Nuns on the Bus
My neighbor the nun was on the bus in Chicago and I’m so proud of her. We were talking about the courage of Sister Simone Campbell in organizing and then kicking off the nine-state “Nuns on the Bus” tour.
Here is an excerpt from their talking points:
Ryan Budget would:
Raise taxes on 18 million hardworking low-income families while cutting taxes for millionaires and big corporations.
Push the families of 2 million children into poverty.
Kick 8 million people off food stamps and 30 million off health care.
NETWORK’s Executive Director, Sister Simone Campbell, said in a recent media interview that Catholic Sisters “know the real-life struggles of real-life Americans.” It is this knowledge that impelled us to organize this bus trip. When the federal government cuts funding to programs that serve people in poverty, we see the effects in our daily work. Simply put, real people suffer. That is immoral. Click on the links below to see how the Ryan budget affects people in your state.
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Illinois
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Indiana
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Iowa
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Michigan
How the Ryan budget Hurts Ohio
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Pennsylvania
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Virginia
How the Ryan Budget Hurts Wisconsin
“You know the Vatican is against this whole idea,” my neighbor the nun told me.
“Well,” I said, “let’s put it more bluntly, the Vatican is against anything y’all do. We need a female pope.”