Executive Council Statement
Standing Up To Republican Hostage-Taking
… Republicans are holding the middle class hostage to their demands on behalf of the richest 2 percent of Americans. There can be no excuse for giving in to their demands to … tax cuts, blocking extension of federal unemployment benefits, refusing to replace the payroll tax cut with the Make Work Pay tax credit, shutting down the federal government and manufacturing a political crisis by refusing to raise the debt … we have to stop catering to the demands of the richest 2 percent of Americans. We have to prioritize our needs, and right now America’s top three needs are jobs, jobs and jobs. The first year of across-the-board sequestration cuts that were …