Subject: Reject this radical budget
From: "Patrick Gaspard, Democrats.org" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:25:47 -0400

The Democratic Party
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Robert --

Yesterday our President had a few choice words for the 
radical Republican budget championed by Rep. Paul Ryan. 
He called it "so far to the right it makes the Contract with 
America look like the New Deal."

From Medicare to Social Security, health care to education, the 
GOP is ready to cut to the bone some of our most basic 
government services -- while not asking for a dime more from 
the wealthiest Americans.

President Obama called it what it is: "A Trojan horse... Disguised 
as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a 
radical vision on our country."

This isn't just Paul Ryan's budget -- it's also Mitt Romney's 
platform.

Let's fight it. Add your name alongside mine to reject the 
Ryan budget:

http://my.democrats.org/Reject-the-Ryan-budget5

Here's just a few of the things that would happen to Americans 
with the budget the GOP is backing.

Medicare? They'd throw it out the window, and give seniors a 
voucher that would amount to the second-cheapest health care 
plan in their community. Education? This plan would lay off 
thousands of teachers nationwide, and drastically cut financial 
aid -- actually making college more expensive than it currently 
is. Investments in clean energy? Cut by a fifth.

In the President's words: "Gutting the very things we need to 
grow an economy that's built to last -- education and training, 
research and development -- it's a prescription for decline."

Perhaps even more telling are the things they're fighting to 
protect: four billion annually in taxpayer-funded subsidies for 
giant oil companies that don't need it; increases in defense 
spending completely beyond what the Pentagon even asked 
for; and even more tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

So let's break it down. This budget isn't for the 98% of 
Americans making under $250,000 a year.

Who is it for? It's laden with special interest kickbacks and 
protections to keep the status quo going for those on top.

Yesterday, the President said he's going to fight against this 
budget until the other side starts listening. It's our job to back 
him up.

Send a strong message to Ryan and the Republicans pushing 
this budget. Reject it outright today:

http://my.democrats.org/Reject-the-Ryan-budget5

Thanks,

Patrick

Patrick Gaspard
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee

P.S. -- You can even leave a message for Rep. Ryan when you 
add your name. Some of them will be featured on our blog and 
social media.

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