Serious media warms to 'The People's Budget'

Last week, we published a write-up about the budget proposal put forth by the Congressional Progressive Caucus: The People's Budget. It's a great proposal, as it produces a federal surplus by 2021 without cutting services for the poor, the elderly and the middle-class. Instead, it basically just ends the wars, ends the Bush tax cuts, and reduces unemployment. Which, as we saw in the 1990's, is actually about all you need to do to balance the federal budget.

The People's Budget didn't get much media play. In fact, with over 2,000 shares on Facebook, our article was probably the most prominent media write-up it received. However, today comes a nice a surprise—that most serious of serious magazines, The Economist, loves the People's Budget:

http://tucsoncitizen.com/in-the-aggrega ... es-budget/

CinnamonGirl wrote: The People's Budget. It's a great proposal, as it produces a federal surplus by 2021 without cutting services for the poor, the elderly and the middle-class. Instead, it basically just ends the wars, ends the Bush tax cuts, and reduces unemployment. Which, as we saw in the 1990's, is actually about all you need to do to balance the federal budget.

We can end the wars, yes we can....we can end the Bush tax cuts, yes we can, and then we can reduce unemployment.....uh, how we gonna do that now?

The marketing of the name is what I found interesting.

Export skilled labor?

Same old thing - raise taxes. I didn't see anything in there about reducing government spending and waste, or anything regarding accountability.

We've lost billions of dollars on foreign contracts in several countries. BILLIONS ! How do you 'lose' a billion dollars of our tax money?

This country does not need to raise taxes. It needs some leadership and accountability.

How much is spent everyday on the wars? Ending those would reduce government spending, don't you think?

OmniScience wrote: We've lost billions of dollars on foreign contracts in several countries. BILLIONS ! How do you 'lose' a billion dollars of our tax money?

You might ask Haliburton if they might know where it is.