Support our seniors/Dump Duncan

Written by: Charlie Imes on May 8, 2006 8:23 PM EDT

Linked to groups: San Diego for Democracy

Member:

I'm passing along an announcement from William McRae, one of our members, about an important event coming up this Thursday, sponsored by MoveOn, a group we can all support in achieving our common goals.

On Thursday May 11th, MoveOn.org is sponsoring "Caught Red-Handed" events all across the country targeting Republican Congress members because of their part in passing the Medicare Plan D program. The Medicare program was written by lobbyists and gives huge tax breaks to the pharmaceutical companies and which prohibits states from being allowed to get a discount on bulk purchased drugs. And on May 15th, President Bush and Congressional Republicans are preparing to slap as many as 14 million seniors with heavy, lifetime penalties because they haven't joined the bewildering new Medicare program - and we need to stand up for our seniors.

In San Diego we are going after Rep. Duncan Hunter and we will be having our event at Grossmont Hospital because of the large amount of seniors who visit the hospital. Using a giant check as a prop, we'll expose the fact that rep. Hunter has recieved thousands of dollars from the drug companies who designed this program and are pushing the deadline. Then, we'll deliver constituent signatures demanding that Congress
cancel the May 15th "Senior Tax" and make the drug program work for seniors, not the corporations."

Dump Duncan!
Grossmont Hospital
5555 Grossmont Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 3:00 PM

To sign up for the event go to political.moveon.org/event/medic...

For more information contact MoveOns Regional Coordinator William McRae -

willpmcrae@yahoo.com or 619-757-6691

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Location: San Diego, CA 92108