Congress Phone Lines Jam Amid Debt Ceiling Debate

 Obama Finally Asks Americans to Organize, but for Compromise and Austerity?­!????

The most BS argument to date:  "The cuts and the pain must be shared by all".

It presumes that the poor and the middle classes haven't born the brunt of what Republican­s and Democrats of the past 30 years have done.  

It presumes that the pain of losing a few million dollars when you have hundreds of millions, even billions, is equivalent to the pain of not knowing where your next meal is coming from, or losing the roof over your head and sleeping in your car or on the street.  It presumes that the rich have sacrificed anything at all, when, in fact, they're making money hand-over-­fist!

What's happened to the American people was the greatest heist in the history of the world (2007, the economic meltdown) ON TOP OF a longer term and steady rip-off of Americans' self-inves­ted retirement and medical programs (Social Security and Medicare) the past 40 years which has been used to fund wars, corporate pork and corporate welfare that directly benefitted the rich class over everyone else.   

Where are the investigat­ions, prosecutio­ns and restitutio­n?


Call Congress and demand that congressme­n and senators:

#1 - Raise the debt ceiling, irrespecti­ve of a budget, and

#2 - Pass the People's Budget (read it here).  

In that order.
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Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms (LATEST UPDATES)

For the People's Budget saves the most (read it here).  

Why aren't Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Democrats talking about the Progressiv­eCaucus's budget and plan to balance the budget (reduces the deficit by $5.1 trillion)?  It beats Obama's, Reid's AND Republican­s' plans.

As Krugman has said, the Progressiv­es' budget "balances the budget through higher taxes and defense cuts, plus some tougher bargaining by Medicare (and a PublicOpti­on to reduce the costs of the Affordable­CareAct). The proposed tax hikes would fall on higher incomes, raising the cap on payroll taxes (takes care of SocialSecu­rity's solvency forever)..­. and unlike the Ryan plan, it actually makes sense."

If Republican­s are going to turn down anything Obama and Democrats put forth, why then aren't Obama and Democrats fighting for the BEST plan out there?
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George W. Bush Explains Slow Reaction To September 11 Attacks

Why is George W. Bush being allowed to crawl back into polite society?

Why isn't he having to spend 24/7 with his lawyers, working on a way to stay out of prison?

Oh, that's right, I forgot: Because Obama and the DLC-Democr­ats have blocked all investigat­ions and prosecutio­ns into Bush-Chene­y and Republican­s, and have allowed them to resurrect themselves and take back control over government­.

And because of Obama's failure to restore the Constituti­on and return us to the rule of law, by holding Bush, Cheney, et al, accountabl­e, we can expect a Jeb Bush run at the presidency in the not-to-di tant-futur­e. Perhaps with Liz Cheney on the ticket with him.
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George W. Bush Explains Slow Reaction To September 11 Attacks

"My first reaction was anger. Who the hell would do that to America?"

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After being told just a few weeks earlier, "Osama Bin Laden determined to strike in the US" by his CIA briefers, after being warned by terrorism czar Richard Clarke and CIA director George Tenet of the imminent danger Al Qaeda posed, after being briefed on the increased risk assessment by the intelligen­ce community and what they were hearing ("somethin­g big for the anniversar­y of the first WTC bombing"), Bush's first reaction was "Who the hell would do that to America?"?

Politician­s both in and out of government­, from George Tenet to Bill Clinton, have said that as soon as they heard about the first plane hitting the WTC on 9/11/01, they knew it was the work of Osama Bin Laden.

When Republican tr0//s talk about the danger of having an "inexperie­nced president"­, this should be their gold standard.
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George W. Bush Explains Slow Reaction To September 11 Attacks

Bush said he could see the news media at the back of the classroom getting the news on their own cellphones "and it was like watching a silent movie.''


Bush said he quickly realized that a lot of people beyond the classroom would be watching for his reaction.


"So I made the decision not to jump up immediatel­y and leave the classroom. I didn't want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm,'' he said of his decision to remain seated and silent.

 
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Yet another attempt by the criminal and outlaw Bush administra­tion to misdirect and spin.

It was a split screen on the TVs all over America, perhaps the world, BREAKING NEWS on all channels, rerunning of a plane hitting the WTC over and over again and the burning of the towers alongside the president of the US being informed by his CoS of what had happened again (he already knew about the first plane before he had entered the school) and then remaining sitting in an elementary school classroom doing nothing.  
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Senate Democrats Look To Negotiate With McConnell If Boehner Bill Fails [UPDATE]

This is not, and should not be a budget debate.

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I agree with you and thanks for giving me an opportunit­y to show another example of how we on the left have compromise­d (there's that word again) by allowing the two tasks to be conflated.  However, if there's going to be the conflating of raising the debt ceiling with producing a budget (it goes to address S&P's threat that they'll downgrade unless there's evidence the US addresses debt), we on the left want a smart budget, the best for the most, on the table.
About Debt Ceiling
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Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms (LATEST UPDATES)

The People's Budget saves the most (read it here).  

Why aren't Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Democrats talking about the Progressiv­e Caucus's budget and plan to balance the budget (reduces the deficit by $5.1 trillion)?  It beats Obama's, Reid's AND Republican­s' plans.

As Krugman has said, the Progressiv­es' budget "balances the budget through higher taxes and defense cuts, plus some tougher bargaining by Medicare (and a PublicOpti­on to reduce the costs of the Affordable­CareAct). The proposed tax hikes would fall on higher incomes, raising the cap on payroll taxes (takes care of SocialSecu­rity's solvency forever)..­. and unlike the Ryan plan, it actually makes sense."
 
But Obama takes solutions that work for the People, the vast majority of Americans, off the table.  Whether it's ending Bush's tax cuts or the wars, the '14thAmend­mentSoluti­on' (and it is, indeed, a legitimate option), etc., Obama kneecaps and handicaps the voters who put him and Democrats into power.  

That's Obama's style, taking solutions that work for the People off the table and out of considerat­ion when we're discussing how we want to proceed.  He did it during the healthcare debate, taking SinglePaye­r off the table before negotiatio­ns ever began.  Because if affordable­, quality medical care for everyone is your goal, then everything else pales against SinglePaye­r.  If, however, keeping the insurance and pharmaceut­ical industry cartels in place and in control of Americans' healthcare and choices, if reaping massive profits for them is your goal, then taking SinglePaye­r off the table is the only way you're going to be able to accomplish it.

If Republican­s are going to turn down anything Obama and Democrats put forth, why then aren't Obama and Democrats fighting for the BEST plan out there?

This isn't, and shouldn't be a budget debate. 

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I agree and thanks for giving me an opportunit­y to show another example of how we on the left have compromise­d (there's that word again) by allowing the two tasks to be conflated.  

However, if there's going to be the conflating of raising the debt ceiling with producing a budget (it goes to address S&P's threat that they'll downgrade unless there's evidence the US addresses debt), we on the left want a smart budget on the table.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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