The Phony Debt Ceiling Crisis: Never Mind the Ceiling! Raise the Floor!

The phony debt ceiling crisis is an excuse to cut human services. But there can be no excuse for cutting Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

RootsAction supporter Naomi Klein pulls no punches in her comments about the debt ceiling charade happening in Washington:

"Using trumped up crisis to raid the public purse and attack the basic rights and benefits is a very old trick - but rarely is the shock doctrine tactic wielded as brazenly as in the pseudo debate about the debt ceiling. This is naked class war, waged by the ultra rich against everyone else, and it's well past time for Americans to draw the line."

If you haven't signed a letter to your Congressmember demanding real budget solutions, please do it today. And share this with your friends and family.

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Obsessing with the debt ceiling at a time like this is a lethal fraud. Join the RootsAction campaign to push back against the entire framing of the deficit debate. The United States and other countries have done okay in deeper debt before.

The phony debt ceiling crisis is one more excuse to further shred the social safety net and deepen wealth concentration at the top. Yet already, unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness, and suicide rates are on the rise. And, the share of wealth held by the poorest Americans is shrinking rapidly.

Last month a man in North Carolina robbed a bank of $1 in order to obtain healthcare in prison. He had applied for help from the government without luck. Imagine how many people are just that desperate but haven't resorted to solutions that made the news.

Send a clear message to Congress and the President: Never mind the debt ceiling! Raise the safety net!

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Sincerely,
Aimee, David, Sarah
and the RootsAction team

Resources:

Trickle-Down Cruelty and the Politics of Austerity

Bernie Sanders to Obama: Keep Your Word on Social Security

Hawk Nation: A Guide to the Catastrophic Debt Ceiling Debate

Letter of Experts Opposed to Cuts in Social Security Benefits

I love this phrase. can ww make it into a rallying cry