News Release

Campaign for America’s Future Warns Against Proposals by Democrats on Super Committee to Cut Medicare by over $400 Billion

Praises Rep. Clyburn for Refusing to Go Along

Washington, DC -- Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Roger Hickey responded to reports that Democrats on the so-called Super Committee have proposed serious cuts in Medicare benefits.

Statement from Roger Hickey, co-director of Campaign for America’s Future:

“Super Committee Members should be on notice: when the time comes to pay to clean up the mess that Wall Street’s excesses caused in our economy: Americans will not accept having the bill sent to seniors, the vulnerable, the ill, and the disabled.

“Today’s proposals from Democrats on the Super Committee are not of shared sacrifice, at a time when the top 1 percent of Americans have as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. We are pleased to praise Rep. Clyburn for refusing to go along with his Democratic colleagues.

“The wealthy have had their incomes rise and their tax rates decline – it’s not shared sacrifice to balance taxes on millionaires with cuts to Medicare, or Social Security or other programs that protect people who need help.

“We urge the Super Committee to send the bill to those that had the party. If they are looking for revenue raisers:
• Tax speculation on Wall Street
• Raise taxes on the millionaires and billionaires and
• Scale back the military budget

“We believe that any plan from the Super Committee should begin with a jobs agenda. Austerity measures should not begin until hard working Americans are able to go back to work.”