Change That Works Pays A Visit to Rep. Bart Gordon's Office

The Change That Works team and citizen activists hold a press conference at the Murfreesboro City Hall to announce the new "Value of Reform" report that details Tennessee's healthcare crisis. After the press conference, its time to deliver over 500 petition signatures to Rep. Bart Gordon's office. Check out the video and hear a couple of heartfelt stories from regular folks who want to see healthcare reform pass this year.

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[ScarlettKnights]

Why do the unions support taxation of health benefits for families except the families of union members?

[SEIU205]

They don't. Your information is wrong.

[ScarlettKnights]

Wrong:

Google:

New Coalition Set to Push Immigration Reform Now

Which includes AFL-CIO, La Raza, NAACP and American Asian Justice Center.

and google:

AFL-CIO adopts amnesty proposal

by Tom Ramstack

[SEIU205]

Labor supports comprehensive immigration reform, which includes securing the border, cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants, requiring immigrants to register for status, pay back taxes and to learn English.

According to a Pew Research Poll (referenced in the article you told us to Google), 86% of the American people support this position.

As always, labor wants what most Americans want.

[ScarlettKnights]

Google:

Union workers would be exempt from Dem health care tax

"But the union workers who helped Democrats win Congress and the White House and whose support will be key in getting a health bill signed into law would not pay the tax."

By: Susan Ferrechio

[SEIU205]

First off, the Washington Examiner is a right-wing paper.

Second, you left out the rest of the story:

"Baucus is said to be considering a delay for everyone, not just unions. And there is precedent for that, Fronstin said. When the Clinton health plan was put on the table in 1993, the effective date was 1998. It was giving the industry time to implement whatever adjustments they needed to make.

Pretty simple - contracts have to be honored unless both sides agree to change them.

[quackers25]

I ran out of space...Furthermore, I know all about Murfreesboro. I am a registered voter there and lived there for over 4 years. I was being an active, engaged, and responsible citizen that was looking into what Bart Gordon is and has been up to "representing" me and my registered voter wife. The majority of the voting populace in district 6 are center right, and the way Gordon has voted is not consistant to who he represents. So I am educating myself about my rep and see previous post.

[quackers25]

What am I doing?? I work approx 10 hrs a day, have to leave my family for weeks at a time due to work, and oh yes could be deployed at any time that would constitute me being gone for up to a year. So what am I doing? I think I do plenty enough for the paycheck I earn, only to see a nice chunk of it redistributed to people that don't work and have no incentive to, programs that are corrupt, and Social Security and Medicare that I will never see again. I have also called Gordon many times.

[DecimusIunius]

We've all seen recently how corrupt the SEIU can be. But seriously, the signatures might have been legit. If you bother people about getting their signatures, they'll sign anything to make you go away, even if they don't know what it is.

[tnchange]

Only a poser would think that Bart Gordon is a "left wing liberal". You give metal a bad name, Michael!

[MetalMichael666]

Bart Gordon is a fully fledged left wing liberal! Thru the phone and email he doesnt care what this person of the 6th district of Tennessee knows. And I know he is Obamabot Zombie! Plus Gordons little brigade here. Gordon out of office in 2010!!!!!!!

[tnchange]

This was only one out of about 4 times the group did this, and every time they go to Gordon's office, they have a few hundred signatures. So yes there are more than 500 people in Murfreesboro who want to see healthcare reform pass. And let's not forget that this is in the middle of a work day. Unlike the Teabaggers, these folks have 9 to 5 jobs and they took time off during their lunch breaks to come out. What are YOU doing besides whining on the internet, quackers?

[quackers25]

This video is a joke. 10 people show up. they have 500 petitions. How many people live in Murfreesboro??? This issue, if passed will bankrupt this country. There are programs are out there for people that don't have insurance now and are poor. This video is a poor misrepresentation of the people in Murfreesboro.