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2013 or 1966?
The GOP’s Back to the Future Budget
Last week, the GOP once again proposed a plan to cap overall federal spending as percentage of the economy at a ridiculous and unsustainably low level. This is really just a backdoor way to gut programs like Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid without saying so at the outset.
How low do Republicans want to set spending? As low as it was way back in 1966. In 1966, President Johnson was arguing we needed to stay in Vietnam. There were still countries called Upper Volta and Rhodesia. The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds. Ronald Reagan was elected Governor of California. Medicare and Medicaid had only existed for one year.
In other words, it was a very different time and our country had very different needs. Here’s a closer look at just how different things are why the GOP’s back to the future isn’t suited for 21st century America.
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Jon Soltz, VoteVets.org
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| Did you watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night?
From reforming immigration and education to a focus on job creation and an overdue drawdown in Afghanistan, the president laid out a vision for the next four years that we can all be proud of. But if the divided ovations were any indication, the work ahead won’t be easy. There is one issue, however, that has overwhelming public support among Democrats and Republicans: taking common sense action to reduce gun violence in America. Veterans make extremely powerful messengers on this issue, and the president needs us if he’s going to sign a bill. Veterans have seen, first hand, the carnage that assault weapons cause. We’ve had to go through background checks to get into the military and handle a weapon. Our troops in combat aren’t even authorized to attach magazines with more than 30 rounds to their semi-automatic weapons. There’s no reason we should authorize it for anyone here at home. We’re going to engage on this one, and I’m thankful that we’ll be in it together. Thanks for your support. Jon Soltz
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