Key Point: Paul Ryan and his House Republicans are again putting forward a radical, Tea Party budget that ends the Medicare guarantee and turns it into a voucher, forcing seniors to pay more while slashing job creation, all to protect budget-busting tax breaks for millionaires, special interest corporate tax loopholes, and subsidies for Big Oil companies.
Key Point: Our economy is continuing to strengthen but we cannot afford a self-inflicted wound from Washington. Republicans should compromise and meet the President in the middle. We cannot simply cut our way to prosperity, and if Republicans continue to insist on an unreasonable, cuts-only approach, Kentucky risks paying the price.
Key Point: Unless Congress acts, harmful automatic cuts that threaten hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs will hit our economy over the next few weeks. These cuts will gut vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and health care for our troops and military families.
Key Point: In his State of the Union Address, President Obama discussed his plan which builds on the progress achieved during his first term and strengthens the middle class by making America a magnet for jobs and manufacturing, providing every American with the skills they need to do those jobs, and making sure that those who work hard can earn a decent living.
Key Point: The President kept his promise to raise tax rates on millionaires and billionaires and prevented a middle-class tax hike that could’ve sent the economy back into recession. This bipartisan deal is the first time in two decades that rates have been raised on the wealthiest Americans.
Key Point: If Congress fails to take action, a typical middle-class family of four would face a tax hike of $2,200. If we act quickly, we can avoid this blow to consumer spending during the critical holiday season. We can make our voices heard in this debate by tweeting, calling or writing to our representatives.
Key Point: It was a clear contrast to Mitt Romney who spent the night doubling down on the same bad ideas that crashed the economy. Romney also tried to run from his $5 trillion tax cut, a proposal that he has been peddling for 18 months, which is a tax cut that favors the wealthy not the middle class.
Key Point: Mitt Romney has written off millions of seniors who earned and paid for their Social Security and Medicare benefits throughout a lifetime of hard work. While Romney thinks seniors see themselves as “victims,” President Obama is committed to preserving the promise of Social Security and Medicare for America’s seniors.
Key Point: OFA’s new “For All” initiative speaks to the shared values of President Obama and young Americans across the country. If we work together, we can keep moving forward and restore the values that made our country great and created the strongest middle class the world has ever known – hard work, responsibility, fairness and opportunity.
Key Point: Romney’s extreme Latino makeover is too little, too late. He’s on the wrong side of every issue important to Latino voters, from economic and health security to education, and he’s the most extreme presidential candidate on immigration in modern history.
Key Point: As a candidate for President of the United States, Mitt Romney shockingly declared to a group of wealthy donors that nearly half of the American people – 47 percent – view themselves as “victims,” entitled to handouts, and unwilling to take “personal responsibility” for
their lives. It’s hard to be president of all the people when you write off half of them. Please see Mother Jones’ exclusive video of Mitt Romney’s behind closed door remarks.
Key Point: President Obama believes a good education is an economic necessity for everyone and a key part of creating an economy built to last. He’s spurring reform across the country and relieving schools from No Child Left Behind’s unworkable, top-down mandates so students can achieve and compete. Romney and Ryan would gut investments in education – which means fewer teachers and more crowded classrooms – so they can cut taxes for the wealthy, like Romney did in Massachusetts.
Key Point: Obama for America has released a new ad that features President Clinton talking about the clear choice in this election. While President Obama is creating an economy built to last and built from the middle class out, Romney and Ryan would take us back to the same policies that crashed our economy and devastated the middle class.
Key Point: Mitt Romney claims he’ll make us energy independent by 2020, but his plan won’t do it. President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy has helped lower our dependence on foreign oil to a 20-year low, is creating jobs and will help families save at the pump. Romney and Ryan return to the failed policies that created our reliance on foreign oil to appease their Big Oil donors.
