The Economist: The Courageous Congressional Caucus Budget

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http://www4.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011 ...


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"...Republicans are refusing to raise the national debt ceiling even though their own budget raises the national debt by $6 trillion over the next decade, and no one in the national press corps seems to be pointing out the contradiction.

"the Congressional Progressive Caucus plan wins the fiscal responsibility derby thus far; it reaches balance by 2021 largely through assorted tax hikes and defense cuts." Which is pretty interesting. Have you ever heard of the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget plan? Neither had I. The caucus's co-chairs, Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, released it on April 6th. The budget savings come from defence cuts, including immediately withdrawing from Afghanistan and Iraq, which saves $1.6 trillion over the CBO baseline from 2012-2021. The tax hikes include restoring the estate tax, ending the Bush tax cuts, and adding new tax brackets for the extremely rich, running from 45% on income over a million a year to 49% on income over a billion a year.

"Mr Ryan's plan adds (by its own claims) $6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, but promises to balance the budget by sometime in the 2030s by cutting programmes for the poor and the elderly. The Progressive Caucus's plan would (by its own claims) balance the budget by 2021 by cutting defence spending and raising taxes, mainly on rich people. Mr Ryan has been fulsomely praised for his courage. The Progressive Caucus has not.'

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The Peoples Budget


http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70

http://grijalva.house.gov/uploads/The%20CPC%20FY2012%20 ...


This needs to be pushed as the path to the 2012 elections and future of America. Not perfect, but such a striking contrast with the Ryan disaster will be easy to explain to the public.


Here's Rachel's coverage last week... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel ... /


Here's the Progressive Caucus website.... http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70

Here's the pdf of the Progressive Caucus Budget.... http://grijalva.house.gov/uploads/The%20CPC%20FY2012%20 ...

[liberal N proud]

1. More republican hypocrisy

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2. I can explain that effect Rachel comments on.

They treat it like a wild kingdom episode, becuase of animal livestock doctrine.

They believe people that care are less evolved, since they have not learned to be ruthless. They believe that is grown up. It is the group that believes intelligence with no feeling is more grown up or more evolved.

So they treat caring people as animals, and not 'one of them' the type that thinks they know what reality is. "you have to be mean, and ruthless, and those that believe in caring are naive."

They use 'animal doctrine' or farm doctrine to not have to argue the issue but to use a claim of superiority to not have to think and feel about it. If a group is lesser, then there argument is not thought on for that reason and not becuase of its merit.


It also reinforces by disparaging liberals as not thinking like their group does, and tries to present there group as superior by that reinforcement also. It is also self creating of a concept by disregarding a group.


The standard items in culture used against people in much media are the following delusions repeated in many things.

They want you to believe you are in hell delusion.
They want you to think people are animals under control, pet doctrine, leash comments, many animal references.
They want you to believe you are a lessor and must submit (many forms)
They want you to believe you have no power nor say in anything.
They want you to believe they are superior.

They also want to believe all those things so they can ignore some groups. So then they can believe they are the blessed in heaven, are superior, and have power. So they can justify what they do by that claim, without a defensible argument.

No joke, that is part of superiority doctrine.


I would say to those that see those things.

Compliment to Mitchel and Rachel

MIT see Hell - Mitchel
Ra See Hell - Rachel

For Free.
Joni Mitchell-For Free (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzN1p5q2sY


I like seeing the better in many things. And Rachel does speak about many things others do not, I do like that.


Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQTr8ZYdhg