The Workers' Center of Tompkins County is rallying today on the Commons in response to the national financial crises.
The Center cites "failed policies of deregulation, and taxation that benefits only the rich," and calls for "a new politics and new economy that works for everyone, not just the few."
Carl Feuer of the Center spoke on the radio this morning about the core problem of insufficient wages for workers. Working people who can't make ends meet become reliant on credit and mortgages which lending institutions extend, though they don't really have the security to offer. When the whole thing crashes, people have debts they can't pay, own houses worth less than what is owed on them, and it is the lenders who seek relief.
The rally begins at 5:30 today at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Commons.
Stephen Burke
for Ithaca Blog
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