Via Truthout:: Why the Democrats' Response to the Pledge Has Been Inadequate

George Lakoff, Truthout: "The Democratic response to the Republican Pledge to America has been factual about its economics. The September 26, 2010, Sunday New York Times' editorial goes through the economic details, and Democrats have been citing the economic facts from the Congressional Budget Office…. Their plan is also notable for what it doesn't talk about: protecting Social Security and Medicare from privatization schemes, investing in high-quality education for our nation's children, growing key industries like clean energy and manufacturing and rebuilding our crumbling roads, rails and runways. This is the same agenda that caused the deepest recession since the Great Depression ..."

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