Amid talks about taxes slated to rise on "middle-income folks" and
looming spending cuts on the defense sector, a group of liberal
Democrats is urging Congressional leaders to focus on "the most
vulnerable Americans."
"Cuts should not increase poverty in America or put children and families at greater risk of falling through the cracks," said a letter organized by the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus and set to be released today.
The new push, coming just over a week after the conservative Republican Study Committee held a press conference alongside anti-poverty activists, marks a mini-boomlet of national discussion about poverty in the midst of a presidential campaign that has overwhelmingly focused on the middle class.
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) sought to use the letter, which so far has 60 signatures, to contrast the two parties' approaches on poverty.
"It is simply unfathomable that Paul Ryan's budget - which he claims is inspired by his Judeo-Christian faith - asks the most sacrifice from those with the least," Honda said in a statement. "That is why I'll be fighting tooth and nail against Republican Social Darwinism that would increase the number of Americans living in poverty and cripple our economy."
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/On-Fiscal-Cliff-Progressives-Issue-Poverty-Plea-217807-1.html?pos=hftxt
"Cuts should not increase poverty in America or put children and families at greater risk of falling through the cracks," said a letter organized by the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus and set to be released today.
The new push, coming just over a week after the conservative Republican Study Committee held a press conference alongside anti-poverty activists, marks a mini-boomlet of national discussion about poverty in the midst of a presidential campaign that has overwhelmingly focused on the middle class.
Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) sought to use the letter, which so far has 60 signatures, to contrast the two parties' approaches on poverty.
"It is simply unfathomable that Paul Ryan's budget - which he claims is inspired by his Judeo-Christian faith - asks the most sacrifice from those with the least," Honda said in a statement. "That is why I'll be fighting tooth and nail against Republican Social Darwinism that would increase the number of Americans living in poverty and cripple our economy."
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/On-Fiscal-Cliff-Progressives-Issue-Poverty-Plea-217807-1.html?pos=hftxt
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