11 December 2009

We need health care now!

Today is an important day as any other day in the Senate. Five progressive Democrats changed some text of the bill with five moderate Democrats to gain their votes. They include an expansion of Medicare to people 55 and over. The ability for people to buy into the Federal Employee Plan. Another important amendment would be the oppurunity of people to be able to buy precription drugs from Canada. 
We support this because people need health care. One of the toughest age groups to insure is from 55 to 64. This group is most likely to have health problems and their premiums are high. We also support the idea that people should be allowed to buy into the Federal Employee Plan. Everyone here legally is a taxpayer to the United States Government and should have the ability take an insurance plan that federal employees have.
We hope that the Senate passes the bill and that legislators use their minds to think about the whole nation instead of one area. The importance of passing healthcare this year is very important. Many people need help and this bill will bring it to them.

06 December 2009

One Dollar Gasoline Tax

Thomas Friedman today on Meet the Press when asked by David Gregory how the United States should pay for the war. Friedman responded by saying that there should be a one dollar gasoline tax. We at the Common Civic Good support this idea. We as Americans consume 378 million gallons of gas in a day in 2008 according to the Energy Information Administration. The average price was of gasoline during 2008 was $3.27. Compared to all other industrialized countries adding the dollar tax only Canada had cheaper gas. If the number held true, at 378 million gallons of gasoline in one year $137,970,000,000.00 dollars in  created revune. With this tax alone in 10 years it would create over 1.3 Trillion dollars, if nothing else would happen. Therefore we strongly support Thomas Friedman's comment on  Meet the Press. As always the links are on the bottom.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=oil_home#tab2

04 December 2009

We Need to Remember the Less Fortunate

Hello all,

With the holiday season approaching we at the Common Civic Good want you to remember the less fortunate amoung us this holiday season. We hope that all of you would do something to help them out this holiday season. We would suggest working at a soup kitchen, donating toys for the toys for tots program, donating money to the Salvation Army's red kettles. We know everyone is not as well off as they would hope this year, but we should be thankful for what we have and be willing to help our fellow citizens. As always the links are at the bottom.

http://www.toysfortots.org/
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf

03 December 2009

We Need to Push the Senate

Hello all,

We are at an important stage of the health care debate in the Senate. It looks like that the Republicans are stalling on the bill. There are many reasons why they could be stalling. That is not the important thing though, what is important is what have we done as a citizenry to help ourselfs? We at the Common Civic Good tell you write your Senator to support the health care legislation. Below this is the names and numbers of every Senator.

P.S. There is no thing as socialized medicine. The term came from an ad agency working for American Medical Association back in 1947 to stop Truman's Democratic health care.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

02 December 2009

Begining of the Common Civic Good

Hello all,

Welcome to the Common Civic Good are mission here is to bring back the idea to have people work together for the Common Civic Good of the United States. The goals of the Common Civic Good are:

-Promote Civic Responsibility

-Promote Sustainable Budget

-Promote Increases of Government Revenue

-Promote Equal Rights to all Citizens

-Promote Universal Health care for all Citizens

-Promote Community Responsibility

-Promote Civics in Schools

-Promote a Productive Government

Our goals are simple in nature, but we hope that in our lifetime that they will be met.