The 48-foot, 28-ton bus was at the Minnesota AFL-CIO building in St. Paul late Wednesday afternoon.
"The Bush Legacy Bus is a rolling museum of the pain and destruction caused by eight years of the Bush administration," said Eliot Seide, executive director of AFSCME Council 5.
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The Bush Legacy Tour bus |
"The Bush-Coleman-Pawlenty disaster regime wants to dismantle government and divvy it up into individual tax breaks," Seide said in a news conference Wednesday at the bus.
"The problem is individuals can\'t buy their own bridges, levies, libraries and protection. If every man or woman is out for himself or herself, then who will fix the bridges? Who will protect abused children? Who will keep our libraries open?
"There are certain things we can do better together. Together, we can invest in the things we must keep safe – our bridges, our children and our communities."
The Bush Legacy tour kicked off in Washington D.C. on June 24 and will travel coast-to-coast throughout the summer, making nearly 150 stops throughout the nation. It will return to Minnesota in early September for the Republican national convention.
For more information
Visit the website, www.bushlegacytour.com
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The 48-foot, 28-ton bus was at the Minnesota AFL-CIO building in St. Paul late Wednesday afternoon.
"The Bush Legacy Bus is a rolling museum of the pain and destruction caused by eight years of the Bush administration," said Eliot Seide, executive director of AFSCME Council 5.
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The Bush Legacy Tour bus |
Americans United for Change, the progressive issue-advocacy group best known for leading the successful fight to beat back President Bush\’s effort to privatize Social Security in 2005, launched the museum on wheels featuring several interactive exhibits on "two terms of failed conservative policies supported by Bush and his allies," including U.S. Senator Norm Coleman and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
"The Bush-Coleman-Pawlenty disaster regime wants to dismantle government and divvy it up into individual tax breaks," Seide said in a news conference Wednesday at the bus.
"The problem is individuals can\’t buy their own bridges, levies, libraries and protection. If every man or woman is out for himself or herself, then who will fix the bridges? Who will protect abused children? Who will keep our libraries open?
"There are certain things we can do better together. Together, we can invest in the things we must keep safe – our bridges, our children and our communities."
The Bush Legacy tour kicked off in Washington D.C. on June 24 and will travel coast-to-coast throughout the summer, making nearly 150 stops throughout the nation. It will return to Minnesota in early September for the Republican national convention.
For more information
Visit the website, www.bushlegacytour.com