Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sherrod Brown

We all wish we’d gotten a better deal to prevent the United States from defaulting on its obligations. But this fight isn’t over. And just because you and I won’t be in the room when the new deficit reduction committee is working on the next deal doesn’t mean we can’t make our voices heard.
My new petition calls upon Democrats on the “super committee” to hold fast to three progressive principles:

1. Oppose any plan that ends Medicare as we know it.
2. Protect Social Security -- a program that isn’t responsible for the deficit.
3. Demand that big corporations and the wealthy share in the sacrifice.

Any deal that doesn’t meet these criteria is a bad deal for the middle class -- and progressives should band together to urge Democrats to stand strong.

Sign my open letter and ask Democrats to unite around these principles!

Defend Medicare. Protect Social Security. Share the sacrifice. Every Democrat should stand proudly behind these three principles. And every progressive should demand that of our representatives on the “super committee.”

Now is the time for us to make our voices heard and shape the debate before it begins. So click here, sign my petition, and let’s stand up for our progressive principles!

Thank you for standing with me,



Sherrod

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