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TURBO-cHARGED CAPlTAUSM VS. FAMILY
WVALUES
THE
ECONOMIC
CONTRADICTIONS OF THE NEW
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CONSERV ATlVES
.EDWARD L.UTTWAK A Snlior Fellow
Tit. ·
Cnrt6r for Strat4gic •Pili lnt1nratiartal Stud{u in
Wa1hingtort, Edaumt i..~Jllruaic f1 autlfor ,.oat
rrcrrt.tly af The Endansared American Cruun,
1994, fie al,o ad'U~II tltt /•parte.• F{nn•c•
Mlni81ry.
WASHINCTON -
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Long before "family values''
btKame a pollticul slogan, long before it bac:ame
f;ahiona ble to celebrate stable communities,
both were c:xactly what politlcal conacrvatlvcs
everywhere strova to conHrve above aU aiM. At
the same rl me, eontervatlve• oppo1ed ttata
control nf the ac:anomy, and thore(ore faVored
lrea1nterpritc capitallam for the freedom it
gave to lndiVic:lualt, quite uide from the proven
proaperity il also uaured, There wu no sharp
contradiction between the two bec1u1e
indlvlduaia, famillt~ and communitlea could
absorb ttn.actural change - or at luat moat of
them COYlci. moat ol the time. Th.~t advent of
turbo-chArged QpitaJiam now lmpotu a cholc..
ThoM who value the ltabLUty of lamlll• and
communlda Qnnot at the 1ame rime advac:ate
more deregulation and &lobaUzaUon which,
conjointly,· opan the way for fut·paccc:l
l'echnolosical chanse .. well.
Thoa• who value growing and dynamic
Innovation cannot at the same time demand
scable famm.. and communities. Not when jobt
coma a.nd go, not when Hfe .. ryln mutt abr~.tptly
cMnge to keep up with tha demands of the
economy.
FAST WEALTH I That free1nterpriH
capltali•rn unobatruC'led by public rcsuJarion•.
cartels, monopollea, effectiVQ trade unlona or
cultural lnhibhlons u tl\a ultimate engine of
cx:onomic groWih ia an old truth now disputed by
only a few, olls-d StalinJata.
That frea-enterprlsa capitall1m <lChlavet
gruwth so well because ita relentleu
competition dutroys inefficient flrrru and entlr.
lnduatrlet, thua allowins more dflcienr ffrm1
and lnduatr1u to r1w In their place, hu long
been undarltood,
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And, finally, that the economic galnJ
acJUeved by 1uc" ·creative dettructfon• muu
hav. 101ne IOCi&J coat lruofar u 'WOrking llva
and therttore famiiJea, flrm• and cherefore
coaununitfa1, entire lndullri" and therefor•
n•tiona Ire di•napted 11 another old tntt" lint
nx:ogntz.d more than a ~:entury ago.
What Ia new about free-entarprlse
capit&Uam today il only a matter of desreo - •
mare IC'CIIC!rarlon in the apeld of cr.. tiva
c:leatructlon at any slven rare of economic
BrDwt:~ ~.it that. u it turn• out, il quite enough
to mal(e all the dltferenca. We now live In a new
era of "turba-<harsed capltaU~m:
Structural t'hanga 11 now quite faat even
there ia no growth, •nd It becomea znuch
(aater when the economy doe. grow. In the
wnen
proca., more dilrupUon 11 betns inflicted upon
woridng 11\'81, flrrna, and entire induatria than
rNny individual• can abaarb, or the eonnec:tive
tiuue of many f1mi.Uu, commun(rlea or even
complete nationa can wtthatand.
Th• disintegration of American famlli•. the
breakdown of once zneanlnglul c:omrnu,ittea
Into mere locauu .. in many pans of the world,
and tJw rec.nt uphuvala In placet like Mmrico
are tit• product• of the urn. dlaruptlve force.
Only theiCile at the dimas• Ia d!Htt•u.
UnUke Italian• or the Spanlah for t"ar
mane, m01t Arnlricua hav.
hid no COUiina in
worktns order for quite aome ttme, that i1, u
rul farnUy memben fram whom they c:ould
.. poft material 11 weU u moral help when in
need. That i• how Spain can haw a U percent
unemployment rare without starvation or
reYOiutton. With the advent of turbo-capitaliam,
Americana are in the pi'Ot'ell o# latins their
SiDIII\81 aa Well II paren&t IOiiftJr Ul"lr C'htldren
and children their perenta. Aa they qy, life
moves or Ia moved for them, teo fatr for people
to k"P up with each other, to maintain rhc
connective rlaaue In Working livw.
CLOBALlZAnON I One obvloua cauM of
11cc:alerated stnac:tural change is til• world-wide
retreat of public ownership, central planning
and commerrlal regulation, with all their
rigidities that •lowed Innovation.
Buc of coune the most Widely nociced cause
ol accelerated and dr81tlc atructur.U cl\lnse Is
"globalization"- the unification of the puddlea.
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ponda, laic•, and aeaa of village, provincial,
regional .,d national economJea into a alngle
glob&! ecoftomlc ocean, and thua th~Hr expoture
to oceanic wawa of C'OII\petitto" lnatud ol mere
rippln or gradu.l Ud.,,
Mora important than the removal by treaty
ot formal trade barriera b the geographic'
tpread of reHabla, cheap and lnttant
relecommunlc:ationt that eue the formation of
n.w commercial relatJonshlpa both materially
and paychologlcally. Compan111 are now wllllns
to rely on foreisn aubcontractou for
compon~nta, .knoWing that they can keep in
touch with them In "Rul Tizne."
There are othor factora u well: Dlmlniahlng
trenaport coatt and the waning 11'\Atl!rlal content
of commerce: the diffusion o/ up-to-data
technologiet for the production of export sooda
or componenta, even within otherwise backward
local economlet; and che hammering down of
onct diverse conaumu
preferenua into
uniformity by trananarlonal mau media
Imagery and advertialng.
The overall effect ol ''globalization" il that
any prodto~cCion anywh•re can expand
enormoualy, far beyond the llmlta of the
domotUc rnarkat, lnao#er u It Ia COD\petltive. By
the aame token any production anywhere and
the related employment can be dltplaced at any
time by cheaper production lrom aomeplace
alae In the whole world. Life In the glob~l
economy ia lull ol udrtng surprises catatcrophic do\llrnlalla.
and
TH£ INDUSTRIAL OFF1CE I Still another
cau1e of dltproportlonately rapid atrucrural
change II the ~lnduttrtalizatfon" ol office worlc. a
rather belated product of the electronic
computer and aeaociated machines. Bec:a1.11e of
genaratlonal change. lt\Oen aenlor managert now
know how to work office electronlca, alloWing
them eo understand their UHI, abu~ea and non.
usu, Ccmputer nctworlca allow managera ar the
next l•vcl up to literally oversee, ngl\t on their
own scr•na. the work that rhelr underlings ara
doing or nor doinJ. Th• ruulr I• that otnce work
is increaaingly 1.1 transparent •• asacmbly-ltne
work has boen from the atart, immediately
reveallns Inefficient proced1.1roe and
unproducrlv• employea.
The long-a\llraited, lons-dtla)'td lncreue In
the ef6cJenc:y of olflce-work haa tln&Uy antved,
brutally expotlng unrU no\¥ MCUre whJ~IL1r
employ.a ta lht work-place dlalocation.t, 1"1'1111
finnga employment ln~urity and detlillins
real wag.. that have long bonn the lot of bluecollar Worlceraln rnacure lndullri&J economt ...
At the proeent tlmt ev.n thouS}\ the United
Stata economy Ia VOWing at a "torrid" rate (ln
Federal Raerve Chairman Alan Cnsenapan'a
word), wl\ite-coUar job reducttona by the
thouaanda ue atUI beins announced by on•
fatnOUI COrporallon after ai'lother. They call It
~restructuring" or more fancifully '"re-
~sinemng the corporatton,"_and duly decorate
thl proceeding• wttn rhe mott reC"ently
fuhionable managemtnt-conaultant v.rbiage.
But the rqJ econoznlea that Wall Stnet
antldpata by bidding up the ahara, tllereby
incidentally hugely rewarding man-flrlng top
axecuUvea who have atocJc optlont, came nat
from the background mualc of managementconaultant talk but rather from the
dlaplacement
ol telep~ano•auwerlng
leC'ratariet by volca-mail l)'ltems, the
dl1placemen1 of letter•wntins HCretariet by
computer word-proce11lng and fubo&rch. tha
conteq~o~ent dltplacement of clerical
aupervlsora, the di•placement of junior
admlnlltratora by automated paperflow
proce11tns, tha con•equent dlaplaC"ement of
adnttnlstralive aupervlaon, and finaUy - and
moac of all - from the d~placemenr ol middle
mana5en no longer needed to tuperviN the
!Ired derical and adrnlniltrative employ.n.
TOO FAST TO ADAPT I There are perhapa
arlll orher or better explanatlona lor the 01dvent
ol tl.lrbo·charged capirallam with ita grqtly
accelerated atructural change, b,ut whar Is
certain Ia the re.ult: The CTeative dutruction of
old lkJila, firma and antll'e lnduttn .. are now ape
to span yean rather than genenttlona - often,
only a wry few yeara. That dearly favor~ global
prosparlty but brutally nceeds the adaptive
IJmiu of many Individual famillea and
coznmunltiet.
When the son• and dausluera of US
ateelworkars, Brilllh coalmlnen or Cer"'an
w.lden muat become IO~W&,...wrtten, teuhen,
l.awyera or, for th11 matrer, ahop attenctanta
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becaute tiM te1pective paternal lnduatriJa o~f.r
le11 and le11 empiO)'rMnt, few have ,.aaon to
complain. Dut when the aame mechanuma of
cnans• work ao faat that steelworktra,
coalminer• or welders muu thtmselve•
abandon lifetime procllvhte• to acquire
damandins new 1kil11 on ptnalty of chrantc
unemployment or untkUI.t low-wage labor for
life. failure and fnaatnrion .,.. the Ubty reulta.
To be sure .nothinJ could be more old·
fashioned than ro worry about the fate of
hopaleu.Jy pesl4 bl ue-coUar worken. So the big
news is the disloc1r.~Jn ol white-collar
-mployment 11 weJL Job turn-ever statisttcs are
irntlevanr, for no statiltlcs can me&~ure rtu~ ftlt
Job·insec:I.U'ity of employees who-are well aware
of the rapid economic tranaformatlona of our
times which they do not control, bye whicn
control them.
Far now, the Republican• whQ contrive to
colebrare. advocate and demand both
economic change ilnd social stability may be
unaware of the huge contradiction between the
two. For now they may lcnow, but •tJII count on
the faa rhat their fe.tlow Americans do not y.c
know that in the turbo-capitallat era, it fa one or
rhe other, not both. But they wtllfind out lOOn
tnougJ\.
TechnoJogi1m Is the rellgfou• belief that
tech-change il both always good for all and
unstoppable. Technology i1 not an independent
fore•, lt can be reviled ca11ly by even w•k
regulation&. As far thi• Writar, l believe that the
economy shQuld sen.oe society - nor the ather
way around.
Pullquote - Those who value growlns and
dynamic Innovation C"&nnot at the •ame rime
dem.and stable famllle. and communltlea.
PuJtquota -We now live In a new era of •turbocharpct capttal'-m.·
Pullquote - The lons·awefted, long-dalayed
lncreue in the e(flclancy of orfico-"'Drk has
finally arrived, bnmtlly npo1lng unrill now
s.ecw. wltito-<olur employ.es.
PwJquote - The ll:aMmy lhould 11rve IOC'iety
-not the oth• way araund,
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l'HE CASE OP niE AIRLINES
The exemplary Amerjcan CAN ia the
dertgulatlon o( the afrJine induatry. ·'~·"' atlll
hichly resW.aed, wtch their •••lped rguta and
fixed air fare1, US airlines Wl!'e lnoderately
inelflcient, moclentely OV'tr•ltalfaf. canalatently
proiJtable and very ltable. commonly olfanng
11/o-tlJfta job• for thejr arnplo,._, and a 1t1ble
C'Uitomer b11e for the aircraft Industry.
Ral~tively high air farea paid lor tftat, hence
Americana With more time and le11 money
habitually traveled by raJI or bu1. even over long
distances.
Since deregulation. Braniff. Ll&em, Pan·Am
and Dlany leuer airUn• ~· diaap~red in
bankruptciee, IW'Yivfng afrUn• have become
much more efficient. waga ud aalarfel have
been aharpl)' reduced Ceaapt far top b«Utfva
who eam much JnON than belon), and tar. are
now 10 low that even AmetiQna wCt" ample ltee
t1me and little money habitually trav.. by air.
Them~elwa financially un1~ble b«au~e of
wa\lft o( compethlve lare-cuttins, US airlines
ere no longer reUable customera for the tirtrafr
Industry. $ydden mua can~Jitiona of optiolla
or even "firm" orders htve become very
common, d•tabiUzing an induatry that hu long
lud Umet. l..ockh-.::1 no longer makea alrlil\ara;
McDonnoJI·Douglaa can no Ianser devwlop new
alrlinel'l on ita own Cand lftkl foretgn pannen
aa the prtce of sharinf Ita key technolosl•) and
Boeing'• future 11 only leCUnt becauM ol aalet
to forelp~ &i.rtlnaa- who .. order• lnt ntllablt
beca\&M mDit are still hiShly replated.
From a strictly ICOI\alftic point. of "'ew. the
greater elficioncy brought about by unrwsulated
campatltlon Juatiliea aU. Bur from a IOCial point
a/ view there it no 1\Kh comp.n~ation. With Its
ltable. well-,.ld joba. the resulattd airline
lndu•try of che put enhanced the atabiUty al
employee·• f~~nillet and their communllla 11
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aupplicd the alrUn•.
Tod4y'a· chaotie~Uy unarabla etrlinu are by
cantraat wry dlan.aprlve, u they rapidly npand
or drutlc:ally ahrtnlc over • mauer or rnonU11 or
~" w . .ka, •• they abruptly ahlft "huba~ and
maintenance baNI from one place ta another,
. each ttm• hiring and filing Ulploy.., ln their
conatant manauvering. It would be a nice blt of
IGCioJosical n!surch to calcW.re the number of
divorce• (and tharelore problum children)
c.auaed by deregularlon•inducecl economic
streuu on tha fomillea of airlines cmployeea,
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�DRAFT
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
REMARKS FOR
INTERFAITH IMPACT FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING
WASHINGTON, DC
MARCH 21, 1995
Thank you Jane [Hull Harvey] for that gracious introduction.
And thank you Rev. Bell [Jim] for the invitation to participate
in Interfaith Impact's 25th annual legislative briefing.
I also
bring greetings from the President, who shares my deep sense of
appreciation for your steadfast commitment to justice and peace~
Let me begin by congratulating all of tonight's award
winners.
When the President talks about the need for a dynamic
partnership between government and citizens, he's talking about
people like you who give so much of yourselves everyday to make
your neighborhoods and communities better.
"Justice" and "peace" were the rallying cries that brought
this organization together in 1968 following the tragic death of
Rev. Martin Luther King.
It was a time of conflict, confusion,
and chaos.
But while many were forecasting doom and gloom and
maybe even a second civil war, you came together -- Christians,
Jews, and Muslims -- to keep Dr. King's dream of social justice,
racial harmony and spiritual triumph alive.
You showed this
nation how to build consensus out of chaos and you helped lead us
out of a stormy darkness back into the light of hope and
reconciliation.
Today, we again need your vision and leadership as we
navigate the uncharted waters of these challenging times.
America is now in the vanguard of a global reformation.
A
few weeks ago, I attended the United Nations World Conference on
Social Development in Copenhagen where I was struck by the
similarity of human challenges facing countries all over the
world.
I met people from Asia and South America who have been so
successful at improving educational opportunities for girls and
women that their nations' economies have been transformed as a
result.
I learned from people living and working in Africa about new
initiatives on that great continent to create jobs, raise the
standard of living, and bring health care to those living in
remote areas.
And I shared ideas with people from the Middle East who were
determined to bridge ancient hostilities to build a truly
regional health ·care system.
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�Religious leadership played a major role in this summit,
which was devoted to alleviating poverty, creating jobs, and
ending social dislocation.
We tend to think that our problems are uniquely Am~rican.
But as citizens of a shrinking global village, it is becoming
increasingly apparant that health and human problems respect no
boundaries. ·And it is only through consensus and cooperation
that we can create a truly sustainable future foi all the world's
peoples.
That's why I am so delighted at the legislative agenda you
have chosen to pursue.
It is an agenda that is both local and
global and, just like the President's agenda, it puts children
and families first.
You share many of our goals, and we are grateful for the
support you have shown us as we have fought some tough battles
these past two years.
You've been with us when it counted on
health care reform, the crime bill, AmeriCorps, issues of
workplace fairness, justice for women, and the promotion of
diversity.
And I am extremely happy to learn that, just yesterday, your
"People of Color Caucus" expressed its support for Dr. Henry
Foster to become the next Surgeon General of the United States.
Your support is most appreciated as a signal that Americans of
faith and goodwill are willing to stand up for what is right.
Dr. Foster has devoted his life to helping people and he deserves
to be Surgeon Geheral.
But you have come to Washington at a most pivotal time.
We
are in the throes a great national debate characterized on one
side by the somewhat fashionable notion that government is the
root of all evil.
Seventy-seven days into the Contract with America, we have
learned that the Contract is indeed a financial arrangement, one
that assigns far more importance to the interests of the very
wealthy and the very powerful, than to the interests of the poor,
the needy, and the weak.
We do not need that sort of contract in
America.
We need instead, a covenant, a sacred trust between
government and the American people, and among the American people
themselves.
A covenant that reflects our long-held belief that
every citizen, rich or poor, urban or rural, young or old, has
the right and the responsibility to rise as far as their Godgiven talents and determination can take them, and to give
something back to society in return . .
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�That is the underlying principle of the President's New
Covenant, and it is the underlying principle of your own
"Covenant with the People-- agenda for justice."
This principle is actually grounded in some ancient ideas:
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
[Christianity]
"The poor, the orphan, the captive, feed them for the love
of God alone ... "
[Islam]
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor, the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble." [Judaism]
These old ideas have guided us for centuries in our efforts
to protect children and strengthen families.
Yet today, the
foundation which we have built in America to promote work over
welfare and to strengthen families and communities is in
jeopardy.
We need to remember that government does have a role to
play. And government does make a profound difference in the
lives of millions of Americans.
Nutritious meals for low-income children, summer jobs for
young people, heating fuel for the disadvantaged, aid for poor
children with disabilities, and an AmeriCorps program that is
giving 20,000 Americans the opportunity to serve their
communities while earning money for their education -- these are
all examples of government working to give people the tools to
take responsibility and make their lives better.
But today,
these government programs, are deemed unimportant, unnecessary ...
My minister gave a sermon recently in which he related the
story in Leviticus about the ancient Israelites who annually
placed all of their miseries and sins on the head of a goat and
then sent the goat off into the wilderness. When the goat
reached the wilde~ness, the tribe was cleansed of all problems,
all evils, all sins.
This is an apt parable for what is
happening in America today.
In today's society, the goat is poor
children and their parents. And somehow we think we can rid
ourselves of all our social problems by scapegoating children and
exiling them to a wilderness of greater poverty and hopelessness.
As a ten-year-old boy from a Washington middle school said
at this past Sunday's children's rally on the steps of the
Capitol, "Children have to say "no" to a lot of things, food ·
should not be one of them."
Some in Washington and around the country justify these
extreme budget cuts by saying, we have all these children's
programs in place, but things are only getting worse.
Obviously,
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�the programs don't make a difference.
Well, nobody ever
conceived of government programs as a panacea. We all know that
services alone will not lift a child out of poverty. A school
'lunch program can help a child's physical and intellectual
development, but it can't provide shelter. A nutrition program
for pregnant women can increase the likelihood of a· heal thy baby,
but it can't pay the rent.
As you so eloquently state as part of your own principles
for welfare reform, "Welfare reform must not focus on eliminating
programs, but on eliminating poverty and the damage it inflicts
on children, on their parents, and on the rest of society."
To overcome poverty, children and families need the basic
necessities of life.
They also need to be buffered by a strong
economy.
That's why, as we search for a solution to today's real
social problems, we must avoid an unbalanced approach that both
robs children of services and fails to address the broad economic
and social forces that contribute t6 poverty in the first place.
Meaningful deficit reduction, the creation of nearly six million
new jobs, investments in the skills and training of our people ~
these are structural changes that, as the President has fought
for and articulated, will help lift children and families out of
poverty over the long run.
But these problems are so complex that government cannot,
and should not, handle them alone.
Parents, families, and
communities must take responsibility too. As the National
Council of Bishops stated in a pastoral letter in 1991 entitled,
Putting Families First, "The most important work on behalf of our
children must be done in our homes and our neighborhoods and our
community organizations. No government can love a child, and no
policy can substitute for a family's care." And that means both
parents. As the ~resident said in last Saturday's radio address,
both parents must take responsibility for raising the children
they helped bring into this world.
Child support must be part of
welfare reform, both for the sake of our children and our
economy.
Young people themselves must also take more responsiblity
for their actions.
In some cases young men and women must
postpone having children until they have the means to provide the
love, the support, and the responsible care.
Eliminating poverty
and hopelessness is absolutely connected to stemming the tide of
teen pregnancy and child birth in this country.
But it is my firm belief that the most important thing we
can do to help America is to become a part of the spiritual
renewal that underlies and fuels your work here.
Now, more than ever, America needs your voice, your energy,
your moral leadership working in partnerspip with government to
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meet the needs of people.
The challenges we face demand action from each and every one
of us -- but it must be the kind Qf action that is grounded in
the highest ideals of love ?nd citizenship.
As Scripture says, "You are the salt of the Earth and the
light of the world.
That if your light shines before men they
will give glory to the Father in Heaven."
We must continue to lock atms together for the sake of human
dignity.
We must not turn our backs on our children.
By the
grace of God, we can make the world a better place if we are
willing to work together.
Thank you.
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�and, in the crime bill, the ban on 19 assault weapons.
I don't think
it's a secret to anybody in this room that several members of the last
Congress who voted for that aren't here tonight because they voted for
it.
(Applause.)
And I know, therefore, that some of you who are here
because they voted for it are under enormous pressure to repeal it.
I
just have to tell you how I feel about it.
The members of Congress who voted for that bill and I would
never do anything to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms to hunt
and to engage in other appropriate sporting activities.
I've done it
since I was a boy, and I'm going to keep right on doing it until I can't.
do it anymore.
But a lot of people laid down their seats in Congress so
that police officers and kids wouldn't have to lay down their lives
under a hail of assault weapon attack -- and I will not let that be
repealed.
(Applause.)
I will not let it be repealed.
(Applause.)
I'd like to talk·about a couple of other issues we have to deal
with.
I want us to cut more spending, but I hope we won't ~ut
government programs that help to prepare us for the new economy, promote
responsibility and ar~ organized from the grass roots up, not by federal
bureaucracy. The very best example of this is the National Service
corps-- AmeriCorps.
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An~ now there are
20,000 Amerlcans, more than every_served ln one year 1n the Peace corps,
working all over this country, helping people person to person in local,
grass-roots volunteer groups, solving problems and, in the process,
earning some money for their education. This is citizenship at its
best.
It's good for the AmeriCorps members, but it's good for the rest
of us, too.
It's the essence of the New Covenant, and we shouldn't stop
it.
(Applause.)
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numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold
might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants.
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service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers.
That's why our
administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by
hiring a record number of new Lvrder guards, by deporting twice as many
criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by
barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.
In the budget I will present to you we will try to do more to
speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to
better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the
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This draft is excellent! I only have a few minor
suggestions.
In paragraph 5 (page 1), I think she needs to convey that
she "learned" from her interactions with people from other
continents. I've given you one way of doing that for the
education of girls and women, although you may want to fiddle
with it. In the next sentence, instead of "I talked with people
in Africa" she can say something like: I learned from people
living and working in Africa about new initiatives on that great
continent to create jobs, raise the standard of living, and bring
health care to those living into remote areas .... "
At the top of page 3, you might want to add a sentence that
states emphatically that government does perform good deeds every
day. And at the end of that paragraph, I thought you might want
to add the thought that government gives people the tools to do
better in their lives, which is one of the President's favorite
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a way to tie in the ideal of social justice
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in Washington now (maybe on page 3 where you quote from th~"7J'ov~·s
principles on welfare reform). What I'm getting at is the idea
that what IMPACT is fighting for is about more than individual
programs and policies, but about our larger concept of ourselves
as a society, what we stand for as a people, etc .... that our
commitment to social justice will not be fulfilled if we don't
invest in our most precious societal resources, namely our
children.
Finally, there are a couple of other minor edits I've
suggested in the margins. Take them or leave them as you please.
Again, I can't thank you enough for taking on this project
on such short notice. HRC and her trusty aides appreciate it!
I should be back from my meetings at around noon. Please let
me know if I can be of any further help.
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Thank you Jane [Hull Harvey] for that gracious introduction.
And thank you Rev. Bell [Jim] for the invitation to participate
in Interfaith Impact's 25th annual legislative briefing. I also
bring greetings from the President, who shares my deep sense of
appreciation for your ste.adfast commitment to justice and peace.
Let me begin by congratulating all of tonight•s award
winners. When the--President talks about a the 'need for a dynam'ic
partnership between government and citizens, he's talking about
people like you who give so much of yourselves everyday to make
your neighborhoods and communities better.
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"Justice" and "peace" were the rallying concepts that
brought this organization togeth~r~ 1968 following the tragic
death of Rev. Martin Luther King
It was a time of conflict,
confusion, and chaos. But whi} many were forecasting doom and
gloom and maybe even a secoH.Q(ci vil war, you came together -Christians, Jews, and?M~slim3) __ to keep Dr. King's dream of
social justice, racia~~m6ny and spiritual triumph alive. You
showed this nation how to build consensus out of chaos and you
helped lead us out of a stormy darkness back into the light of
hope and reconciliation.
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Copenhagen where I was struck by the similarity of human
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have chosen to pursue. It is an agenda that is both local and
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and families first.
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You share many of our goal~, and we are grateful for the
support you have shown us as we have fought some tough battles
these past two years.
You've been with us when it counted on
health care reform, the crime bill, issues of workplace fairness,
justice for women, and the promotion of diversity.
And I am extremely happy to learn that, just yesterday, your
"People of Color Caucus" expressed its support for Dr. H(mry
Foster to become the next Surgenn General of the United States.
Your support is most appreciated as a signal that Americans of
faith and goodwill are willing to stand up for what is right.
Dr. Foster has devoted his life to helping people and he deserves
to be Surgeon General.
But you have come to Washington at a most pivotal time.
We
are in the throes a great national debate characterized on one
side by the somewhat fashionable notion that government is the
root of all evil.
Seventy-seven days into the Contract with America, we have
learned that the Contract is indeed a financial arrangement, one
that assigns far more importance to the interests of the very
wealthy and the very powerful, than to the interests of the poor,
the needy, and the weak. We do not need that sort of contract in
America.
We need instead, a covenant, a sacred trust between
government and the American people, and among the American people
themselves. A covenant that reflects our long-held belief that
every citizen, rich or poor, urban or rural, young or old, has
the right and the responsibility to rise as far as their Godgiven talents and determination can take them, and to give
something back to society in return.
That is the underlying principle of the President's New
Covenant, and it is the underlying principle of your own
"Covenant with the People-- agenda for justice."
This principle is actually grounded in some ancient ideas:
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
[Christianity]
"The poor, the orphan, the captive, feed them for the love
of God alone ... "
[Islam]
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor, the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble." [Judaism]
These old ideas have guided us for centuries in our efforts
to protect children and strengthen families.
Yet today, the
foundation which we have buil~in America to promote work over
welfare and to strengthen families and communities is in
jeopardy.
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As a young boy said at this past Sunday's children's rally
on the steps of the Capitol, "Children have to say no to a lot of
things, food should not be one of them.''
Some in Washington and around the country justify these
extreme budget cuts by saying, we have all these children's
programs in place, but things are only getting worse.
Obviously,
the programs don't make a difference.
Well, nobody ever
conceived of government programs as a panacea. We all know that·
services alone will not lift a child out of poverty,
A school
lunch program can help a child's physical and intellectual
development, but it can't provide shelter. A nutrition program
for pregnant women can increase the likelihood of a healthy baby,
but it can't pay the rent.
As you so eloquently state as part of your own principles
for welfare reform, "Welfare reform must not focus on eliminating
programs, but on eliminating poverty and the damage it inflicts
on children, on their parents, and on the rest of society."
To overcome poverty, children and families need the basic
necessities of life.
They also need to be buffered by a strong
economy.
That's why, as we search for a solution to today's real
social problems, we must avoid an unbalanced approach that both
robs children of services and fails to address the broad economic
. and social forces that contribute to poverty in the first place.
Meaningful deficit reduction, the creation of nearly six million
new jobs, investments in the skills and train~ng of our people -these are structural changes that, as the President has fought
for and articulated, will help lift children and famiJ.ies out of
poverty over the long run.
But these problems are so complex that government cannot,
and should not, handle them alone.
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take responsibility too.
They must provide the love and
nurturing and discipline their children need.
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they have the means to provide the love, the support, and the
responsible care.
Eliminating poverty and hopelessness is
absolutely connected to stemming the tide of teen pregnancy and
child birth in this country.
But it is my firm belief that the most important thing we
can do to help America is to become a part of the spiritual
renewal that underlies and fuels your work here.
The challenges we face demand action from each and every one
of us-- but.it must be the kind of action that is grounded in
the highest ideals of love and citizenship.
As Scripture says, "You are the salt of the Earth and the
light of the world.
That if your light shines before men they
will give glory to the Father in Heaven."
We must continue to lock arms together for the sake of human
dignity.
We must not turn our backs on our children.
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grace of God, we can make the world a better place if we are
willing to work together.
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The Fresno Bee
February 25, 1995 Saturday,
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RELIGION AND ETHICS
LENGTH: 566 words
HEADLINE: Religious leaders cry foul over welfare bill
BYLINE: Michael J. Mcmanus
DATELINE: BANGKOK
BODY:
The welfare reform package moving through the House of Representatives is
meeting stout resistance from Catholic and Protestant leaders.
"Welfare reform must not focus on eliminating programs, but on eliminating
poverty and the damage it inflicts on the children (who are two-thirds of all
welfare recipients)," said the Interfaith Impact Foundation, a coalition of
Protestant religious leaders.
However, one welfare reform bill moving through the House would freeze
welfare spending at 1994 levels and turn the cash over to the states in a block
grant to be spent as each state wishes. That would save Washington$ 7.6 billion
over five years.
"We completely disagree with that focus on AFDC (Aid to Families with
Dependent Children) as opposed to looking at a minimum wage increase which would
lift a lot of people out of poverty," says Nancy Chupp, Washington spokeswoman
for the half-million Protestant members of Church Women United.
The welfare bill would not even require states to continue spending the $
10.3 billion of state funds budgeted this year (plus $ 12.5 billion of federal
funds) . And it would deny cash assistance to children born out of wedlock to
women under 18, and deny increased welfare for additional children while ·on
welfare.
Unacceptable
That is unacceptable to Catholic Bishop John Ricard, chair of the American
bishops' domestic policy committee.
The bishops support genuine welfare reform that "will offer education,
training and transitional help to those who exchange a welfare check for a
paycheck," Ricard wrote to congressional committees.
That is a description of the Clinton welfare reform bill, which would have 1
million people off of welfare and in jobs by the year 2000, though 400,000 would
be in subsidized jobs. Another 873,000 recipients would be in training for jobs.
But the Clinton bill would cost $ 9.3 billion more than AFDC over five years
due to added training, day care and job subsidies.
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The Republicans/ welfare reform has the primary goal of removing incentives
for women to have out-of-wedlock births.
Flaws in logic
Common sense drives us to the conclusion that a system that says to a
teen-age girl/ we will give you a subsidized apartment/ government subsidized
health care/ food stamps/ child care and a cash allowance on the condition that
you not get married/ not get a job and that you have a baby -- will result ln
more and more out-of-wedlock births
says Rep. Tim Hutchinson/ R-Ark.
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There are two flaws to this logic. States with lowest welfare benefits should
have the lowest illegitimacy rate. But Mississippi/ which gives only $ 42 per
month per recipient/ has an illegitimacy rate nearly double that of Hawaii/
which pays $ 214 a month per person.
Second/ Hutchinson ~ays 1 ''The great untapped resource in the welfare reform
debate is our churches/ synagogues and charitable institutions'' who cah
supplement welfare benefits.
Church aid to the poor has soared in recent years.
We estimate that 150 1 000 centers are passing out $ 3 to$ 4 billion of
groceries 11 says David Beckmann/ president of the church-based Bread for the
World.
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HEADLINE: OPPOSITION URGED ON WELFARE CUTS;
MINISTER FEARS IMPACT OF GOP PLAN ON POOR
BYLINE: By DAVE CONDREN, News Religion Reporter
BODY:
The poor of America are in for "a painful two years" unless the new Congress
can be convinced that the federal government has a responsibility to care for
them, the director of a national interfaith foundation said Monday.
The fear of those who care about the poor is that Congress will try to
balance the federal budget "on the backs of the poor" and by shifting some of
the burden to state government, warned the Rev. James M. Bell. If that happens,
there is the potential to bankrupt state governments, and charitable religious
organizations could be overwhelmed with requests for assistance that they could
not begin to meet.
"I think the r:eligious community should tell Congress, 'We are not able to
pick up all the slack and that it is not the responsibility of the religious
community to take on the burden of government,'" he said Monday in the Council
of Churches of Buffalo and Erie County on Delaware Avenue.
A minister in the United Church of Christ, Mr. Bell is director of the
Washington-based Interfaith Impact Foundation.
The organization helps 35 national religious bodies reach consensus on
proposed federal legislation and provides them with information needed for
grass-roots lobbying efforts. Members of the broad-based foundation include
mainline Protestant churches, Catholic religious orders, Jewish and Muslim
organizations and peace and justice groups.
During a talk sponsored by the Buffalo Area Council of Churches, Mr. Bell
said Impact's No. 1 issue this year is a balanced federal budget -- a goal of
the Republicans' "Contract With America" -- because the new Congress most likely
will try to achieve it by cutting welfare programs, including Medicare.
Impact also is concerned with health-care reform, term limits for members of
Congr:ess and prayer in public school, which he termed "a petty-type amendment
that fails to take into consideration the religious diversity in this country."
Unle~s there is strong grass-roots opposition -- at the congressional
district level
efforts to cut welfare funding are likely to succeed, he said,
because "there is not a lot of sympathy in this country today for.the poor."
To evaluate proposed changes in welfare spending, Mr. Bell said, Impact has
developed a package of seven principles against which reform proposals will be
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weighed. The package includes minimum benefit levels that all states must
provide, elimination of disincentives to work and efforts to move people into
the work force.
The position of Impact members on welfare reform will be publicized in a
full-page ad, "seeking justice for people who are poor," in the Washington Post
on Feb. 13. It will be signed by 700 religious leaders and others who support
that package of principles.
It will state in part that, "Welfare reform must not focus on eliminating
programs but on eliminating poverty and the damage it inflicts on children, on
their parents and on the rest of society."
Besides sweeping a reform-minded Congress into office, last November's
election also served as "a wake-up call to the mainline religious community,"
which discovered much its clout lost to the religious right and television
preachers.
One reason that has happened, he suggested, is because members of mainline
churches -- Presbyterians, Methodists and Episcopalians as well as Catholics
rarely mention in letters to elected representatives that they are for or
against some proposal "because of their faith commitment."
"They don't use God-focused language. They don't say I'm writing because my
religious beliefs require that I take this position," he said. "Those on the
religious right always do."
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Dear Friend:
We are pleased to offer Interfaith Impact Foundation's Welfare Reform Kit. The Studv
Guide is designed to assist you and your congregation or organization in understanding the
current debates around welfare reform. The Advocacy Guide is designed to assist you in
becoming advocates for a just and fair welfare system.
Debates on welfare reform tend to be fraught with stereotypes, misconceptions, and
simplistic slogans.
As people of faith, we seek to move beyond the partisan demagoguery
.and look at faith-based principles of justice. Both the Study Guide and the Advocacy Guide
focus on principles for welfare reform, because we believe our principles must guide any
discussions of particular reform proposals.
If you are not already a member of Interfaith Impact for Justice and Peace, we invite you to
become a member. Interfaith Impact Foundation and Interfaith Impact for Justice and Peace
have selected welfare reform for a special organizing initiative. For $40 a year, you will
receive regular background information and action alerts on welfare reform legislation (as
well as other issues you may select) in Washington, D.C., and in your state, if you live in one
of the 20 states with State Impacts. Welfare reform legislation is likely to change greatly, so
it is important to be a part of a network in order to stay abreast of current debates.
This kit was prepared in conjunction with the Welfare Reform Task Force of the Domestic
Hunger and Poverty Working Group, which coordinates public policy advocacy among
religious staff in Washington, D.C.
We offer special thanks and appreciation to Nanette
Roberts who edited the study guide and to Matthew Cyr who tracked down information, and
to the many readers who offered comments on drafts of the materials. The kit was improved
by the comments of Scott Anderson, Kay Bengston, Raymond Blanks, Nancy Chupp, Paul
Gehris, Marian Hartung, Richard Heacock, Jr., Karen Hessel, Matt Leighninger, Ellen Lowe,
Jim McDaniel, Elaine Roberts, Fred Spannaus, Bonnee Lauridsen Voss, and Patricia Whitney
Wise. We also thank the Hunger Programs of Interfaith Impact's supporting denominations
· and faith groups ..
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Please let us know how we can better serve you and your congregation or organization. If
you develop or discover additional resources· on welfare reform, please let us know .
.::<Thank you for your concern for justice in our society.
Sincerely,
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Dear Flo:
anfto.explain our efforts over
We flrst invited Mrs. Clinton to speak to our March 1993 Legislative Driefing. We started
that invitation process even before the polls showed that Mr. Clintoo was going to win the
presidential election. At that tirre, we were told M-s. Clinton would not accqt any speaking
invitatioos until after the election. After the election we were told she would not conunit
until after the inauguration. After that \ve were told, ''This is something we feel is
important ... And later, "It is on her calendar." On the Thursday before the speech was .
scheduled for Sunday night we received a call saying she was tmable to aco.¥ the invitation.
In JWle of 1993 we received a letter from the White House thanking us for our invitation to
Mrs. Clinton and telling us that she did not receive the invitation fiw' enough in advance to
oonsider it and they lx>ped she would be able to speak It some future date.
You can imagine oor frustration~ we had a paper trail a mile long of our efforts!
Last year we sent invitatioos to both the President and Vice President. They Wfre both
unable to speak, althoogh we were told that the President wanted to speak but was conctmed
because of the timing with some other religious requests and did n<t want to say yc:s to one
·and not the other. We were encouraged to ask him again this year.
This year we invited the President to speak hecause we feel the cirrumstances of the last
election are so critical that we need to use every effort for organizing across the COWltry. We
are very concerned about the Contract With America and about the move to the extreme right
both politically and in the religious community. We ·wanted to show support for the President
and we wanted him to be a source of eoc.ouragement for our adVocates.
We also invited the Vice President to speak at anothet time during the Briefmg because of his
involvement in 1he National Religious Partnership for the Environment. The Vice President
has spoken at our Briefmg; in years past when he was a senator and we were participants in
his Environment and Religion Ccnference while he was in the Senate.
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Of course, we want the President as a first choice over any other speaker we might invite.
Within the confines of being a non-partisan organization we are trying to convey our support
for his agenda and encourage our advocates.
The President has met at the White House with the heads of the churches that arc a part of
Interfaith Impact. We applaud that meeting and it was good publicity for both the churches
and the President. However, we are asking him to meet with the people who are on the front
1ines·day to day pressing the religious agenda of those denominations. Our Briefing
. participants are the program staff people from those denominations and the grass roots people
who are involved in local councils of churches and in congregations. They advocate in state
houses as well as in Washington. _
We had particularly wanted to present President and Mrs. Clinton with an award at the
banquet on March 21. It is an award for "Protectin
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etching ofMartin Luther King and an overlay.ctching of Andrew Young's granddaughter.
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Bearuse of the President and Mrs. Clinton's work in health care, children's issues, and -now
\__increasing the minimum wage, it is a way we can lift up support in a visible \Vay.
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Flo, we arc the people "carrying the water" on many of these issues. While we agree and
encourage the President to meet with the heads of the churches, those same heads of churches
look to us tp get the message out to the religious community. We are, in fact, the ones who
'Mite their testimony, who give them the background infonnation they need, who develop the
strategies they take to their variom decision-making bodies. There is a defmite growing
frustration in our offices that this is not well understood at the White House and that the
White House does oot Wlderstand our relationship with the leadership within the
denominations.
When the President met with the religious leaders some months ago, they came here ftrSt to
be lriefed on the issues. When Archbishop Tutu met with President Clinton he came directly
from the White House to our offices to brief us on his meeting and give us his assessment.
When United Clmrch of anist President Paul Sherry testified before Congress on health care,
that testimony was written by the UCC Washington staff. When I testified before the House
Ways and Means Committee on the religious conummit)ls health care principles, the
testimony was written by the pcop1c 'Ytho will be at this Briefing.
This coming Monday the \Val)hington Post National Edition will carry a full page ad with
ovf2' 600 religious leaders signatures supporting welfare reform Those principles were
developed by the people planning this Briefmg. For your infonnation I am including a copy
of our press :release to newspapers around the country.
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Recently Joan Brown CampbeH from the National CmmciJ of Omroies gave congressional
testimony on the "taking3" issue. That testimony was written by people on the Environmental
Working Group here in our offices.
We have been a leading voice for universal health care and welfare refonn. We have been
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strong advocates of the Crime Bill, Religious Fretdom Restcration Act, workplace fairness,
enviroomental justice, gun control, foreign aid, etc. We have consistently opposed a balanced
budget ~dment, school prayer amendment, tenn limits and reducing the deficit on the.
oocks of the poor.
Is thex a WdY you can "plead our case" for reconsideration? If I am reading the frustration
in the religious communit) correctly this is one of those times the President really needs to
speak to this segment of the religious commW'lity.
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Thank you for any help you can provide.
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Interfaith Impact Foundation.
PURPOSE:
This speech would be an opportunity for
the President to address our religious
base supporters and reaffirm the
political initiatives we will be
fighting for in 1995.
BACKGROUND:
Interfaith Impact FouDdation is a· ::-~. :·
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focus: 18 justice ·for all~ :::.The ~sp~ak~"
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DATE AND TIME:
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BRIEFING TIME:
15 minutes before_the event
DURATION:
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LOCATION:
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Protestant denominations, orders of
Catholic priests and sisters, the Union
of American Hebrew Congregations, and·
the American Muslim council.
PARTICIPANTS:
The President is introduced by Executive
Director, Jim Bell.
OUTLINE OF EVENTS:
The President makes remarks.
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Remarks to be provided by speechwriters
REQUIRED:
Yes
MEDIA COVERAGE:
FIRST LADY'S ATTENDANCE: No
VICE PRESIDENT'S
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RECOMMENDED BY:
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CONTACT:
Flo McAfee, x67701
Danny Wexler x62930
ORIGIN OF THIS PROPOSAL: Letter attached
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Event: Annual Legislative Briefing of the Interfaith Impact Foundation
Date of Event:
March 21. 1995
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President with Interfaith leaders.
DESIRED AUDIENCE AT SIGHT:
Interfaith religious base supporters.
CONCISE ANSWER TQ THE QUESTION,"WHY ARE WE DOING THIS EVENT?"
To energize 31ld reaffirm our committment to our religious base, and to acknowledge
that we want and appreciate their support.
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