Dean Group Fights To Take Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Off Bargaining Table

[babsbunny]

Dean Group Fights To Take Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Off Bargaining Table

http://www.thewashingtoncurrent.com/2011/07/dean-group-fights-to-take-social.html

Monday, July 11, 2011

A prominent progressive group is ramping up a campaign to take cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid off the table as part of any final deal on federal spending. The effort by Democracy For America (DFA) comes amid signs of deepening stalemate in the budget crisis.

Associated with former Vermont governor and ex-Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, DFA is urging supporters to contact their members of Congress to reject any measures that would weaken the major federal entitlement programs.

"Here are the facts -- Republicans don't have the votes to increase the debt limit without Democrats, but Boehner has rejected every Democratic proposal to repeal the Bush tax cuts for the rich, end subsidies for big oil, or close tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas. Instead, Boehner wants to gut Social Security and Medicare," Michael Langenmayr, DFA's deputy political director, says in an email.

[fascisthunter]

1. GOOD! THIS is what makes Dems different from Pukes

one representing people, the other representing the wealthy!!! Whose side are you on, because the wealthy have started a class war?

[EFerrari]

2. Precisely. n/t

[fascisthunter]

3. I Love it When Dems act like Dems

[EFerrari]

5. Me, too.

I'm stuck in the last century. lol

[fascisthunter]

7. well, it's treated us better, so why not

now time to make it all worth while

[Kingofalldems]

4. Dr. Dean--the model for Democratic politicians everywhere

[pennylane100]

6. He is still representing the democratic wing of the democratic party.