[NV Greens] Fwd: You Beat Wall Street

[Paul Etxeberri]

>Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:05:04 GMT
>From: "Working Families e-Activist Network" <peoplepower at aflcio.org>
>To: "Paul Etxeberri" <eusko at earthlink.net>
>Subject: You Beat Wall Street
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>Dear Working Families e-Activist:
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><http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/C7q5_dY1uPvE/>
>We hope you saw Saturday's headlines announcing that after hearing 
>from you, brokerage firm Edward Jones dropped out of a business 
>coalition backing President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security.
>
>The Washington Post said Edward Jones resigned from the Alliance for 
>Worker Retirement Security (AWRS) "after the AFL-CIO staged protests 
>at two of the firm's offices and attacked it on the Internet....The 
>labor federation staged rallies on Tuesday near the firm's St. Louis 
>headquarters and outside its office in downtown Lincoln, Neb. It 
>also instigated thousands of e-mails to the firm protesting its role 
>in aiding the president's plan."
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>Good job! Now let's do it again.
>
>Charles Schwab is another Wall Street money manager supporting 
>Bush's Social Security privatization-and Schwab has not backed down. 
>Although privatization would slash clients' guaranteed benefits, 
>Wall Street firms "could reap billions of dollars in management fees 
>and commissions over the long term" if Social Security is 
>privatized, according to the Jan. 18 Los Angeles Times. That's a 
>conflict of interest.
>
>Tell Charles Schwab: Don't support Social Security privatization. 
>Step down from the front groups pushing privatization. Click the 
>link below:
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><>http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/schwab
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>Charles Schwab also is a member of the AWRS and of the Financial 
>Services Roundtable. These and other front groups are raising 
>millions for ad campaigns to sell Social Security privatization to 
>the American public. Charles Schwab's corporate philosophy 
>description says the company's goal is to offer individual investors 
>"useful, ethical services at a fair price." The most ethical service 
>Schwab could provide for working families is to withdraw from the 
>front groups trying to privatize Social Security.
>
>You convinced Edward Jones to leave the main Social Security front 
>group. Now convince Charles Schwab to do the same. Click here:
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><>http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/schwab
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>Social Security is America's best-run, most successful family 
>insurance program. Millions of retirees, survivors and people with 
>disabilities rely on Social Security. President Bush's plan to move 
>Social Security funds into private accounts may be good for Schwab's 
>business-but it would hurt working families terribly, forcing 
>devastating cuts in benefits and replacing retirement security with 
>retirement risk.
>
>Please contact Schwab CEO Charles "Chuck" Schwab. Urge his company 
>to drop its support for Social Security privatization and to step 
>down from the pro-privatization front groups. Click here:
>
><>http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/schwab
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>And when you've sent your message, please ask others concerned about 
>retirement security to send their messages as well. Click link below:
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><http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Cpq5_dY1uPvU/>http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/schwab/forward
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>Thanks for all you do for working families-and congratulations on a win.
>
>Thanks for all that you do.
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>In solidarity,
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>Working Families e-Activist Network
>Feb. 15, 2005
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
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