Third Convention Attendees - What Republicans and Democrats Need To Hear

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Posted September 6, 2008 | 11:08 PM (EST)




Today 15,000 low-income families gathered in Los Angeles, Birmingham and Chicago to discuss and ratify a platform for working families and to kick off a campaign for a national dialogue on family policy.

I would love to see Republicans and Democrats running for office at all levels take a minute to listen to attendees talk about their personal experiences, misconceptions about poverty, and their views on the challenges faced by their communities.

Here's Anita's take...

 
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Agree 100%. To these people (any many of us are just 1 or 2 paychecks from being there), I don't think they would really care which political party would listen to them. It's not about politics to them, it's survival.

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