Progressives Recoil At Reported Debt Ceiling Deal

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/progressives-recoil-at-reported-debt-ceiling-deal.php?ref=fpb

Progressive groups are speaking out against the debt ceiling deal currently being hashed out in Washington. The response from two of the nation's largest organizations goes essentially like this: really?!?

Progressives are more than a little upset that the deal does not include new revenues upfront, a line in the sand President Obama drew early on in the process and apparently had to abandon as the cogs of the legislative machinery turned hours before the nation went into default. They're casting the deal outlined on the Sunday talk shows this morning as a huge win for Republicans -- and (yet another) agonizing defeat for the left.

"Seeing a Democratic president take taxing the rich off the table and instead push a deal that will lead to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefit cuts is like entering a bizarre parallel universe," said Stephanie Talyor, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. "One with horrific consequences for middle-class families."

The PCCC called on Democrats to reject the deal.

More at the link --

I don't understand how behave so stupidly for 31 years. I'm not referring to the right wing, which is evil to the core.

n/t

As if being run by grifter Adam Green (to whom you should totally send three dollars, by the way) isn’t enough to stain PCCC and Bold Progressives’s reputation, PCCC’s co-founder Aaron Swartz was indicted for wire and computer fraud today.
http://www.angryblacklady.com/2011/07/19/progressive-change-campaign-committee-pccc-co-founder-aaron-swartz-indicted-for-wire-computer-fraud/

He faces up to 35 years in prison and $1 million in fines for charges related to wire fraud, computer fraud and unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer. He surrendered to the authorities on Tuesday morning, was arraigned in Federal District Court and pleaded not guilty to all counts. He was released on $100,000 unsecured bond.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/us/20compute.html?_r=2

Nice try though.

Wow.

Green and his cohorts are SCAM ARTISTS.

He is in it for the money, period, and those on the left fall for it.

The shock troops never fail to surprise me... :eyes:

"Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, progressives were sounding a lot like the groups that represent their interests outside the beltway. That's not a huge surprise -- conservative Republicans have already said they think the deal doesn't go far enough, and it's likely they'll vote against whatever the negotiators come up with. It's the same story with the left. The deal doesn't get anywhere close to what they want out of deficit reduction talks and some have already signaled they won't be voting for it.

"This deal trades peoples' livelihoods for the votes of a few unappeasable right-wing radicals," Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) said in an fiery statement, "and I will not support it."

It's not good enough for them? Then what do they want and how are they going to get it through the House and Senate?

So sick of these whiners. All they do is find fault with others while doing nothing themselves.

They want higher taxes? Then elect a Congress that will do so.

That's what this liberal wants, no deal.

Then, at the eleventh hour, when pressure is tight, put forth a clean debt ceiling bill and let sane 'Pugs join with sane Democrats and pass it. Failing that, let Obama use the 14th Amendment option. Better a Constitutional crisis than the madness of this "deal".

the debt ceiling under w?

While it is always commendable to legislate and enact good legislation, I think it is just as commendable to oppose and kill bad legislation. Sometimes all you can do is try to prevent someone else from doing harm to others.

You're right, a good tax bill couldn't be passed. The progressives should try to block the bad spending cuts. Then, as default looms, everybody kicks the can down the road with a clean debt ceiling increase.

It might be necessary to accept a small increase that would lead to a replay of this farce early next year. That would be unfortunate, but it would be better than default and better than the kind of slash-and-burn deals I've been reading about.