[nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff andSequestration

[Kenneth Chrane]

We don't want to see our programs like Social Security go to Waste.
Ken Chrane

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From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
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> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
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> Chrane
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> Sequestration
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>
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> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>
>
>
> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal 
> deficit.
> It's good to hear from you.
>
>
>
> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of 
> solving
> tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid the devastating
> impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts known as sequester.
> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of Americans 
> would
> see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring our nation
> back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage we do to 
> ourselves
> and the economy.
>
>
>
> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must have a
> combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our debt and still
> grow the economy.  We must also protect the social contract between the
> American people and their government.  Medicare and Medicaid need to be
> reformed and refreshed not gutted or block-granted.
>
>
>
> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid the 
> fiscal
> cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by letting the 2001
> and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more than $250,000 per 
> year.
> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can also make
> thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military and domestic - 
> that
> will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I supported the Budget 
> Control
> Act passed by Congress in 2011 that would require $900 billion in cuts 
> over
> 10 years.
>
>
>
> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to get us
> to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class families and do
> nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to reduce the deficit.  In
> Maryland alone, this could result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs
> and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>
>
>
> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent the 
> fiscal
> cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending policy to
> reduce our national debt.
>
>
>
> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is very
> important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you 
> in
> the future.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Barbara A. Mikulski
> United States Senator
>
>
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