To: The United States House of Representatives
Co-sponsor the Better Off Budget
I am co-sponsoring the Better Off Budget to help Americans find decent jobs and save for the future.
It reverses harmful cuts that have hit working families the hardest—starting with repealing across-the-board budget cuts known as the “sequester.”
It creates a fairer tax code so that low and middle-income families no longer have to pitch in more than the world’s biggest corporations.
It reverses harmful pay freezes, expands benefits for federal retirees and strengthens federal health care and retirement programs Americans rely on.
Separate from the Better-Off Budget, the CPC also endorses increasing Social Security. The American people overwhelmingly value Social Security, and the CPC stands with Americans in protecting and expanding this essential institution.
It’s the right budget for the country, for working families and for our future.
Why is this important?
After the budget battles that have been waged over the last few years, we need a budget that rejects austerity, invests in our retirement security and puts Americans back to work and leaves us all better off. And, this week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus delivered just that with their Better Off Budget.
Separate from the federal budget process, the proposal also endorses expanding Social Security, to create a real prosperity agenda for America and a total rejection of the failed policies of austerity.
The Better Off Budget reverses the damage done by the across-the-board budget cuts known as the “sequester.” They create 8.8 million new jobs by investing in job training programs, rebuilding our country’s crumbling infrastructure and providing states with the resources to hire public employees such as police, firefighters and health care workers.
And, the kicker is that this budget still reduces the deficit by more than $4 trillion over ten years.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Better Off Budget reverses the damage that Congress’ austerity obsession has inflicted on hard-working families and restores our economy to its full potential.
We can’t reverse the growing trend of economic inequality in America without addressing the retirement security crisis and without creating new decent paying jobs. And this proposal does both!