April 15th was the last day Congress had to pass a joint budget resolution. This failure to pass a budget transcends the halls of Congress and the Washington echo chamber because a budget is a statement of our values. It is a blueprint of our priorities for the American people. With Congressional Republicans incapable of moving forward on the most essential legislative priorities, why should the American people entrust their party with even more power this November?
via Huffington Post.
Related Reading:
- Letter Endorsing the People’s Budget.
- To improve Social Security’s solvency and boost benefits, the CPC budget
supports gradually raising the cap on payroll taxes. To improve
benefits, the People’s Budget would protect Social Security benefits
from inflation by using a fully-developed Consumer Price Index for the
Elderly (CPI-E) to set cost-of-living adjustments, and would provide a
Social Security caregivers credit to individuals who leave the workforce
to care for loved ones.
