Your Republican Controlled Government at Work
Follow-Up

Josh Holland, one of my fave bloggers over at the Gadflyer's Fly Trap blog, adds his take on the WaPo article I mentioned earlier regarding the proposed cutting of the food stamp budget:

This would be a fine time to call your representative and let them know you don't want to pay for hurricane relief on the backs of the working class and the poor. Faithful America, part of the emerging religious left, makes it easy to send your rep a letter.

In other economic news, U.S. productivity growth rose by an annualized rate of 4.1 percent in the third quarter. During the same period, wages rose by an annualized 2.3 percent - less than inflation. That means that if all else is equal, an even greater share of national revenues went to investors while working people got the shafta yet again.

Is that consistent with recent trends? You betcha.

Jim Wallis' Sojourners organization (i.e., the lefty evangelicals) also provides an easy form to contact your Congressperson or Senator about creating a more moral budget.