From: To: Bcc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Inline-Images: Gregory Brown undisclosed-recipients:; [email protected] Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 10/13/2013 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 08:43:33 +0000 A_U.S._Default_Seen_as_Catastrophe_Dwarfing_Le_hmanlu2019s_Fall_Bloomberg_News October_6,2013.docx; What if Obamacare Is Popular Buffington Post October 6, 2013.docx; We_neecT_a debt-limit Tio-over harles_Lane TV7P_OctolTer —7,2013.docx; Obamacareps_here.fiet_used_to_it„Eugene:Robinson_TWF_October_7„2013.docx; Do_Politicians_Care_lfThey_Get_Caught_Lying_Molly_Ball_The_Atlantic_October_8,2 013.docx; New_Corporate_Tax_Shelter,_A_Merger_Abroad_David_Gelles_NYT_October_8,_20 13 .d ocx; 32_Republicans_Who_Caused_the_Govemment_Shutdown_The_Atlantic_October_4,2013 .docx; Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe_bio.docx image.png; image(1).png; image(2).png; image(3).png; image(4).png; image(5).png; image(6).png; image(7).png; image(8).png DEAR FRIEND This week's government shutdown has consequences for all of us. Besides the real pain that the loss of jobs and services are costing workers and average Americans, it is also costing an estimated $300 million each day that the government is closed for business. As Bill Moyers pointed out last weekend, "when the president refused to buckle to this extortion, they threw their tantrum Like the die- hards of the racist South a century and a half ago, who would destroy the union before giving up their slaves, so would these people burn down the place, sink the ship." He goes on to tell us where the "reckless ambition" of the Republicans could lead us. Bill Moyers Essay: On the Sabotage of Democracy EFTA01132909