On 7/28/10 3:29 PM, Harry  wrote:
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From the website:


For the better part of the past year, Republicans have tried to come up
with a new agenda for the American people with mixed results. However,
with the Tea Party now the most potent force in Republican politics, and
with the recent launch of the Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill garnering
the support of Republican leaders like National Republican Congressional
Committee Chair Pete Sessions and Republican Caucus Chair Mike Pence,
the Republican Party agenda has become clear. Republican leaders and Tea
Party-supported Republican candidates can now rally around the
"Republican Tea Party Contract on America" as the blueprint for how they
would govern.

1. Repeal the Affordable Care Act (Health Insurance Reform)

Put insurance companies back in charge, repeal tax credits for small
businesses, allow insurance companies to deny coverage based on
preexisting conditions and to drop coverage when a person gets too sick
and make prescription drugs for seniors less affordable.

2. Privatize Social Security or phase it out altogether

Turn the guaranteed retirement benefits of America's seniors over to
Wall Street CEOs by putting Social Security at risk in the stock market
or, as some Republicans have called for, phase out Social Security
altogether and end a program millions of American seniors rely on for
their survival.

3. End Medicare as it presently exists

Phase out and end Medicare as it presently exists for future generations
of seniors -- ending Medicare's guaranteed healthcare benefits for more
than 40 million American seniors -- and replace it with a voucher system
which will result in higher premiums and fewer services for seniors.

4. Extend the Bush tax breaks for the wealthy and big oil

At a cost of nearly $700 billion, extend the Bush tax breaks for the
wealthiest Americans and big oil, which are set to expire and which have
and will continue to explode the federal budget deficit.

5. Repeal Wall Street Reform

Roll back the toughest consumer protections ever enacted, allow banks to
continue to grow too big to fail, and ensure that predatory lenders
continue to utilize their most abusive practices.

6. Protect those responsible for the oil spill and future environmental
catastrophes

Cap liabilities for those responsible for environmental disasters like
the Gulf oil spill and let companies like BP decide which victims
deserve compensation for the disaster and what the timeline for relief
should be.

7. Abolish the Department of Education

Put the big banks back in charge of student loans and put an end to
federal assistance for public schools.

8. Abolish the Department of Energy

End America's investments in a clean-energy future and disband the
organization responsible for oversight of nuclear materials.

9. Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency

Gut the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act -- which together protect our
kids from air pollution and keep drinking water safe -- and disband the
watchdog that holds polluters accountable.

10. Repeal the 17th Amendment

Take away your right to pick your U.S. Senator.