Reports yestereday from the Washinton Post and the Hill indicate that President Obama may offer cuts to Social Security and Medicare as part of a budget deal with the Republicans.
This is wrong. Politics is the art of compromise. But we can’t allow the President to give in to every extreme Tea Party demand.
We’ll forward a copy of the petition to Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation, including Senators Blumenthal and Lieberman.
Extremists in the House of Representatives are holding the debt ceiling hostage until Obama agrees to give away the store and undo the New Deal. That’s a deal with the devil and he should walk away from it. We can do better. Cuts to social security and Medicare will hurt a fragile recovery, and it will damage the lives of seniors and the disabled.
Enough is enough. Wall Street and the banks crashed the economy in 2008, and now the rest of us are left paying for the clean-up. It’s wrong and we need to fight back.
Add your name to our petition now.
Reports like the one we noted above are often nothing more than “trial balloons” — when officials leak an idea to the press to see how it flies before going with it or shooting it down.
We have to make it clear to our elected officials: this is an unacceptable deal.
Republicans claim cutting benefits for the elderly and disabled is the only “responsible” thing to do, but they won’t even talk about taxing millionaires or closing loopholes on hedge funds and companies that move jobs overseas. That’s not compromise.
We have an alternative in a smart and fair proposal from Sen. Kent Conrad, championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, that calls for a 50-50 split between increasing tax revenues and cutting government spending in order to reduce the deficit. That’s about as fair and balanced as it gets. [3]
Tell President Obama and the Democrats to stand up for working families and retirees. Here’s the link again:
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1306/t/11911/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4446
Thanks for all your help.