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 "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 43 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Bloombergs policy: wipe out the poor but not the poverty VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Bangla Patrika VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Were in a fiscal crisis, and the government's measures seem focused on exploiting the poor. It is a great arrangement. Take the subway fare hikes and service cuts: Mayor Bloomberg, who travels by private plane, obviously would not understand why waiting an extra half hour for a train is a problem. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Did you know that the New York City government plans to eliminate 30,000 jobs? Do you know that your property taxes will go up very soon? Did you know that subway services may be reduced and the fare will be raised again? If you are waiting 15 minutes for a train now, you may be waiting a half an hour soon, because of service cuts. Did you know your economic and social opportunities are diminishing rapidly? An initiative is underway to privatize your Social Security benefits. Did you know that in New York alone 15 lakh [one lakh is 100,000] are unemployed? It is difficult to say whether the United States will remain a paradise for common people. The number of hate crimes has skyrocketed. Immigrants are being discouraged in many ways. Did you know that the American social paradigm changed after September 11th? Were still feeling the impact of that day, and the government's measures seem to focus on exploiting the poor. It is a great arrangement. The rich would not understand why waiting on the subway platform is a problem. Mayor Bloomberg, who travels by private plane, obviously would not understand that. Meanwhile, as common people are losing their jobs, top corporate executives are earning large amounts of money and the present job of many of these executives is to sketch out the ways and means of axing the average worker. The chief executive of Merrill Lynch David Komansky, got $42 million while laying off 17,400 workers. Lucent Technology distributed pink slips to 46,000 workersand former Lucent chairman Henry Schacht, who orchestrated the layoffs, got $22 million last year. And, the rich are still benefiting from tax cuts, while the poor suffer from layoffs. Besides, the government is considering imposing tolls on all bridges and tunnels. In this regard too, the rich are not affected in the ways the poor are. Bloombergs property tax increase will ultimately hit people next January. He wants to increase the property taxes as much as possible, to fill this years $1.2 billion budget deficit and next years $5.6 billion projected deficit. Do you know what else Mayor Bloomberg wants to do? He wants to give his friend Governor Pataki a gift of $450 million to fill out the state budget deficit. This would come from more taxes. Among the tax proposals are tolls on the bridges over the East River and a commuter tax on the workers who live outside New York City. Some of those resources would be used for the city Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments. Now, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) director proposes a five percent expenditure cut by reducing services. This proposal includes reducing the number of trains and buses between the city and suburban areas. To make up the $663 million budget gap, they plan to increase the subway and bus fare to two dollars each way. Bus and subway fares were increased in 1995which obviously is a great hardship for the poor. Meanwhile, trade union leaders are busy disputing the layoffs by city authorities, which are coming almost daily since the election. The results of many civil service examinations held this year have not been published. Though examinations are scheduled for next year, in reality no one will be appointed, it is learned. Meanwhile, the city failed to close the deficit even with the proposed tax increases; now they are pondering ludicrous ways of taxing the nightlife of city dwellers. There is a saying that any place in America is open for dancing. Anyone can dance, but now the authorities are considering issuing licenses for any night club to have dance floors. For that matter, Bloomberg is thinking about changing the 76-year-old cabaret law. Bloomberg, as city father, is trying to develop the city. But he wants to push out the poornot the poverty. After the election, the matter has again been exposed. The poor, who are already suffering from job cuts, may be subjected to the humiliation of increased taxes at any time. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-22 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 61 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 Bloombergs policy: wipe out the poor but not the poverty 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. unknown 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. article Original Name The original name of this item. Were in a fiscal crisis, and the government's measures seem focused on exploiting the poor. 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