Dennis Kucinichs appeal to sign this petititon, and to pass it on to all our contacts:

[Cal33]

The Raw Deal?

"A Big Deal."

That's what the White House has been fighting for the past few weeks in negotiations over raising the debt ceiling. It was a search for a "compromise."

And so yesterday, President Obama applauded the gang of six "compromise" based on, as he explains, "shared sacrifice and everybody ... giving up something."

The only thing being compromised is the Administration's values. This deal cuts Social Security and threatens Medicare and Medicaid, selling out those who need help the most, America's children, poor and elderly - all while taxes are being cut.

Our message is simple: cutting Social Security which has nothing to do with the debt ceiling is not a "big deal" we can accept, it is a bad deal we must reject. Please sign my petition now, and forward it to 10 of your friends:

http://kucinich.us/social-security

Do not let them disingenuously fold the issue of Social Security - which is solvent through 2036 - into raising the debt limit. Do not let them move the ball so far down the field that a "compromise" has become a politically friendly term for caving in on the very cornerstone of our Party and - more importantly - on well established principles of economic and social justice in America.

The more details that emerge, the worse the picture gets. While our unemployment remains perilously high and families are suffering, instead of a roadmap for recovery we are receiving directions towards another depression. Any "deal" that ignores the massive economic challenges of this country and balances the budget on the backs of children, seniors and the poor is not moral. In a lifetime, will our party have journeyed from the New Deal to the Raw Deal?

I hope you can help me through insisting that Congress find a more fair and just compromise. It would be helpful if you sign the petition and circulate it to your contacts.

With respect,


Dennis Kucinich

[NightWatcher]

1. *rain on parade* Do all of these countless petitions ever accomplish ANYTHING?

please show me where they have done anything or got a politician to change their minds. Or do they just make everyone feel better, thinking that they did something, when in fact they did nothing that a .5 second click of a delete key on the part of the recipient can undo.

[Cal33]

3. I suppose most of them make no changes, but every now and then

one of them does. That's the visible part. An example of the invisible part is:
it tells the politician that many of his constituents are objecting to what he is
doing. It's not facing reality to expect most of our petitions to win. I think
we should continue to petition, as well as do other things when possible, just to
let the guy know we object, and that he had better be more careful in the future.
It's the feedback he gets from us.

[robcon]

2. The president 'disingenuously folded' the issue of Social Security into the debt limit

For the first time, I was embarrassed by President Obama when he stated that the SS checks might not go out.

[Cal33]

4. I don't think I felt embarrassed, but disappointed, yes.