Economist Dean Baker on The "Super Committee" - Democracy NOW!

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Democracy NOW! DN! - President Barack Obama welcomed the deficit deal as "an important first step" and urged both parties to work together on a larger plan to cut the deficit. The deal includes no new tax revenue from wealthy Americans and no additional stimulus for the lagging economy.

It has a provision to create a joint committee of 12 legislators charged with finding $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts. The committee must hold its first meeting in 45 days and is expected to set in motion a lobbying frenzy. For more, we speak with Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland, who voted against the plan, and economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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1. Straight talk and especially great points about the Progressive Caucus

(The People's Budget) getting zero media coverage, and his points about the vested media coverage in general all along.

K & R.