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Our Election Choice: Open Door to the Future or Slam It Shut

By Tula Connell

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Open the door to the future or slam it shut? That’s the choice in this fall’s elections as a new AFSCME ad makes clear. While Republicans in Congress blocked Democratic efforts to advance job-creating bills, they voted to lay off hundreds of thousands of Americans?while taking care of CEOs by closing tax loopholes.

The two-week ad is running in Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania to back Democratic candidates in those states now under attack, in part, because of their support for the jobs bill passed in August. The jobs bill provided states with $26 billion in emergency funding for vital services. The TV ad will be complemented by radio spots, Web ads, and this week, AFSCME is sending more than 300 staff to targeted districts around the country to engage in member education and get-out-the-vote drives.

Is the nation’s economy what we want now? No. Would it be far worse under Republican leadership? You betcha.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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