http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#45142992Rual Grijalva, D-Arizona absolutely rocks. Here he is (above) on the Rachel Maddow show discussing Brewer's latest - politicizing a commission designed specifically to un-politicize redistricting.
Grijalva is Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. See link for more...
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=70..snip..
Support for the People's Budget
Paul Krugman
“genuinely courageous”
“achieves this without dismantling the legacy of the New Deal”
Dean Baker
"if you want a serious effort to balance the budget, here it is."
Jeffrey Sachs
“A bolt of hope…humane, responsible, and most of all sensible”
The Economist
“Courageous”
“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.”
The New Republic
“In passing, Miller also draws attention something that's gotten far too little attention in this debate. The most fiscally responsible plan seems to be neither the Republicans' nor the president's. It's the Congressional Progressive Caucus plan…”
The Washington Post
"It’s much more courageous to propose taxes on the rich and powerful than spending cuts on the poor and disabled."
Rachel Maddow
“Balances the budget 20 years earlier than Paul Ryan even tries to”
The Guardian
“the most fiscally responsible in town… would balance the books by 2021“
The Nation
"the strongest rebuke...to the unconscionable 'Ryan Budget' for FY 2012."
Center for American Progress
"once again puts requiring more sacrifice from the luckiest among us back on the table"
Economic Policy Institute
"National budget policy should adequately fund up-front job creation, invest in long-term economic growth, reform the tax code, and put the debt on a sustainable path while protecting the economic security of low-income Americans and growing the middle class. The proposal by the Congressional Progressive caucus achieves all of these goals."
The Washington Post
“The Congressional Progressive Caucus plan wins the fiscal responsibility derby thus far."
Rolling Stone
"This is more than a fantasy document. It's sound policy."
Forbes
"instead of gutting programs for the poor like Medicaid and Medicare, food stamps, and the new healthcare law, the People’s Budget focuses on cuts in defense. It also doesn’t scrap new financial regulations designed to at least partly stave off another massive financial collapse like the one that put us in this mess in the first place."
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On edit: sorry about the strike-through text. It was cut and pasted directly from the site.
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