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The Patriot Act Allows Federal Agents To Look At Public And University Library Patron Circulation Records, Books Checked Out, Magazines Consulted, All Subject To Government Scrutiny. There Used To Be A Time In This Country When We Were Worried Whether Our Young People Knew How To Read. Now Some In Our Government Are More Worried That Government Agents Be Able To Find Out What People Are Reading.

Dominating All Earth From Outer Space Will Have An Out-of-this-world Price Tag, Perhaps More Than $1 Trillion. A Question: Why Reach For The Stars With Guns In Our Hands? Are There Weapons Of Mass Destruction On Mars?

When You Consider That A Steelworker Who's Making $40,000 A Year Has Virtually The Same Tax Burden As Someone Who's Making $400,000 A Year, You See That There Are Inequities. This Administration Has Used The Tax Code To Accelerate Wealth To The Top. Most Of The Tax Breaks Have Gone To People In The Top Bracket.

The Problems That Exist On Wall Street Today Go To The Center Of A Debate In This Country About Wealth And Democracy. We Cannot Keep Our Democracy If Those Who Are In Charge Of Handling The Engines Of Our Economy Are Not Honest With Their Shareholders. That's Why There Is A Role For Government Regulation Here. That Role For Government Is Breaking Up The Monopolies, Insisting On Public Disclosure, Insisting On Public Audits, Insisting On Restitution Whenever Someone Has Been Cheated.

We're Not Locked In To These Conditions That Degrade The Environment, And Jeopardize The Future Of Our Children.