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Rebuild the Dream (Community Service)
WHERE: Sellwood Bridge Portland, Oregon WHEN: Sunday October 16, 2011 1-3 pm @ River Park WHO: MoveOn-Portland is working with Rebuild the Dream and MoveOn Civic Action to organize and execute this action at Sellwood Bridge to draw attention to Portland’s need for jobs and investments NOW! Sellwood Bridge is an example of the infrastructure is Portland that is in dire need of attention, as well as many roads and schools. WHY: The message of the day will be Jobs, not Cuts and Stand in Solidarity with OWS. We want to encourage everyone to join us, and have voice together. We do want to be clear that we encourage everyone to be civil, peaceful and respectful in the mood of Occupy Portland. We do not promote camping and staying the over night. We are aiming for a totally non- violent, lawful rally that displays the needs for Jobs not Cuts and Solidarity with OWS. We stand in support of the American Jobs Act the President has proposed: WHAT: THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT MEANS FOR OREGON President Obama has announced a comprehensive plan to create jobs: the American Jobs Act. The purpose of the plan is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans. Details on how some of the programs the President has proposed would affect Oregon: A. TAX CUTS TO HELP AMERICA’S SMALL BUSINESSES HIRE AND GROW • The President’s plan will cut the payroll tax in half to 3.1% for employers on the first $5 million in wages, providing broad tax relief to all businesses but targeting it to the 98 percent of firms with wages below this level. In Oregon, 90,000 firms will receive a payroll tax cut under the American Jobs Act. B. PUTTING WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB WHILE REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING AMERICA • The President’s plan includes $50 billion in immediate investments for highways, transit, rail and aviation, helping to modernize an infrastructure that now receives a grade of “D” from the American Society of Civil Engineers and putting hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job. Of the investments for highway and transit modernization projects, the President’s plan will make immediate investments of at least $426,200,000 in Oregon that could support a minimum of approximately 5,500 local jobs. • The President is proposing to invest $35 billion to prevent layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers, while supporting the hiring of tens of thousands more and keeping cops and firefighters on the job. These funds would help states and localities avoid and reverse layoffs now, and will provide $350,700,000 in funds to Oregon to support up to 4,600 educator and first responder jobs. • The President is proposing a $25 billion investment in school infrastructure that will modernize at least 35,000 public schools—investments that will create jobs, while improving classrooms and upgrading our schools to meet 21st century needs. Oregon will receive $253,200,000 in funding to support as many as 3,300 jobs. • The President is proposing to invest $15 billion in a national effort to put construction workers on the job rehabilitating and refurbishing hundreds of thousands of vacant and foreclosed homes and businesses. Oregon could receive about $20,000,000 to revitalize and refurbish local communities, in addition to funds that would be available through a competitive application. • The President’s plan proposes $5 billion of investments for facilities modernization needs at community colleges. Investment in modernizing community colleges fills a key resource gap, and ensures these local, bedrock education institutions have the facilities and equipment to address current workforce demands in today’s highly technical and growing fields. Oregon could receive $71,200,000 in funding in the next fiscal year for its community colleges.
Time: Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Host: Terry Danielson
Location: Sellwood Bridge Riverfront Park (Portland, OR)
SE Spokane St & Oaks Pkwy
Portland, OR 97202
WHERE: Sellwood Bridge Portland, Oregon WHEN: Sunday October 16, 2011 1-3 pm @ River Park WHO: MoveOn-Portland is working with Rebuild the Dream and MoveOn Civic Action to organize and execute this action at Sellwood Bridge to draw attention to Portland’s need for jobs and investments NOW! Sellwood Bridge is an example of the infrastructure is Portland that is in dire need of attention, as well as many roads and schools. WHY: The message of the day will be Jobs, not Cuts and Stand in Solidarity with OWS. We want to encourage everyone to join us, and have voice together. We do want to be clear that we encourage everyone to be civil, peaceful and respectful in the mood of Occupy Portland. We do not promote camping and staying the over night. We are aiming for a totally non- violent, lawful rally that displays the needs for Jobs not Cuts and Solidarity with OWS. We stand in support of the American Jobs Act the President has proposed: WHAT: THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT MEANS FOR OREGON President Obama has announced a comprehensive plan to create jobs: the American Jobs Act. The purpose of the plan is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans. Details on how some of the programs the President has proposed would affect Oregon: A. TAX CUTS TO HELP AMERICA’S SMALL BUSINESSES HIRE AND GROW • The President’s plan will cut the payroll tax in half to 3.1% for employers on the first $5 million in wages, providing broad tax relief to all businesses but targeting it to the 98 percent of firms with wages below this level. In Oregon, 90,000 firms will receive a payroll tax cut under the American Jobs Act. B. PUTTING WORKERS BACK ON THE JOB WHILE REBUILDING AND MODERNIZING AMERICA • The President’s plan includes $50 billion in immediate investments for highways, transit, rail and aviation, helping to modernize an infrastructure that now receives a grade of “D” from the American Society of Civil Engineers and putting hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job. Of the investments for highway and transit modernization projects, the President’s plan will make immediate investments of at least $426,200,000 in Oregon that could support a minimum of approximately 5,500 local jobs. • The President is proposing to invest $35 billion to prevent layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers, while supporting the hiring of tens of thousands more and keeping cops and firefighters on the job. These funds would help states and localities avoid and reverse layoffs now, and will provide $350,700,000 in funds to Oregon to support up to 4,600 educator and first responder jobs. • The President is proposing a $25 billion investment in school infrastructure that will modernize at least 35,000 public schools—investments that will create jobs, while improving classrooms and upgrading our schools to meet 21st century needs. Oregon will receive $253,200,000 in funding to support as many as 3,300 jobs. • The President is proposing to invest $15 billion in a national effort to put construction workers on the job rehabilitating and refurbishing hundreds of thousands of vacant and foreclosed homes and businesses. Oregon could receive about $20,000,000 to revitalize and refurbish local communities, in addition to funds that would be available through a competitive application. • The President’s plan proposes $5 billion of investments for facilities modernization needs at community colleges. Investment in modernizing community colleges fills a key resource gap, and ensures these local, bedrock education institutions have the facilities and equipment to address current workforce demands in today’s highly technical and growing fields. Oregon could receive $71,200,000 in funding in the next fiscal year for its community colleges.
Time: Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Host: Terry Danielson
Location: Sellwood Bridge Riverfront Park (Portland, OR)
SE Spokane St & Oaks Pkwy
Portland, OR 97202