Time to Resist the Republicans’ War on Government - Campaign for America's Future

[Bill USA]

http://ourfuture.org/20131023/time-to-resist-the-republicans-war-on-government

Democrats in the White House are confronted with a dilemma. On the one hand, the clock’s ticking on their temporary budget deal with the Republicans. If it runs out and there’s no new agreement, we run the risk of a default and the government could shut down again. But the need to negotiate places them in a position where they might appear to legitimize the GOP’s extreme positions, immortalized in a series of Republican budgets.

In the short term, Democrats need to negotiate. But in the longer term, we urgently need a real debate about the role of government in this country – a debate which highlights the ever widening gulf in values between the Republican Party, as reflected in its budgets, and the American people.

It would be tragic if Democrats won a battle, but the nation continued to lose a war.

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This would be a good time to remember O’Neill’s legacy. He never hesitated to speak eloquently and forcefully for the role of government in people’s lives – even while negotiating with Republicans determined to do away with government altogether.

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[Othervoice]

1. Democrats Must Protect Medicare and Social Security in any Budget Negotiations with Republicans

Thanks for posting this article. It really puts the issues in proper perspective. We need to pressure President Obama and Congressional Democrats not to go " deficit hawk " and support the Republican Right's plan to privatize Medicare and cut Social Security !

[gopiscrap]

2. welcome to DU