Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story I had planned a REVOLT AGAINST THE TAX REFUND for September 13, 2001, at which time a group of us in Manhattan were to meet, tax rebate checks in hand, and simultaneously endorse the checks over to groups and people fighting Bush policies. When the September 11 attack occurred, I realized I would have to cancel my event. It couldnt possibly arouse any interest while the nation focused on the terrorist attack. That was MY interrupted agenda. However, the tax abatement issue is still, if not more, critical today than a year ago. Our needs are even greater but with less revenue to address them -- our receding economy; our health care crisis; our worsening environment; our failing education system; the reestablished deficit; our increasing numbers of poor with the concomitant smaller numbers of rich controlling greater amounts of wealth, as well as the necessity for greater defense (but sane and non-threatening to our civil liberties) measures against terrorism. Although politicians and government officials have been reluctant to tackle these problems because of the Republican scare tactic of equating constructive criticism, even honest discussion, with lack of patriotism, there is urgent need now to confront the fact that the tax refund plan must be aborted before our tax base diminishes to the point where our society will collapse. With matters approaching a crisis point, we must now re-open the dialogue regarding ill-advised and harmful Bush policies. Let us ignore polls and false Republican accusations of un-Americanism and raise questions and demands for tax reform and, generally, economic and social responsibility before it is too late. I, a 71-year old grandmother, have lived long enough and through enough war and turmoil to recognize the danger signals. In the spirit of Tom Paine, we must debate policies imperiling our well-being, our rights, our safety, our future NOW in order to maintain a free nation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp155.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03