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 "Agenda Interrupted" Agenda Interrupted Before Sept. 11, the news reported that because there was a surplus in 2000, President Bush approved a tax cut . This tax cut however only benefited the wealthy and corporate side of America leaving the average worker with little to show. After this tax tax refund occurred it was discovered that the moneys the government originally had to allow a tax cut was no longer there. Why? Some politicians anticipated that the tax payers who received this tax cut would turn around and invest the money back into the economy. This didnt happen. A majority saved the money or used it to pay bills that were owed anyway. In early September of 2001, democrats and tax payers noticed this oversight. As a result a major change came about in the financial situation of the U.S.. We went from having a surplus in 2000 to being in debt by trillions by the end of 2001. Bush considered possibly dipping into Social Security to get us out of this slump. Several people in Washington were against this arguing that is had never been done before for a reason. Then the tragic events of September 11 occurred and understandably the country s attention was changed. However as the end of August is upon us we are seeing the economy for what it really is. In my opinion had September 11 not happened, the country would have noticed this problem allot sooner and Pres. Bush would be in allot more hot water than he is now. Apparently political suicide runs in the family. Despite his simple minded appearance, he found a clever way of distracting everyones attention. In the days following September 11, he gave speeches ( none of which he probably wrote), he toured ground zero, and spent allot of time on his air plane. He had an approval rate of over 60%. Now we not so sure. 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 tp124.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 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand English 4