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Democrats value life (Republicans devalue life)
We need a series of TV (and/or radio) advertisements that give people a reason to vote Democratic.
Today's AP article American life worth less today shows that the Republicans reduced their value of human life by 12% -- a drop of nearly $1 million from just five years ago.
Of course, the calculations are a cynical Republican ploy to avoid issuing regulations for clean air.
"It appears that they're cooking the books in regards to the value of life." -- S. William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies
"It's hard to imagine that it has other than a political motivation." -- Dan Esty, a senior EPA policy official in the administration of the first President Bush and now director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
But most folks certainly feel viscerally that their own lives have less economic value now. We should be able to make a convincing case that the Democratic Party actually values individual lives more than Republicans.
[cross-posted at Michigan Liberal]
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