If you have any better ideas than engaging in politics everyone wants to know what they are.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Maxim Linchits <[email protected]> wrote: > Hopefully your policy of constructive dialogue with the Democrats will > lead us to victory. After all, it has served American unionism so well in > the past 30 years.**** > > ** ** > > max**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Robert Naiman > *Sent:* Friday, April 05, 2013 6:33 PM > *To:* Progressive Economics > *Subject:* Re: [Pen-l] preemptive compromise once again**** > > ** ** > > This is the moment of truth. Now we'll find out if America has a Left or > not. If America has a Left, chained CPI can be stopped. Otherwise, the > notion that America has a Left will from now on always be a bad joke. **** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > and some people hoped he was the new FDR? if "we're all Keynesians," he's > an exception.****[from > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/us/social-programs-face-cutback-in-obama-budget.html] > ****Obama Budget to Include Cuts to Programs in Hopes of Deal****By JACKIE > CALMES<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/jackie_calmes/index.html> > ****Published: April 5, 2013 > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/us/social-programs-face-cutback-in-obama-budget.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130405&_r=0#commentsContainer> > **** > > WASHINGTON — President Obama next week will take the political risk of > formally proposing cuts to Social > Security<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/social_security_us/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>and > Medicare<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/medicare/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>in > his annual budget in an effort to demonstrate his willingness to > compromise with Republicans and revive prospects for a long-term > deficit-reduction deal, administration officials say.**** > > In a significant shift in fiscal strategy, Mr. Obama on Wednesday will > send a budget plan to Capitol Hill that departs from the usual presidential > wish list that Republicans typically declare dead on arrival. Instead it > will embody the final compromise offer that he made to Speaker John A. > Boehner late last year, before Mr. Boehner abandoned negotiations in > opposition to the president’s demand for higher taxes from wealthy > individuals and some corporations. **** > > Congressional Republicans have dug in against any new tax revenues after > higher taxes for the affluent were approved at the start of the year. The > administration’s hope is to create cracks in Republicans’ antitax > resistance, especially in the Senate, as constituents complain about the > across-the-board cuts in military and domestic programs that took effect > March 1. **** > > Mr. Obama’s proposed deficit reduction would replace those cuts. And if > Republicans continue to resist the president, the White House believes that > most Americans will blame them for the fiscal paralysis. **** > > Besides the tax increases that most Republicans continue to oppose, Mr. > Obama’s > budget<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/f/federal_budget_us/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>will > propose a new inflation formula that would have the effect of reducing > cost-of-living payments for Social Security benefits, though with financial > protections for low-income and very old beneficiaries, administration > officials said. The idea, known as chained C.P.I., has infuriated some > Democrats and advocacy groups to Mr. Obama’s left, and they have already > mobilized in opposition. **** > > As Mr. Obama has before, his budget documents will emphasize that he would > support the cost-of-living change, as well as other reductions that > Republicans have called for in the popular programs for older Americans, > only if Republicans agree to additional taxes on the wealthy and > infrastructure investments that the president called for in last year’s > offer to Mr. Boehner. **** > > Mr. Obama will propose other spending and tax credit initiatives, > including aid for states to make free prekindergarten education available > nationwide — a priority outlined in his State of the Union > address<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/state_of_the_union_message_us/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>in > February. He will propose to pay for it by raising federal taxes on > cigarettes and other tobacco products. **** > > “The president has made clear that he is willing to compromise and do > tough things to reduce the deficits, but only in the context of a package > like this one that has balance and includes revenues from the wealthiest > Americans and that is designed to promote economic growth,” said a senior > administration official, who, like others, declined to be identified > confirming details about the coming budget. **** > > “That means,” the official added, “that the things like C.P.I. that > Republican leaders have pushed hard for will only be accepted if > Congressional Republicans are willing to do more on revenues.”**** > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. **** > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected]**** > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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