Posts Tagged ‘Budget’

The Amazon: A Global Treasure

Mar 1, 2013

The Amazon: A Global Treasure The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest, covering an area larger than the continental United States. It houses one-third of the Earth’s plant and animal species and produces one-fifth of all its fresh water. Like all rainforests, it helps regulate the global climate and is ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Brookings, Budget, circle of protection, deficit, Economic Justice

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“The Moral Measure of this Budget Debate” Part 1. The Catholic concern

May 31, 2011

Early in May the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops wrote a letter to Congress expressing their concern with regards to the budget debate. In this letter they offered a creative and moral challenge to congress to design “a budget that reduces future deficits, protects poor and vulnerable people, advances the common good, and promotes ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Budget, center on budget and policy priorities, deficit, Economic Justice, moral measure

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