I do not Know about Pat. Corvington? In my learned opinion, Mr. Clinton's administration did nothing Good for the Poor. But I will be writing him and calling his office next week.

Thanks again Change.org for telling activist where the to proper avenue to turn.

This is Part of what I will send to MR Corvingon

As jobs in Maine paying $10 on hour are deemed good jobs, in fact they are not. But it costs $15.51 to cover the rent. This is a bad paying job. Minimum wage should Go up to $19.60 mot $9.20 in 2011

I have not studied the report from the UK. But I agree with at least two points.

1. to eradicate poverty not just reduce numbers should be the goal of everyone.

2 America needs new thinking on this topic.

As what US Senator Ted Kennedy said to the effect of.

"All Americans working for a living should not be in poverty" 

Check out the report by going to http://zunia.org/index.php?id=11728&tx_dgcontent_pi1[tt_news]=288589&cHash=26471db123.  

Then hitting the report link.

Then: Think about joining some people who will vote to have the voices of poverty heard by looking up Poverty on their search engine, at Yohoo and Google. this Dec. 10. Its Human Rights day

Vote once or 101 times by puttting the word Poverty into the search browser then hitting GO. You are not approving of anything, except America should speak about poverty.

Seek people to themselves vote and to find other who will find others.

How it will work. If we look up just the word Poverty on Yahoo and alternatively Google enough times, his will register the word poverty as a popular Search.

Newspapers editors will have this phemonon pointed out to them by activist like myself. They can no longer saw the public is not interested in poverty if it is a popular search. This could result in news sources carrying the untold stories of poverty.

Hospitality House Inc., will tell news sources that some people voted more than once. But they are voting also for the caring people who due to our lack of income, we cannot design a program which will reach many caring people.  We can not reach to get them to vote. But we know they are there.

We only ask for searches.  Your searches can improve they way Americans, the world, thinks about 40+ million counted with a Lack of income.

On Dec 10th Search Yahoo and Google for poverty. Get others to do the same. Have the others you find, ask the groups they belong to to do the same.

I pray that change will allow this to appear and might reach another idea or two on getting people interested.

Fighting for Human rights on Human Rights Day 

I went to the website listed and realized this is a really great program that I know little about. This organization provides grants for college students in TX, that volunteer their time to help in many ways, then they get money to help pay off their student loans or funds to help them through college. There are also funds for the elderly that volunteer to help kids by being "adopted like Grand Parents" and mentor children. From what I have read it seems like a very worthwhile program that is helping in many ways across the country. If what I read is correct, I am proud of this program, and all of those who volunteer their time in so many ways to help others. If each one of us just dedicated a couple of hours a week to help kids, the elderly, Meals on Wheels, volunteer at our hospitals, our libraries, all around our own community, we could accomplish the world.

Dear Rachel

With every ready to point out the flaws of my ideas I do like it when someone calls me brilliant.  At another site I was told by a surposingly caring person "To end my own poverty first"

When I told him that his words were degrading he said to the effect of "think of ending my own poverty as a test. A test that I am worthy to ask people to take action this Dec. 10th. "   Who made him test master?

Do not get me wrong his comments ended with good results. He made me clarify my writing .I hope.  But I usually get what feels like, 25 Nays to every yea. This coming week I will write to Christian aid UK the place that devoted 15 pages of written text to ending all poverty, not just reducing the numbers in poverty.

This is what a bigger group I belong to believe Cure 100% of poverty its the Maine Poor Peoples Economic Human Right Coalition. The bigger Nation group is Poor Peoples Economic Human Right Campaign. http://www.ppehrc.org/  hit National.

If you think its Brilliant will you vote to make poverty in the top 10. Dec. 10th, by using your search engines on Human Rights Day?  Am looking for people to both use their own search engines and hit the word poverty, and get many others to do the same.

If everyone gets even 3 other individuals or groups to use their search engine we can be number 10-or 7 or 4.

This is a way to let us poor speak out, and to call for ending all poverty. I can remind you or any interest  party a week before the 10th. 

I would love for Change.org to join this action.   

That is the day on 1948 the UN accepted the 30 human rights, written into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into the possibility of being a reality.

We need to volunteer and there are so many causes, as change.org is a testament to, that can use our help.  Still, it is extremely sad that our nation requires our government provide incentives to do such or that those that do volunteer expect water bottles & t-shirts with their favorite charity's logo scripted across the front or that the government will sink millions into promoting all the right charities in a mass marketing campaign in an attempt to brainwash people into feeling moved to get out there and "Make a difference!".

We claim always to want to do the right thing, and yet, we don't do the right things.

Congress should act on the Corvington nomination. Community service at home and abroad provides the opportunity for many to grow the "giving" part of their souls. It increases the likelihood that in later careers they will see beyond the bottom line dollars and factor in a broader set of values. We will all profit from having more Americans engage in public service.

I absolutely agree Ronald but we need to teach volunteering for the sake of volunteering and not volunteering because you get something or because it's the popular thing to do.  I never thought you could drain the joy and meaning from volunteering but I see it being done more and more often.

I think volunteering should begin very young and be a family choice in order to become part of the culture of our nation and done with joy and care instead of meeting requirements to get a grant for school or to get some "freebies".

For my own part, I have no problems volunteering for the benefit of the nation. I did volunteer for military service and received an honorable discharge. However, so long as our government continues to wage political war against it's citizens, I will politely decline. We are supposedly protected from radicals by a separation of church and state. The government continues to legislate 'morality' from a religious stand point with Don't Ask Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act. These are clearly state-sponsored discrimination. Additionally, when nearly 50% of the nation agrees with decriminalization or legalization of marijuana and the government continues it's draconian policies against these citizens, the only conclusion is that our government no longer represents fairness, equality or the will of the people. The Boston Tea Party which sparked the American Revolution was in protest of a tax on tea. We are now subjugated to an income tax of generally 25-30%, have a heathcare system ranked 37th in the world by WHO, an economic disaster and are losing our position as leader of the 'free' world.

We don't have to agree that homosexuality or marijuana use is 'right' or 'moral'. But, we do have the ethical obligation as a nation to agree or disagree peacefully and allow others to practice their beliefs responsibly and without government intrusion into our homes and bedrooms.

When our government shows with actions that it is worthy of support, I will be first in line.

P.S. Obama isn't even calling it,"A Social Contract,"anymore. He is calling it, "An Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Package."It will cost 7 hundred and 75 billion dollars,(pocket- change, for our debt.) 90% of the jobs that will be created, are in the private sector, and it calls for 40% tax cuts, for Obama's Wall Street buddies; what was that about volunteering again?

"Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 - H.R.3326

The Senate is expected to conclude work on this $636.3 billion bill funding the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2010."

We should start caring for our own people and country first before spending what we do to police the rest of Earth.