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I don't believe the founders saw democracy as a spectator sport. We have a duty to make our voices heard, whether by voting or by attending a rally or by helping to organize a PAC or by writing individually to our elected senators and representatives. What I worry about most is the apathy factor. We are awfully spoiled in this country and that makes for a dangerous lack of urgency when it comes to protecting our rights.

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What is the possibility that the Bush administration will commit the whole 700 billion, leaving the incoming Obama administration with few options and no money left to go forward with a different set of ideas?

Barbara in Corvallis

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