From: To: Bee: Subject: Date: Attachments: Gregory Brown <[email protected]> undisclosed-recipients:; [email protected] Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:42:17 +0000 Former_Gov._Charlie_Crist_- _Here's_why_I'm_backing_Barack_Obama_Sunday_Times_Aug._26,_2012.pdf; Hat'Europe'_Failed_Nicholas_Sambanis_NYT_August_26,_2012.pdf; Paul_Ryan's_Social_Extremism_NYT_Editorial_August_26,2012.pdf; Paul_Ryan_And_Private_Charity_Andrew_Sullivan_The_Daily_Beast_21_Aug_2012.pdf; College_Tuition's_1,120_Percentincrease_Bloomberg_Businessweek_August_23,_2012.pd f; What_the_F_Wrong_With_Republican_Men_Kathleen_Parker_August_28,2012.pdf; Andrew_Sarrisjillage_Voice_Film_Critic,_Dies_at_83_Michael_Powelliune_20,_2012.p df; Jobless_generation_puts_brakes_on_US_Shannon_Bond_FT.com_August_30,2012.pdf; Fact_checking_the_GOP_convention's_second_n_ight_Glenn_Kesslerat_TWP_Aug._30,_2 012.pdf; Did_the_Fotmding_Fathers_Really_Want_Two_Parties_Willard_Steme_Randall_Huff_Post 8 31 12.pdf; Mr._Romney_Reinvents_History_NYT_EDITORIAL_August_30,_2012.pdf; TYgy_Apple_needs_to_lose_the_Samsung_appeal_Vivek_Wadhwa_TWP_August_30,_2012 .pdf Dear Friends Over the next weeks we will hear many promises from both parties. They both will claim that they are going to lower taxes, reform entitlements, reverse the deficit and grow the economy. They will talk allot about whet they will do for the Middle Class and both parties will try to allay the fears of the rich that that their policies won't hurt them. But neither party will seriously push for policies that favor the poor. We live in a country where a sports team last week acquired four players whose combined salaries exceeded a quarter of a billion dollars, and many politicians chose to not support the notion that every citizen should have access to affordable (or free) comprehensive healthcare. We live in a country where we celebrate the winners as American Exceptionism but refuse to un