" A majority of the people want national health care, but the lobbyists for the insurance and medical industries have stymied it. A majority of the people want campaign finance reform, but the tobacco companies have crushed it. A majority of the people want a livable wage, but the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers undermine efforts to raise the minimum wage to a decent level... A majority of the people are willing to spend more money for education and the environment, but most of our legislators balk at allocating tax dollars for anything other than the Pentagon, prison construction, and corporate welfare."
- Mathew Rothschild, editor of the Progressive magazine