The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000.
From Marty Meehan
Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.
Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.
Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.
Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.
Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.
Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.
It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world.
I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible.
Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.
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