Whatever You May Think Of The Proposed

Most People Won't Have Opportunity To Do Full-time Service, But Those Lucky Enough To Have Monetary Wealth Or Some Spare Time Really Can Make An Enormous Difference. As Someone Who's Now In The Public Sector, And Is Seeing Up-close-and-personal The Real Impact Of What We Do And What We Give, I Can Tell You: Every Dollar And Every Volunteer Help, In More Ways Than You Can Count.

Organizing Around A Common Interest Is A Fundamental Part Of Democracy. We Should No More Try To Take Away The Right Of Individuals To Collectively Bargain Than We Should Try To Take Away The Right To A Secret Ballot.

I Know That Many Irish-born New Yorkers Are Caught In The Trap Of Our Federal Immigration Policies. If We Are Going To Continue To Attract The Best And The Brightest - And Ireland Has More Than Its Fair Share - We Need To Inject Some Common Sense Into Our Immigration Laws, And I'm Doing My Best To Make That Case In Washington.

My Father, A Bookkeeper Who Never Earned More Than $11,000 A Year In His Life, Sat There, Writing Out A $25 Check To The Naacp. When I Asked Him Why, He Said Discrimination Against Anyone Is Discrimination Against Us All. And I Never Forgot That. Indeed, His Philanthropy Was A Gift, Not Just To That Organization, But To Me.

The Truth Of The Matter Is: You Can Create A Great Legacy, And Inspire Others, By Giving It To Philanthropic Organizations.