The Fairest Way to Reduce the Deficit Is to Put People Back to Work: So Why The Sequester?
With days to go, can sequester cuts be avoided?
+Ryan Grim from +The Huffington Post , Demos’ Heather McGhee, MSNBC political analyst Harold Ford Jr., and +CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin join Alex Wagner to talk about the impending sequester spending cuts and the president’s urging to avoid them.
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Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans
"Why is it that, while, the vast majority of Americans would prefer to be doing anything possible to increase the number of jobs and take home pay, Washington is obsessed with the deficit: A) The Business Elite - they're not experiencing unemployment, they're not experiencing declining incomes, they're not having a hard time sending their kids to college or paying for child care and so its very difficult for them to see that deficit reduction [right now] is in the worst interest of the country."
Heather McGhee, DEMOS
Why is Washington Reducing The Deficit Instead of Creating Jobs
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