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Urgent: Make a call to stop a destructive deficit
deal.
Call Sen. Landrieu today!
Democrats in the House and the Senate can and must
stop a bad deal from happening. But they need to hear that their constituents
want them to do so.
Click here for the number to call
and a sample script.
Dear Friend,
The deal to raise the debt ceiling has been announced and the House Republicans
have essentially won everything they wanted,
with more to come.
More than a trillion dollars in spending reductions at a time the economy has
stalled completely.
No revenue increases, even as trivial as closing oil company loopholes.
And if at least $1.2 trillion in ADDITIONAL cuts are not enacted by Congress in
the next year, automatic spending cuts —
including to Medicare — will go into effect.
Pick up the phone and tell Sen. Landrieu: Vote No on
a destructive deficit deal. Click here for contact info and a sample script.
We're at this point because House Republicans convinced President Obama that
they were crazy enough to wreck the economy
if he did not capitulate.
So he did, even though many believe that President Obama could invoke the 14th
Amendment to the Constitution in order to
pay all our bills.
A White House spokesman repeatedly tried to take the 14th Amendment off the
table, and now President Obama is trumpeting
an all-cuts deal with no new tax revenues as a model of tough compromise and
bipartisan common sense. It isn't.
Progressive heroes Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the
Progressive Caucus, have already announced
that they will vote No.
We also urge a No vote. Please call Sen. Landrieu today,
before it is too late. Click here for contact info and a sample script.
This deal will hurt an already fragile economy and will convince House
Republicans to repeat this successful tactic again.
With this huge victory, their demands will only escalate. Their next
opportunity is in just two months when the 2012 budget
must pass.
For those who are convinced that President Obama has done the best that he
could, consider where we started. Many of these
same Republicans have voted repeatedly to give former presidents — including
George W. Bush — an increase in
the debt ceiling without any conditions attached.
At first President Obama did demand that Congress do the same for him. But he
quickly gave that up, demanding instead a balanced
approach of both cuts and taxes on oil companies and the wealthiest
individuals.
Then he offered to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security if ANY loopholes
were closed.
Then he offered to cut over a trillion in spending even if NO changes were made
to the tax system.
And now he is pushing cuts of over $2.2 trillion with no promise of any tax
revenue.
While the president's press secretary has tried to take the 14th Amendment off
the table, President Obama can put it back
on. And if this deal doesn't pass either of the House or the Senate, President
Obama will be forced to do what's best for
the country and invoke the 14th Amendment to avoid default.
Call Sen. Landrieu to urge a No vote on this terrible
deal. Click here for the contact info and a sample script.
Thank you for speaking out. Your activism matters.
Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets
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