Petition Re: Los Angeles Mayor Villariagosa Signs on to "Fix the Debt"

[amborin]

Breaking news: Mayor Villaraigosa vs. Social SecurityWednesday, December 5, 2012 9:25

Petition to Mayor Villariaigosa:


http://signon.org/sign/mayor-villaraigosa-hands

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"Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa just announced that he has joined the steering committee of "Fix The Debt," a group of corporate CEOs who are pushing to balance the budget on the backs of middle and working class Americans during the fiscal showdown in Washington, DC right now.

As somebody who volunteered and knocked on doors to help elect for Mayor Villaraigosa, I feel disappointed and betrayed. That's why I started a petition urging Mayor Villaraigosa to immediately resign from this organization.
Click here to urge Mayor Villaraigosa to resign from the board of Fix the Debt.
Fix The Debt's plan includes major cuts to Social Security and Medicare while cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires. This approach is not balanced and it is unfair to people like me. Expecting us to give up essential portions of our social safety net to give the wealthiest more tax breaks is wrong.

Mayor Villaraigosa is the former chair of the Democratic National Convention, and is it inappropriate for him to use his position to help this corporate-backed group gut Social Security and Medicare, which many of us will need someday.
That's why I created a petition on SignOn.org to Mayor Villaraigosa, which says:

Fix The Debt's corporate backed approach to gutting our social safety net is dangerous. You should be working towards a balanced approach that will not hurt working and middle class families. Joining the steering committee of Fix The Debt was a mistake. You should immediately resign from the organization and work towards actual solutions that will help all Americans."

more here:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/thousands-demand-villaraigosa-resign-from-fix-the-debt-campaign.html

[leftstreet]

1. 'Fix the Debt' - founded by the Catfood Commission whacks

Bowles and Simpson

And they've already amassed $60million for more media propaganda to convince us there's a Fiscal Cliff when there isn't. How is this any different from Bush's false terror alerts?

We are so fucked


DURec

[limpyhobbler]

2. traitor . nt

[jody]

3. After signing the petition from the OP, I visited the other site. Which items in the Fix The Debt

petition do you want me to be against?

The Citizen's Petition to Fix the Debt
http://www.fixthedebt.org/citizens-petition

America is more than $16 trillion in debt, creating a catastrophic threat to our security and economy.

Thankfully, we can prevent disaster and renew economic strength. Add your name to join Americans everywhere in demanding that your leaders in Washington FIX the DEBT:

By signing the Fix the Debt petition we are telling Congress and the President:

• The Time To Act Is Now
Immediate action must be taken to reverse the ballooning debt. Congress and the President have deferred this decision too long. The upcoming “fiscal cliff” provides an opportunity to replace the drastic, automatic tax hikes and spending cuts with a gradual and intelligent plan. The principles of the Campaign to Fix the Debt provide guidance on how to move forward.

• America’s Debt Is Unsustainable
The United States’ debt is over $16 trillion, and growing by more than $1 trillion per year. Mounting debt will lead to higher interest rates, lower wage growth, and an eventual economic crisis.

• A Solution Must Address All Parts of the Budget
Any realistic solution to our budget problems must cut out wasteful and low priority spending, must slow the growth of unsustainable entitlement costs, and must simplify the tax code and eliminate loopholes through pro-growth and revenue-positive tax reform. The recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles National Commission On Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and other recent bipartisan efforts can serve as an effective framework for a plan to reduce the federal debt by more than $4 trillion over ten years.

• Protect America’s Core Values:
Fixing the Debt must be phased in gradually to protect the fragile economic recovery, improve economic growth and prosperity, and protect our most vulnerable.

• Find Common Ground:
Put rigid ideologies aside. Pivotal moments in America’s history have not been overcome by one party acting alone. This is such a moment, and any solution must be bipartisan.

• Put National Interest Ahead of Special Interests
A solution will require some sacrifice from all Americans; no special interest is exempt. We are willing to do our part and accept tough choices that affect us personally as part of a comprehensive plan in which everyone contributes their fair share. We want to make the country we love stronger. We want to Fix the Debt.