I just got this from Dean for America re: "Super Committee"
Democrats on the so-called Super Committee are caving to Republican demands and pushing a plan that would make drastic cuts to Medicare.
This is bad policy and bad politics. Cuts like these are the worst possible way to reduce the deficit. They protect the status quo for the richest 1 percent while the 99 percent are expected to sacrifice vital healthcare that they need to survive in tough economic times like these -- and they'll hamstring Democrats running for reelection in 2012.
We've been down this road before. Republicans and some Democrats have been pushing plans to destroy Medicare and Social Security for months. We beat them then and we can beat them now with an overwhelming show of grassroots opposition to any plan that cuts Medicare.
Grrr... Looks like the OWS isn't having any appreciable effect on our so-called representatives. Any chance the president will laugh and toss their recommendations in the trash where they belong?
for this reason among others. We have senators and reps that have been "hired" to do the work of the people. Now we are outsourcing their jobs. If they can't do it we need to hire others. And I know there are sens and reps on the "committee." There must be a hell of a lot of money being passed around. Is the "committee" their moonlight jobs?
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