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July 27, 2011

Here’s What We Sent to the Media

Quote of the Day: “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

The financial support of generous DC Downsizers enabled us to send the following news release to more than 800 media outlets, and nearly 5,000 websites, this morning…

Are Republicans Powerless or Are They Conning You?
Is Cut, Cap, and Balance a way to hustle the grassroots and the Tea Party?
 
Akron, OH – “Republican politicians are pretending to act, but they’re actually playacting,” says Jim Babka, President of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. “House Republicans could balance the budget right now, simply by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. They don’t need the cooperation of the President or Senate to accomplish this. They don’t even need to take a vote. They can simply ‘do nothing.’ Just leave the debt ceiling where it is.”
 
Babka described the pretense this way: “The GOP, and numerous conservative groups, would have their supporters believe that the House Republicans are powerless. That in order to…
 
* stop deficit spending, they must first do years more of it.
* stop expanding the national debt, they must first increase it by 17%.
* make Congress live within its means, they must first execute the cumbersome process of ratifying a dangerous amendment to the Constitution that won’t take effect for many years.”

“The truth,” charged Babka, “is that the Republican leadership is trying to hustle the GOP’s supporters. The Republican leadership prefers business as usual, so they can continue to borrow and spend to buy votes, reward friends, and punish enemies.”
 
“In reality,” says Babka, whose organization has 31,000 members, “Cap the debt equals a balanced budget, NOW. And that would also Downsize DC,” Babka concluded with a smile.

Can you contribute today so we can reach even more media outlets with this unique message? Contribute here.

Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

P.S. Interview calls often come without much notice. I’ve already done one interview this AM. We generally don’t share all the interviews I do. But we’ll do our best to keep you posted via…

* Twitter: http://twitter.com/DDCDispatch  
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