June 1st, 2009
Welcome to the new and improved BYUDemocrats.org! As you may have noticed, we have a new layout and we’ll hopefully be adding some new features soon, as well as keeping you all updated on upcoming club activities in the fall. We are going to be making a big push this year to be more web-savvy as a club, so this site and our Facebook group (as well as our weekly e-mail updates) will become the life blood of the club and the best way to stay connected. So check back for updates, join the Facebook group, and we’ll see you in the fall!
Steve Pierce
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March 3rd, 2009
This week’s activity will be simple because we are getting ready for the soccer game against BYUSA
So on Wednesday we will be watching President Obama’s address to the joint Congress. If you have not seen this yet I strongly recommend coming to watch it because it was a great speech that provided a lot of information relevant to the next few years for this country.
We will be meeting at 7pm on wendesday in 270 swkt
See you there
Now for the soccer game…
CALLING ALL SOCCER STARS (and non stars)
The Soccer Showdown is coming up on March 14th @ 2:00 PM!
The College Republicans and the College Democrats are teaming up for a game against BYUSA. The game is being played for fun, as well as for a Food Drive Competition between all three organizations.
WE WANT YOU!
In preparation for the game, we are having tryouts/a practice this Saturday, 3/07/09, at 12:00 PM at DT fields. All official members are welcome to come and play, as well as individuals who helped campaign last semester. We want the very best team, so we can put BYUSA in their place. So come out and show us what you got, or just come to have a great time playing!
p.s. this is totally for fun so come and play even if you are not as good as PETER SNYDER…who is amazing
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March 1st, 2009
The plan:
- Makes a $634 billion down payment on fixing health care that will go a long way toward paying for a more efficient, more affordable health care system that covers every single American.3
- Reduces taxes for 95% of working Americans. And if your family makes less than $250,000, your taxes won’t go up one dime.4
- Invests more than $100 billion in clean energy technology, creating millions of green jobs that can never be outsourced.5
- Brings our troops home from Iraq on a firm timetable, finally bringing the war to a close—and freeing up almost ten billion dollars a month for domestic priorities.6
- Reverses growing income inequality. The plan lets the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire and focuses on strengthening the middle class.7
- Closes multi-billion-dollar tax loopholes for big oil companies. 8
- Increases grants to help families pay for college—the largest increase ever.9
- Halves the deficit by 2013. President Obama inherited a legacy of huge deficits and an economy in shambles, but his plan brings the deficit under control as soon as the economy begins to recover.10
- Dramatically increases funding for the SEC and the CFTC—the agencies that police Wall Street.11
- Tells it straight. For years, budgets have used accounting tricks to hide the real costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts, and too many other programs. Obama’s budget gets rid of the smokescreens and lays out what America’s priorities are, what they cost, and how we’re going to pay for them.12
This is the change we voted for. President Obama has done his part, now we need to do ours.
(Taken from a MoveOn.org email 01 March 2009)
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February 17th, 2009
First off, thanks to everyone that came to the VA service project last week. We had a great time and the veterans really appreciated our visit (even from liberals).
This week we will be watching the documentary “Outfoxed” at 7 pm in 270 swkt. It is a really interested documentary about Fox News and their “journalism”
see you all there.
Next week we will be debating the Republicans on Welfare, if you would like to do the debate please let me know thanks,
Hyrum
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February 10th, 2009
Tomorrow (wednesday) we are joining with the BYU republicans to go up to Salt Lake and provide some service to veterans at the VA hospital. These are people who have sacrificed a lot for each of us and (whatever our views on the war or US foreign policy) we all owe them a huge amount of respect.
We will be meeting at 4:15 at the Jamba Juice in the Wilk so that we can carpool to get there around 5. If you could please let us know if you (and any of your friends) plan to attend and if you can drive (plus how many other people you can take) for people who have class, there is a second group meeting at Jamba Juice at 5 to get there late.
If you want to drive up by yourself we have provided directions hope to see everyone make it
Directions to the Veterans Hospital
VA Hospital Address and Phone Number
George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
500 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148 (801) 582-1565
Directions below
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