Tell Obama, Senate: We Need Fair Budget, Not Robin Hood in Reverse

[Donnachaidh]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/04/21/tell-obama-senate-we-need-fair-budget-not-robin-hood-in-reverse/

It was no surprise when House Republicans stood together last week and used their majority muscle to pass—without a single Democratic vote—their Robin Hood in Reverse budget plan that privatizes Medicare, cuts corporate taxes and taxes for the wealthy, cuts Medicaid funding, repeals health care reform and slashes up to 2 million jobs.

They claim the plan, developed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), is an attempt to balance the budget and deal with the deficit. But even a causal glance at the math shows the Republican budget plan cuts $4.3 trillion in spending and hands out $4.2 trillion in tax giveaways, mostly to the wealthy and corporations. Not much left for the deficit is there?

The Senate could try to make a deal that meets House Republicans halfway. Halfway down the road to ruin is still dangerously far down that road.

We need to take action. You can click here to tell your senators and President Obama to reject the House Republican budget fraud—and create a responsible 2012 budget that funds the America we believe in.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

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[GreenPartyVoter]

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