The Economist: The Courageous Progressive Caucus Budget

[Scuba]

Reposting in an attempt to gain some traction. Please support the Progressive Caucus Budget


http://www4.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011 ...


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"...Republicans are refusing to raise the national debt ceiling even though their own budget raises the national debt by $6 trillion over the next decade, and no one in the national press corps seems to be pointing out the contradiction.

"the Congressional Progressive Caucus plan wins the fiscal responsibility derby thus far; it reaches balance by 2021 largely through assorted tax hikes and defense cuts." Which is pretty interesting. Have you ever heard of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget plan? Neither had I. The caucus's co-chairs, Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, released it on April 6th. The budget savings come from defence cuts, including immediately withdrawing from Afghanistan and Iraq, which saves $1.6 trillion over the CBO baseline from 2012-2021. The tax hikes include restoring the estate tax, ending the Bush tax cuts, and adding new tax brackets for the extremely rich, running from 45% on income over a million a year to 49% on income over a billion a year.

"Mr Ryan's plan adds (by its own claims) $6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, but promises to balance the budget by sometime in the 2030s by cutting programmes for the poor and the elderly. The Progressive Caucus's plan would (by its own claims) balance the budget by 2021 by cutting defence spending and raising taxes, mainly on rich people. Mr Ryan has been fulsomely praised for his courage. The Progressive Caucus has not.'

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The Peoples Budget


http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70

http://grijalva.house.gov/uploads/The%20CPC%20FY2012%20 ...


This needs to be pushed as the path to the 2012 elections and future of America. Not perfect, but such a striking contrast with the Ryan disaster will be easy to explain to the public.


Here's Rachel's coverage last week... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel ... /


Here's the Progressive Caucus website.... http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70

Here's the pdf of the Progressive Caucus Budget.... http://grijalva.house.gov/uploads/The%20CPC%20FY2012%20 ...

[gratuitous]

1. A budget proposal that is fiscally responsible? Boring!

Isn't Paul Ryan dreamy? *Sigh!*

[rurallib]

2. bookmarking and K&R

will spread the word as best I can.

[OHdem10]

3. Keep this alive.

[Snoutport]

4. kick for scuba

[EFerrari]

5. K&R and thanks for the heads up.

[tnlurker]

6. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Scuba.

[patrice]

8. Kickety-poo & R'n with sugar on top, All!

[patrice]

9. Been having trouble with that .pdf link from the first we started seeing it.

[PufPuf23]

10. Surfing Satelite news TV today and over the weekend

the Progressive Caucus Budget plan does not exist even though there was a losing vote on Conressional Record.

The PC budget is the most pragmatic budget <insert sarcasm for using the word pragmatic. but is essentially ignored.

[leftstreet]

11. K&R

[pscot]

12. Good thinking.

We need to build some buzz.

[TheKentuckian]

13. Keep it loud and proud and hammer your dipshit Congresscritters if they voted no

and thank the yes vote! Encourage sanity!

I also think it should be labeled the MODERATE budget that will actually cut the deficit.

[closeupready]

14. K&R

nt

[disillusioned73]

15. Kick & Rec

:dem:

[Poboy]

16. R'd

[Poboy]

17. Is This What Makes America Exceptional?

The Real American Exceptionalism
By David Morris, on April 18th, 2011
http://defendingthepublicgood.org/2011/04/18/the-real-american-exceptionalism/

[crickets]

18. K&R

[WillyT]

19. HUGE K & R !!!

:kick:

[bvar22]

20. Has the Progressive Caucus Budget even been acknowleged...

...by the Democratic Party Leadership?

[mountainlion55]

21. 108 democrats voted against it!

:wtf: :argh: