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Your Voice is Needed to Protect Economic Security for All!
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">As you know, we are&nbsp;going to have to fight to protect the&nbsp;critical programs that promote&nbsp;economic security for all&nbsp;and&nbsp;provide services to&nbsp;the least among us: the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, CHIP, public housing, SNAP, and aid for people with disabilities are all in jeopardy under the new President and Congress.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">We need your&nbsp;signature.</b></p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sign a letter to the new President and Congress.</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/2R1tVOJAbA09qaUbpRs5jQ" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(84, 1, 21);" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">Coalition on&nbsp;Human Needs</a>&nbsp;is collecting signatures from thousands of organizations and individuals to stand together&nbsp;<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">against</i></b>&nbsp;dismantling the services and protections people need and&nbsp;<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">for</i></b>&nbsp;proven investments to extend opportunity and economic security to all.&nbsp;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
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Please read it &ndash; we believe you or your organization will want to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/qpCyT5Q8eGVlx-m2Xqsxeg" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(84, 1, 21);" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">sign</a>, and we need you, both to sign and to circulate to those in your networks.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">When so much is at stake, why does a letter matter?</i></b>&nbsp; It says to the Senators needed to block the passage of destructive bills that groups in their states are among thousands nationwide ready to take a stand and take action. &nbsp;</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The letter incorporates principles under the theme&nbsp;<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strengthening America&rsquo;s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All.</i></b>&nbsp; It&nbsp;affirms&nbsp;these principles - consistent with Catholic Social Teaching - that federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere.&nbsp;<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">It&rsquo;s never been more important to come together.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>The SAVE for All letter is a vehicle to do that &ndash; please join in making your voice heard!</p>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 3px 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The deadline for this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/0JShZb4n4BBv8yfv4Q3MEA" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(84, 1, 21);" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">sign-on letter</a>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">January 5</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup></b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">, 2017</b>.</p>