Meg, thank you for a very reasoned response.  You said it very well.  We are 
all in this together - there is no 'us and them.'
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Mary Ann


> So Rae. You know I love you and am totally in the fight with you. But I 
> think that your negative emphasis and sarcasm re " job creators" is maybe 
> divisive and a bit misplaced, I for example, donate all my time to our 
> effort. I could certainly do more if there were more jobs, more house 
> sales, an improved economy. Similarly, more jobs and an economic recovery 
> would facilitate local regional and national fundraising for our pd cause, 
> and would free up substantial funds at the NIH. This kind of thinking is 
> part of the spirit of compromise. Curing pd isn't an either or 
> proposition, politically. We aren't ever going to get anywhere when we 
> mirror the current polarized political landscape. Refusing to see the good 
> on "their" side just makes us " us and them."  we simply must find a way 
> to dialogue and see the good will in our different takes on this. Being 
> against stem cell research is not the same as pronouncing a death sentence 
> on fellow pwp, it's an utterly reasonable life view, and one we should all 
> respect. While I clearly am a proponent of stem cell therapy, I'm not sure 
> that science yet knows it is the only clear way forward, and I think that 
> among ourselves... Our community, we must stand together.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dave
>>
>> So what is the solution?  Let them die, as we  heard at a Republican 
>> debate. Medicare paid for my DBS surgeries.  Do you suggest I should have 
>> gone bankrupt  or shook forever? or kill  myself?  I don't see this 
>> government program (which I paid into) as a miserable failure.
>>
>> Although the capitalist system has created great benefits for mankind, 
>> historically it has been at a terrible price  - child labor, unsafe 
>> working conditions like those that led to the factory fires in the late 
>> 19th century are not things we want to go back to.  Nor are impure food 
>> and snake oil drugs we are  fairly safe from because of the FDA and the 
>> Pure Food and Drug Act.  Slave wages and no benefits are things unions 
>> fight against.
>>
>> I hear you David, I used to be a union hater because my mother was one. 
>> I did not go on strike in 1965 when I first started teaching, but in the 
>> 1980's I did.  Unions are far from perfect, BUT WITHOUT THEM I WOULD HAVE 
>> NO PENSION AND SECONDARY INSURANCE AT ALL.
>>
>> IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE "free market" or even city government like LA 
>> City Schools are NOT GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING IF LEFT  ALONE.
>>
>> In retrospect I can't think of a single thing that conservatives have 
>> ever done or led in bringing about to "promote the general welfare". 
>> Does anyone really believe they are on our side?
>>

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