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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Senator Elizabeth Warren: Sequester cuts are ‘just plain dumb’
US Senator Elizabeth Warren: Sequester cuts are just plain dumb
By Noah Bierman and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
US Senator Elizabeth Warren today urged Republicans to accept what she called a balanced proposal from President Obama to ending the standoff over the series of extensive across-the-board federal spending cuts set to take effect Friday.
Its a little more balanced than I would have put on the table if Id been in that position, Warren said, describing Obamas plan as a 50-50 split between spending cuts and closing some corporate loopholes like oil company subsidies.
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We seem to have a government that works only by holdout, Warren said. I dont know anything more to do but get up and talk to the American people.
She called the automatic federal spending cuts that are scheduled to take place this Friday just plain dumb, but offered no new hope on how to resolve a crisis that could curtail government services and kill thousands of jobs in Massachusetts.
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http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/02/25/senator-elizabeth-warren-sequester-cuts-are-just-plain-dumb/C6jLh9aYudXnfis5BY9bZJ/story.html
By Noah Bierman and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff
US Senator Elizabeth Warren today urged Republicans to accept what she called a balanced proposal from President Obama to ending the standoff over the series of extensive across-the-board federal spending cuts set to take effect Friday.
Its a little more balanced than I would have put on the table if Id been in that position, Warren said, describing Obamas plan as a 50-50 split between spending cuts and closing some corporate loopholes like oil company subsidies.
<...>
We seem to have a government that works only by holdout, Warren said. I dont know anything more to do but get up and talk to the American people.
She called the automatic federal spending cuts that are scheduled to take place this Friday just plain dumb, but offered no new hope on how to resolve a crisis that could curtail government services and kill thousands of jobs in Massachusetts.
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http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/02/25/senator-elizabeth-warren-sequester-cuts-are-just-plain-dumb/C6jLh9aYudXnfis5BY9bZJ/story.html
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren: Sequester cuts are ‘just plain dumb’ (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2013
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. "Dumb is our speciality." - Republicans (R)
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Please let the GOP implode. n/t
Gorp
(716 posts)3. Well, she's correct. The GOP seems to be doing its best to desolve itself.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)5. They are only doing what their base wants them to do..
Democrats don't operate in that manner... The Democratic base is less rigid and demanding. We found out a long time ago it does us no good what-so-ever...
Gorp
(716 posts)6. The GOP base is 99.9% idiots and .1% uber-rich. The latter is all they care about.
ananda
(28,866 posts)4. Tell it like it is, Senator Warren!
Good.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)7. More from Senator Warren and the MA delegation
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the last to speak, said the country faces a choice.
We can be a country that says, I got mine, the rest of you are on your own. We can be that kind of country, or we can be a country that says, We believe in opportunity, we believe in our children and our grandchildren.
Warren said the cuts sought could be achieved without going after the various programs that she and her colleagues say are essential to families.
We need to make cuts to wasteful programs like agriculture subsidies, she said. Were ending two wars, we can make cuts to our military budget, we can close corporate loopholes. There are ways to bring our financial house in order. The president has put a strong proposal on the table, she said.
All the members of the states congressional delegation are Democrats. Democrats are trying to go directly to the public to pressure Republicans back to the negotiating table. President Obama has pushed a proposal that includes a mix of spending and tax increases, while Republicans have balked at raising taxes.
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http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2013/02/25/senator-warren-joins-bay-state-congressmen-blast-sequestration-offer-alternative-cuts/EzjZXtPR4jjE3GxlOc5rrN/story.html
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the last to speak, said the country faces a choice.
We can be a country that says, I got mine, the rest of you are on your own. We can be that kind of country, or we can be a country that says, We believe in opportunity, we believe in our children and our grandchildren.
Warren said the cuts sought could be achieved without going after the various programs that she and her colleagues say are essential to families.
We need to make cuts to wasteful programs like agriculture subsidies, she said. Were ending two wars, we can make cuts to our military budget, we can close corporate loopholes. There are ways to bring our financial house in order. The president has put a strong proposal on the table, she said.
All the members of the states congressional delegation are Democrats. Democrats are trying to go directly to the public to pressure Republicans back to the negotiating table. President Obama has pushed a proposal that includes a mix of spending and tax increases, while Republicans have balked at raising taxes.
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http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2013/02/25/senator-warren-joins-bay-state-congressmen-blast-sequestration-offer-alternative-cuts/EzjZXtPR4jjE3GxlOc5rrN/story.html
Republicans don't care.