Don't let the Bush Team Cut College Support for 1 Million+ Students

Dear Friend, Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the right wing majority that controls Congress threatened the college dreams of more than 1 million American students. They authorized cuts to the leading federal college grant program (Pell Grants) that children of working families rely on to afford college. Those cuts will endanger the college education primarily of students whose families earn less than $40,000 a year, and who are already scrimping to put their sons and daughters through school. I just sent a letter to Secretary Nominee Spellings, asking her not to make these cuts. I wanted to encourage you strongly to take a minute and send a letter too. You can do it easily from the link below. http://action.ourfuture.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=23233 No American child should be priced out of a college education if they have the grades and desire to pursue one. Secretary Nominee Spellings will have the power to prevent deserving students from being cut off. If you feel so inclined, please write to her now, and ask that she do the right thing. http://action.ourfuture.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=23233 I ask, who will run, for example, ARDA? (Advanced Research and Development Activity, an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology) Only those raised in privilege? History has shown that often those innovators of our culture often come from the less advantaged and the poor. American engineer, Nikola Tesla, for example, born in Croatia but of Serbian descent, "father" of alternating current, someday to be honored at the architect Stanford White's designed lab facility in Rocky Point, NY, "Wardenclyffe," is often referred to as a former "ditchdigger". Who are these people in office? Thank you.