Working Family Agenda
Monday June 02, @12:15PM, by Tony Lorenzen, Worcester County, Nashua River G-R
Subject : Proposal to Endorse Legislative Agenda
from the State Com dept.
Summary :
I propose the Green-Rainbow Party endorse the Working Family Agenda of Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts. This legislative agenda is in strict coherence with the ten key values of our party.
Text :
Working Family Agenda Coalition
C/0 N2N, 8 Beacon St, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 Ph: 617-723-6866 Fax: 617-723-6766


2003 Legislative Agenda
 Neighbor to Neighbor Priorities Underlined



STOP THE CUTS – RAISE REVENUE

Pass a Large Fair Tax Package to Stop the Cuts
 Raise at least $1 billion in new revenue to stop devastating budget cuts, including closing corporate tax loopholes by including repealing corporate tax breaks



PROGRAMS CRITICAL TO WORKING FAMILIES

HEALTH CARE
Provide Access to Health Care
 Restore and protect MassHealth, including eligibility for 50,000 adults under MassHealth Basic, coverage for dental, eyeglasses, dentures, prosthetics, orthotics, & chiropractic, and the entitlement to coverage under the Childrens' Medical Security Plan

 Pass the Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act and protect the Senior Pharmacy program

HOUSING
Provide Access to Affordable Housing
 Pass legislation to deny state support for communities that demolish public housing without providing one-for-one replacement of permanently affordable housing

 Protect funding for low-income housing programs and increase the borrowing limit for the Housing Bond Bill

WELFARE
Preserve the Welfare Safety Net
 Provide extensions for people who need more time to complete their education or training and allow 20 hours of education and training to count toward the work requirement



AFSCME Council 93; Citizen’s Housing and Planning Alliance; Coalition Against Poverty/ Coalition for Social Justice; Commonwealth Coalition; CPPAX; DSA; Family Economic Initiative; Homes for Families; IUE Local 201; Leominster Spanish American Center; Massachusetts AFL-CIO; Mass Alliance on Teen Pregnancy; Mass Budget and Policy Center; Mass. Coalition for the Homeless; Mass. Federation of Teachers; Mass Law Reform Institute; Mass. Human Service Coalition; Mass. Senior Action Council; Massachusetts Teachers’ Association; National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts; National Organization for Women Mass.; Neighbor to Neighbor Mass.; Rosie’s Place; SEIU Local 285; SEIU Local 509; Unitarians United for a Just Economic Community; United for a Fair Economy; United Auto Workers (partial listing)

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