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Follow on Google News | Progressives Push "Budget for All" Solutions to National Challenges"'The Budget for All' would quickly and safely bring our troops home, create jobs, close wasteful loopholes, unleash creativity, as well as invest in our people and infrastructure--all while reducing the deficit and debt over 10 years!
Who: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and partner organizations What: Organizing support for the Congressional Progressive Caucus "Budget for All" Where: On Capitol Hill and at Congressional Offices Nationwide Why: To create jobs, end war, invest in the USA, reform tax policies, and slash debt Contacts: PDA National Director Tim Carpenter tim@pdamerica.org 413-320-2015 PDA Deputy Field Director Andrea Miller andrea@pdamerica.org 443-878-2071 Progressive Democrats of America is launching an effort to organize support for the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) "Budget for All." PDA and partner organizations are issuing action alerts calling upon voters to ask their Representatives to vote for the CPC budget proposals, and planning meetings with members of Congress from coast to coast. Notable supporters of the "Budget for All" include: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Jim Hightower, Radio Host, Columnist, Author, PDA Advisory Board member; Norman Solomon, Congressional Candidate, Author, Co-Chair Healthcare NOT Warfare Campaign; Tom Hayden, Peace and Justice Resource Center, Culver City; Thom Hartmann, Radio and Television Host, Writer, PDA Advisory Board Member; Michael Eisenscher, US Labor Against the War (USLAW); Rusti Eisenberg and Gael Murphy, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ); Mike Prokosch, New Priorities Project; David Swanson, Author, Director of WarIsACrime.org; PDA National Director Tim Carpenter said, "'The Budget for All' would quickly and safely bring our troops home, create jobs, close wasteful loopholes, unleash creativity, as well as invest in our people and infrastructure-- PDA Deputy Field Director Andrea Miller explained the "Budget for All" would: • Reduce deficits by $6.8 trillion, cut spending by $749 billion, and reduce debt to 62.3% of GDP by 2022. • Invest $2.9 trillion in jobs, manufacturing, alternative energy, entrepreneurs and small business. • End emergency war funding beginning in FY 2014, and reduce base discretionary defense spending. • Bring our troops home and realign national security strategy, saving $1.1 trillion over 10 years. • Let Bush-era tax cuts expire for the highest incomes in 2012, and enact a high net-worth surcharge. • Treat capital gains and qualified dividends as ordinary income. • Limit regressive itemized deductions for high earners. • End corporate welfare and establish accountability to discourage--not subsidize--harmful activities. The "Budget for All" executive summary states, "Americans believe, and experts agree, that the solution to our debt and deficit woes should rely on three components: Job growth, increased revenues, and spending cuts. The Budget for All relies on all three. Government is not the panacea for the issues that we face, but it is not the singular cause of our nation's strife as some would suggest. Our budget is a plan for those that believe in a government that works for them and helps find solutions [and invests] in Job Creation Now and Lays the Foundation for the Future by focusing investments ... in targeted areas such as transportation infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, and small businesses innovation, while supporting tax credits for working families." PDA Communications Coordinator Mike Hersh said, "Failed federal leadership caused and deepened the Great Recession, perilous economic inequality, and other economic crises and reversals. The Ryan Plan would double-down on failed policies, and risk double-dip recession. The President's proposals can't and won't reverse the results from decades of failure. We need the 'Budget for All,' strong leadership and wise policies to get America moving again." "Budget for All" Letter and Action Alert at http://www.pdacommunity.org Progressive Democrats of America is a federal PAC, founded in 2004 to transform the Democratic Party and the USA. PDA seeks to build a party and government controlled by citizens--not corporate elites--with policies that serve the broad public interest, not just private interests. PDA operates inside the Democratic Party, and outside in movements for peace and justice. PDA played a key role in the stunning electoral victories of November 2006 and 2008. PDA's inside/outside strategy is guided by the belief that a lasting majority will require a revitalized Democratic Party built on firm progressive principles. For more information about Progressive Democrats of America, please see: http://pdamerica.org/ For more information about the "Budget for All," please see: http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/ Contacts: PDA National Director Tim Carpenter tim@pdamerica.org 413-320-2015 PDA Deputy Field Director Andrea Miller andrea@pdamerica.org 443-878-2071 End
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