runs a clearinghouse of information on debt-forgiveness news, activism and outreach. There you can learn about the movement, and download a sample resolution, which can then be tailored and introduced to your local representatives and passed in your town, city, council district or state.
We can get off on the right foot by kicking our elected representatives in their asses -- metaphorically speaking -- and telling them to support the Jubilee Act when it is re-introduced by Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Spencer Bacchus (R-AL) early next year.
If passed, the Jubilee Act will cancel the $200 billion collectively owed to the United States by the poorest nations of Africa, the existence of which serves as a convenient excuse for the borderline and outright tyrants of the continent not to invest in their country's infrastructure, economy and health.
The American Friends Service Committee runs a clearinghouse of information on debt-forgiveness news, activism and outreach. There you can learn about the movement, and download a sample resolution, which can then be tailored and introduced to your local representatives and passed in your town, city, council district or state.
posted by Brendan at 5:30 PM
5 Comments:
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
www.americanlegends.blogspot.com
If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thanks,
David
I'm down with a global jubilee. Or a student loan jubilee. Seriously, good post, this is definately something we need to fix.
GREAT POST!!! I would LOVE to read a new one from you EVERY DAY.
Or we could hand the debt to the Chinese, who would probably work out some decent terms for repayment. I am sure the Chinese would rather hold the African debt, since we all know how much those dollars they hold are really worth...
Brendan, come back. Do another post. Soon. Please?
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