Michigan has a lot at stake in the defense industry, and the defense industry has a lot at stake in Michigan.
From Sander Levin
The armored vehicle manufacturing base is not a light switch that can be turned on and off at will. If we mothball production of systems like the Abrams tank, it will take time and money to get this capability back.
Through good times and bad, American workers and their families have been able to rely on Social Security to provide guaranteed protection against the loss of earnings due to retirement, disability, or death.
Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.
That's what healthcare reform is about: the middle class's economic security.
We need for America to get back to basics and focus on the middle class's quality of life. Healthcare reform is vital to restoring that standard of living.
Opponents of health care reform would take away consumer protections - siding with the insurance industry instead of the middle class. We can't afford that.
Power, that's one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power - at least earthly power, at least earthly power.
The Ways and Means Committee for me has this opportunity to work with programs where I can take my parents' sense of community and make it work.
I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything authoritarian.
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