Deficit squawks fly their Wall Street coop when big corporations want tax cuts, and screech when it's time to invest in the rest of us. Let’s push past their scare tactics and invest in our future.
Deficit Squawks: A Mouthpiece for Corporate Special Interests
Deficit squawks like the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Americans for Prosperity, American Enterprise Institute, and Heritage Foundation are funded by corporate and far-right special interests bent on protecting the wealthy and huge corporations, all while dismantling vital and popular programs like Social Security and Medicare.
They shouldn’t be taken seriously by anyone who truly cares about smart federal budgets and an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthiest few. Time to shoo them away for good.
The Deficit Squawk (Sonitus defectibus)
FOWL PLAY ON THE DEBT LIMIT
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” a deficit squawk somewhere will be screeching that they “care” about the economy and at the same time, coming up with reasons to risk breaching the debt limit and throwing our economy into turmoil.
You would think that organizations that claim to care about the deficit would absolutely oppose playing games with the full faith and credit of the United States. You’d be wrong. Deficit squawks like CRFB are already giving cover to extreme GOP members planning to attach spending cut demands to any debt limit hike.
