[nfb-talk] On Fox News and Spending MythRE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 50
Loren Wakefield
theweird1 at centurylink.net
Tue Dec 25 00:20:31 UTC 2012
Mark, You know as well as I do, that the main proponent of going over the
cliff is at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. Having said that, I'm not sure what
this has to do with why we should or should not talk with a particular
party. Also, is a seeming endorsement of a particular political party
appropriate on a list sponsored by a 501(c)3 organization? You as an
individual can vote and promote whomever you wish. But neither can we or
should we do that as an organization.
Loren
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Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 6:33 PM
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Vol 55, Issue 50
Alright, another passionate liberal!!! When I lived in Florida I was
becoming convinced that we were almost extinct. Is it any wonder we have
such a huge debt when the tax rates are so askew? I think not. I was of
the opinion that we would, at the last minute, have a balanced deal to keep
us from going over the fiscal cliff, but now I no longer think so. There is
an element that is so hard line in their ideology that rationality has gone
out the window and I think we will very likely go over the edge or, if we
don't, it will be one of these quick fixes that only delays the inevitable.
Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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Subject: [nfb-talk] On Fox News and Spending MythRE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol
55,Issue 50
Joshua,
I obviously cannot speak for the other side since I'm so obviously a
liberal. But I suppose that those who like Fox news can always go there to
hear their side of news stories. I don't want to sound offensive, but I
obviously don't think that Fox news (or Fixed News as liberals like to call
it) is or has anything "fair and balanced" about it.
And on government spending, I hope everyone would please consider one simple
mathematical fact. First, the richest 2 percent of Americans who have
approximately half of America's entire wealth pay approximately between 12
and 15 percent in annual income taxes, while the rest of us in the 98
percent of the citizenry pay between 30 and 35 percent in annual income
taxes. So the rich pay half of what the poor and middle class pay, so we
pay double what they pay. Does that seem fair to anyone?
Also, the above figures apply to individuals. Last year, over 200
corporations not only paid NO INCOME TAXES, they also still got tax refunds.
How you ask? Easy, there tax rate on paper is 35 percent, but if they can
deduct 40 percent of their corporate income, then they would still get a 5
percent tax refund on all their corporate profit income. How wonderful it
must be to be rich and get such deals!
Anyway, for those who want sources, check out the website Tax.com and google
everything David Kay Johnston is constantly writing on the subject of tax
fairness.
So, if the rich would have to pay the same percentage in taxes that poor and
middle class working people do, not only would there be no spending problem,
but also, America would have bigger surpluses than those that President
Clinton gave us.
Go ahead everyone, check it out for yourselves.
Sincerely, from a passionate liberal who apologizes if I sound a little too
passionate sometimes, Robert Ortiz
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Okay?
Where's the other side's oppinion?
I want this to be fair and balanced, like Fox News!
Blessings, Joshua
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[bobby7391 at optimum.net]
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 12:53 PM
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Subject: [nfb-talk] I'll tell ou why we shouldn't talk to Republicans.RE:
nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43
Chris,
Don't you remember when President G.W. Bush (Or Baby Blue, as I like to call
him) traveled around America in early 2005 while advocating that Social
Security should be Privatized, either partially or completely? The
Republican party has been for years dreaming of stealing the two trillion
dollars in the SS trust fund and handing it to Wall Street who will invest
it in the riskiest craziest derivatives they can invent. Doesn't anyone
remember the banking collapse of 2008?
So what do you think will happen to Social Security in the long term if that
happens? Or isn't it obvious? Also, whenever any republican politician
has been asked over the last decade if the republicans would consider giving
governmental garantees to the beneficiaries of privatized personalized
Social Security accounts, they have ALL WITHOUT EXEMPTION said ABSOLUTELY
NO. So what does that mean? Well it is very clear. They, the Republicans,
want to use our Social Security FICA insurance which we paid for, invest it
in toilet paper investments, milk those investments for all they can, and
then throw us under the bus when those "investments" inevitably go bust.
And if those aren't convincing enough reasons why we shouldn't talk to
republicans on this issue, then I don't know what reasons would be.
Also, I also wanted to clarify something. I didn't say that the failure to
negotiate a deal on the fiscal cliff by January 1st would automatically
effect anyone's social security check now. I think maybe my previous
posting was a little misunderstood.
I was trying to explain that for the last three days, President and House
Minority leader Nancy Palosi have both said that they are willing to cut the
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment on Social Security beneficiaries by 0.3
percent. I know this doesn't sound like much, but it is a terribly
frightening prospect for several reasons.
1( It would be the first time since the creation of Social Security that
direct monthly benefits would have been cut AT ALL.
2) this minimum sounding cut is also accumulative. In about 10 years or
less, every SSDI recipient will be receiving about an average of $1000.00
less annually. Can any of us afford that? I know I can't. So this is a
real cut, and not some kind of Consumer Pricing Index readjustment as many
are now claiming.
And 3) This first historic cut to Social Security benefits will open the
DOOR WIDE OPEN to restricting and maybe privatizing Social Security which
would eventually doom the entire trust fund. And if you need proof of that,
then study what has happened to retirement benefit programs in Latin
American countries whenever those countries have privatized or been forced
to privatize their retirement benefit programs. This craziness has all been
tried before to desasterous effects.
Of course, no one's checks will disappear immediately, but the long term
damage to Social Security may or probably will become UNREPAIRABLE! So that
is why we should worry about how these fiscal cliff negotiations are going
and exactly what the final shape of any deal looks like. It isn't just our
long term future that's at stake, but what about when our kids retire or God
forbid become disabled like us?
Finally, I myself am not trying to scare anyone. Besides, I think the above
facts are scary enough.
Sincerely, Robert Ortiz
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:55:11 -0600
From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
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Chris, don't you mean House Majority Leader, John Boehner, pronounced Baner?
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nusbaum
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:45 PM
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Robert,
This may be more of a political issue than anything, but I'm just wondering
why you wouldn't recommend that we contact Republican leaders in Congress,
especially House majority leader John Weiner?
After all, they are involved in the negotiations just as much as the
Democrats are, and they need to know how we feel as well. Now, if this is an
inappropriate topics for list, or if it is a political issue for you and you
don't want to talk to the Republicans, I understand that.
Just curious.
Chris Nusbaum
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On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Robert Ortiz <bobby7391 at optimum.net> wrote:
> I saw a message asking what the fiscal cliff has to do with the NFB
> and I wanted to answer that question. A WHOLE DAMN LOT ESPECIALLY TO
> ANYONE RECEIVING SSI OR SSDI! If an agreement isn't reached by
> January 1st for this bologna "Fiscal Cliff" which I'm praying for,
> then Social Security WILL NOT BE TOUCHED! But if President Obama and
> Nancy Palosi continue to offer the damn republicans a cut in the
> Annual Cost of Living Adjustment COLA for all Social Security
> recipients, as they have done over the last few days; then all of us
> blind SSDI recipients will experience our first real cut in our Social
Security benefits. And remember SSDI stands for Social Security
> Disability Insurance. And we all paid our FICA taxes over our work lives
> to receive our DISABILITY INSURANCE! That's right IT'S INSURANCE WE
> PAID FOR, NOT A HANDOUT!
>
> So I seriously suggest to everyone who reads this to do as I have done.
> Call or email your home state's two senators, your house of
> representatives congressman for your county, Senate Majority leader
> Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Palosi, and President Obama to
> please not backstab America's blind and disabled!
>
>
>
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> 1. {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
> (Kenneth Chrane)
> 2. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration (Humberto Avila)
> 3. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration (Mike Freeman)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:50 -0500
> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>, "NFB of Maryland
> e-mail list" <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration
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>
> Email
> ----- 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
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
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> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:19 -0800
> From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration
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>
> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Kenneth Chrane
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration
>
> Email
> ----- 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
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:26:49 -0800
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
> Sequestration
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> Rehab funding.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 20, 2012, at 19:17, "Humberto Avila"
> <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Kenneth Chrane
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration
>>
>> Email
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
>> account is not monitored.
>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>> comments page of my website here.
>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
> E-Newsletter
>> here.
>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>
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Chris,
The problem in this country is not the revenue coming in, but the spending.
Based on this, our Government needs to be responsible enough to look at cuts
across the board and this includes SSA benefits. My hope that if a
compromise canot be reached, all programs will be looked at equally as far
as cuts. I have read that implementing a 1% cut across the board in all
Federal programs could get us out of this mess, but no one will pull that
proverbial trigger. Needless to say, chances are that the COLA for SSA
benefits would be ended just for starters.
Steve
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nusbaum
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
Ray,
Although this is merely speculation at this point, I agree with you.
If an agreement is not reached by January 1, and even if an agreement is
reached on this fiscal cliff issue, some government programs will most
likely be either cut or eliminated. However, it seems that most politicians
think Social Security is an important program, and most of the people I've
heard say they don't want to touch that program. So, I think those of you on
SSI or SSDI will not be affected. Still, it might be good to keep an eye on
this issue.
Chris Nusbaum
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 21, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
> I suspect that those of us on SSI and social security will receive our
checks. Pay no attention to scare tactis which may try to make you think
otherwise. Now, perhaps however, this may have a negative effect on long
term funding of educational programs; which, of course, would not be good.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>
> On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Robert Ortiz <bobby7391 at optimum.net> wrote:
>
>> I saw a message asking what the fiscal cliff has to do with the NFB
>> and I wanted to answer that question. A WHOLE DAMN LOT ESPECIALLY TO
>> ANYONE RECEIVING SSI OR SSDI! If an agreement isn't reached by
>> January 1st for this bologna "Fiscal Cliff" which I'm praying for,
>> then Social Security WILL NOT BE TOUCHED! But if President Obama and
>> Nancy Palosi continue to offer the damn republicans a cut in the
>> Annual Cost of Living Adjustment COLA for all Social Security
>> recipients, as they have done over the last few days; then all of us
>> blind SSDI recipients will experience our first real cut in our
>> Social
Security benefits. And remember SSDI stands for Social Security
>> Disability Insurance. And we all paid our FICA taxes over our work
lives
>> to receive our DISABILITY INSURANCE! That's right IT'S INSURANCE WE
>> PAID FOR, NOT A HANDOUT!
>>
>> So I seriously suggest to everyone who reads this to do as I have done.
>> Call or email your home state's two senators, your house of
>> representatives congressman for your county, Senate Majority leader
>> Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Palosi, and President Obama
>> to please not backstab America's blind and disabled!
>>
>>
>>
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>> 1. {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>> (Kenneth Chrane)
>> 2. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration (Humberto Avila)
>> 3. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration (Mike Freeman)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:50 -0500
>> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>, "NFB of Maryland
>> e-mail list" <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration
>> Message-ID: <CC61E7FF5F26432E9606B39208B1704E at Kens>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Email
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>
>>
>>
>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent the
>> fiscal cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending
>> policy to reduce our national debt.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me. Knowing of your views is
>> very important to me. Please let me know if I can be of any
>> assistance to you in the future.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>> United States Senator
>>
>>
>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
>> account is not monitored.
>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>> comments page of my website here.
>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>> E-Newsletter here.
>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:19 -0800
>> From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration
>> Message-ID: <007901cddf29$b0678580$11369080$@gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Kenneth Chrane
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration
>>
>> Email
>> ----- 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
>> account is not monitored.
>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>> comments page of my website here.
>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>> E-Newsletter here.
>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:26:49 -0800
>> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>> Sequestration
>> Message-ID: <FA5FCD01-4B82-498E-9B35-DFB84CD831E3 at panix.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Rehab funding.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>> sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 19:17, "Humberto Avila"
>> <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Kenneth Chrane
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>> Sequestration
>>>
>>> Email
>>> ----- 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating
>>> e-mail account is not monitored.
>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>> comments page of my website here.
>>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>> E-Newsletter
>>> here.
>>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>>
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