Voters Demand that Rep. Bobby Schilling Supports an Economy That Works for the 99%
(Moline, Ill) - A diverse group of Quad City area and Peoria residents joined a protest against a Romney
Economy on Thursday, as the former governor accepted the GOP nomination. Across the country, activists now
calling themselves "99% voters" - low-wage workers, seniors, community activists, students and faith leaders -
roundly rejected the 1%-focused Romney Economy in favor of an economy that works for all of us.
Just returning from the RNC in Tampa, Cynthia Rivers of Peoria delivered a giant silver spoon, representative
of the 1%, to Republican GOP Headquarters today. "In Tampa, the 1% heard us. I'm not sure if it will do
any good but we asked them to make the richest 1% pay their fair share of taxes, raise the minimum, and quit
cutting our good jobs," explained Rivers as she taped the giant silver spoon to the Republican Headquarters
door.
Today's protest in Moline was a clear message for Mitt Romney and Bobby Schilling to stop outsourcing jobs,
stop tax breaks for the rich, coupled with tax hikes for the middle class, stop cuts to education and healthcare
funding and stop refusing to raise the minimum wage.
Illinois which is, in part, represented by Bobby Schilling is home to 1,238,225 minimum wage workers, who
must struggle to provide for their families while Schilling and Romney will increase tax breaks and loopholes
for the rich. Parents who have to make the heartbreaking choice between buying groceries or taking a sick child
to the doctor know that a Romney Economy will not work for the Quad Cities, Peoria or the country.
"We are the 99% and they really do need to give us a minimum raise wage," lamented Sandra Leathers. "I told
them in Tampa and now I'm telling Romney and Schilling again to support the raising of the minimum wage."
Earlier in the week, both Sandra and Leathers, friends for 40 years, traveled to the RNC in Tampa to protest the
Romney Economy.
Nationwide and here in the Quad Cities and Peoria, members of the 99% rejected a Romney Economy,
welcoming home protesters from the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. These voters want:
an increase in the federal minimum wage,
- an end to tax breaks for the rich and corporations,
- a renewed focus on creating good American jobs instead of layoffs
- and outsourcing for profit,
- and a Congress committed to representing all Americans, not just the richest 1%.
Photo Caption from left to right: (Moline, Ill) Peoria residents Cynthia Rivers and Sandra Leathers, just returned from protesting at the RNC in Tampa tell Congressman Bobby Schilling to stand with the 99%. They taped the giant silver spoon representing the 1% to the door of Republican GOP Headquarters in Moline, Ilinois Thursday.
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