Dear Sir,
Regarding the following:
Disabled Make Their Voices Count in Forum
by Molly Morris
It was correctly mentioned that I did not appear.
First, I would like to state that I did appear at the similar forum for the
disabled in St. Croix a few days earlier, where I outlined my efforts I would
make to bring in the desperately needed funding for our
disabled.
I further reminded all that federally funded jobs come with federal
standards for
employment, including prohibitions against discrimination for disabilities.
The reason I missed the meeting in St. Thomas was an
invitation to meet with US Senator John Corzine,
Democrat, New Jersey, a high ranking Senator who is
considered the successor to Sen Tom Daschle should
Senator Daschle not win his seat next week.
John is
also a business contemporary of mine from his days on
Wall St. over 25 years ago. (picture attached)
The meeting was regarding US monetary and fiscal
policy, where I reviewed the proposal I had prepared
for Senator Lieberman.
Senator Corzine let me know he
is also a supporter of a Congressional declaration to
make social security payments a direct obligation of
the US Treasury, to give all citizens assurance that
the US government will always be able to make timely
payment of all social security benefits.
This
declaration also paves the way for Congress to cut
payroll taxes to help low income workers, instead of
cutting tax rates which tend to benefit high income
individuals.
This is what Senator Corzine wants for
his constituency, and it also happens to directly
benefit the USVI, as payroll taxes are the only taxes
the USVI sends to Washington.
I then briefly outlined the state of the USVI economy,
and he was shocked by our unemployment rate, and had
no idea this was going on.
I asked if he knew about
the EDC program and he said he did not, nor did he
know our current Delegate to Congress.
When I
explained how our EDC program had been attached to the
major tax bill they just passed, a heavy sadness came
over him.
The meeting ended as he was on the run to make another
appearance for other Democrats running for office,
asking how soon after the election we could get
together again to continue the discussion.
Sincerely,
Warren Mosler
Candidate, USVI Delegate to Congress
St. Croix
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monetary and fiscal policy