A vote in favor of the People's Budget is a vote against the endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, because the People's Budget would end the wars.
Huffington Post: It's All One Story
April 14, 2011
Jan Schakowsky and the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget were more in keeping with what I would have proposed: more taxes on the wealthy and big, multinational corporate interests who can well afford it, more cuts in defense spending, and more investments in the working middle class and the young and poor people trying to work their way into it. I would have strongly preferred, for example, for the president to endorse a financial transactions tax that would both raise $125 billion a year and have the strong added bonus of some curb on the reckless trading and speculation on Wall Street.
Democracy Now!: While Obama Touts Compromise with GOP, Progressive Lawmakers Unveil "People's Budget"
April 14, 2011
In a televised address yesterday, President Obama set a goal of cutting the U.S. budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. He countered Republican budget plans with what he said was a more balanced approach that relies in part on tax increases for the wealthy as well as on spending cuts. The Congressional Progressive Caucus meanwhile has unveiled an alternative plan called the "People's Budget." We speak to Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. [includes rush transcript]
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, discusses the CPC People's Budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 and the importance of listening to the priorities of the American people on MSNBC April 14.
Tha Nation: Fighting for a People's Budget
April 14, 2011
An alternative approach that deserves more attention is the "People's Budget" offered by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). It will be introduced in the House on Thursday and it is the strongest rebuke – in the form of an amendment – to the unconscionable "Ryan Budget" for FY 2012. It's a budget that gives the people – according to poll after poll – exactly what they want (something which shouldn't be a rarity in a healthy, vibrant democracy).
TPM: House Progressives: End The Wars, Save The Economy
April 13, 2011
Representatives from the 77-member House Progressive Caucus gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to roll out their plan to cut the deficit and put the budget back into balance. Their simple solution: pull the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, install a public option for health care, raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations and voila, America is fixed.
MSNBC: Raul Grijalva talks to Chris Hayes about Continuing Resolution & People's Budget
April 12, 2011
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Jeffrey Sachs: The People's Budget
April 8, 2011
Just when it seemed that all of Washington had lost its values and its connection with the American people, a bolt of hope has arrived. It is the People's Budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. Their plan is humane, responsible, and most of all sensible, reflecting the true values of the American people and the real needs of the floundering economy. Unlike Paul Ryan's almost absurdly vicious attack on the poor and working class, the People's Budget would close the deficit by raising taxes on the rich, taming health care costs (including a public option), and ending the military spending on wars and wasteful weapons systems.
While Congress is primarily focused on cutting spending in the debate over reducing the federal budget deficit, some progressive lawmakers say it's time to start collecting more revenues from the wealthiest Americans.
NPR: Openly-Gay Congresswoman Proposes New Marriage Act
March 18, 2011
Rep. Tammy Baldwin talks to NPR about her efforts to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act
