For Peace & Prosperity, and to Fix the MBTA: Support the People's Budget!
Commuters waiting for shuttle buses at Wollaston T station on Feb.
11
Fed Up with MBTA Budget & Service
Cuts?
The People's Budget would increase funds to the MBTA and make the
trains run on time! Join us as we bring this message to commuters on Friday
morning, March 20, 7:30 to 9:30 am, at Ashmont MBTA
Station.
Join the Budget for All Coalition as we pass out flyers, sing
our MBTA song, and talk to the press and commuters about the People's Budget.
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On Tuesday, the new Republican majority in Congress introduced a
budget proposal that would gut Medicare, defund the Affordable Care Act, and
make deep cuts to domestic programs such as food stamps, housing, education, and
the environment. They've made these proposals before -- but since they now
control both Houses of Congress, it might really pass. Their budget would also
increase the Pentagon’s slush fund which pays for the Afghanistan war and the
war on ISIS.
But the Congressional Progressive Caucus has an alternative. They
call it the People’s Budget: A Raise For America, and it is the polar
opposite of the Republicans' budget proposal.
Congress will vote on budget proposals as early as next week – so contact your Representative TODAY and ask him or her to vote
for the People’s Budget.
While working families face smaller paychecks, corporations and the
wealthy are amassing record wealth. American families know the system is rigged
in favor of the corporations. The People’s Budget makes the economy work
for everyone. It creates high quality jobs and reduces family expenses,
restoring the buying power of working Americans to drive a full economic
recovery.
The People’s Budget creates 8.4 million good paying jobs by
2018; invests $1.9 trillion in America’s future; and puts $820 billion towards
infrastructure and transportation improvements. Ask your Representative to support the People’s
Budget!
The People’s Budget cuts waste from the
base military budget, eliminates the Pentagon’s “Overseas Contingency
Operations” slush fund, ends the US military presence in Afghanistan after 2016,
cuts unnecessary spending on destabilizing nuclear weapons, requires that the
Pentagon be audited, and invests in diplomacy. It also provides a
new framework to transition workers in military industries to good jobs in the
civilian sector.
The People’s Budget would bring in revenue and redress extreme
inequality by closing corporate tax loopholes and by a progressive tax on
incomes over $1 million a year. It tackles the climate crisis by imposing a
carbon tax as well as by funding transportation improvements.
The People’s Budget is a package that brings together the big issues – taxes, jobs, government services, and militarism – and asks our Members of Congress to take a stand for peace and justice and against austerity and war.
Support of the Progressive Caucus budget in Congress has grown from
77 votes in 2011 to 89 last year. Let’s keep up the momentum by adding ever more
support this year! In Massachusetts, Reps. Jim McGovern, Mike Capuano, and
Katherine Clark voted for the progressive budget last year, but Reps. Keating,
Kennedy, Lynch, Neal, and Tsongas voted NO. Rep. Seth Moulton will be voting on
the budget for the first time. Will your Representative vote
for the Progressive Budget this year?
- Budget for All Campaign
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after September 11th, seeks global peace through social and economic
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