Green Party to Obama: No ‘Grand Bargain’ cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Needed

Posted on November 16, 2012 by iwilder

Reduce the bloated military budget, end the wars, eliminate Bush’s tax cuts for the rich

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Green Party urges national protest & voters’ revolt over deal by Obama & GOP to cut Social Security & Medicare

Posted on July 12, 2011 by iwilder

Green Party leaders warned that President Obama and Democratic leaders will betray the American people if they agree with Republicans to cut Social Security and Medicare, and demanded that such cuts be taken off the table. The Green Party has challenged bipartisan claims that the deficit, rather than the recession and job crisis, is the […]

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Green Party: Obama’s compromise tax package will blow up the deficit, undermine Social Security

Posted on December 16, 2010 by iwilder

Obama’s compromise tax package will blow up the deficit, undermine Social Security, say Greens urging House Democrats to vote nay • Tax-cut deal with GOP seals Obama’s betrayal of working Americans who elected him, say Greens Green Party leaders urged House Democrats to stand firm and do what they can to block President Obama’s tax […]

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Green Party Rejects Obama’s “Catfood” Commission Cuts to Social Security & Medicare

Posted on November 29, 2010 by iwilder

h/t Owen Broadhurst Green Party urges rejection of proposal by Obama’s Fiscal Responsibility Commission to scale back Social Security and Medicare Green Party: Commission’s linking of Social Security and the budget deficit is deceptive; deficit crisis can solved by withdrawal of all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, cutting the military budget, and canceling tax breaks […]

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Missing the Mark on Deficits by Ralph Nader (via Dandelion Salad)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by iwilder

Who are on these deficit commissions? Nader says: “There are self-styled centrists, moderates, conservatives and liberals. There are no paradigm-busters, few challengers of assumptions, no backgrounds from unorganized labor, elderly or youth activists. Even Trade Unions advocates are rare…” …It is true that both panels do include very modest cuts in the vast bloated military […]

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Green Party New York: Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Says the Green Campaign Continues

Posted on November 6, 2010 by iwilder

“We won the ballot line. Now we aim to win our Green New Deal policies for New York State,” Howie Hawkins said Friday, reflecting on the next steps for the Green Party after it passed the 50,000 votes for Governor threshold needed to secure a ballot line in New York for the next four years. […]

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY): No Cuts to Social Security, End Bush Tax Cut

Posted on September 3, 2010 by iwilder

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]

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Green Party: Obama Continues Bush’s 3rd Term by Privatizing Social Security and Dismantling Public Housing

Posted on May 31, 2010 by iwilder

The Obama Administration’s current plans to roll back Social Security and mortgage off all public housing amount to privatization schemes to dismantle public services, said Green Party candidates and leaders. “President Obama is trying to accomplish what Republicans have long dreamed about — privatizing public services and resources,” said Rick Staggenborg, MD, Oregon Pacific Green […]

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Wildersidemedia Prophetic 2: Republicans and The Wall Street Meltdown

Posted on September 15, 2008 by iwilder

What is happening now, September 2008: (excerpt) from France 24 Meltdown Monday shakes the world once again Monday 15 September 2008 It’s being called Meltdown Monday: the day when the collapse of Lehman Brothers was just one of a series of stunning developments sending shockwaves through global financial markets. What Ian Wilder wrote about in […]

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