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Apparently the only thing both Democrats and Republicans can agree on in Washington, D.C. is that they can't deal with bad press involving Honor Flight vets.
This led to absurd images of Republicans -- who had shut down the federal government, including all monuments and museums -- rushing to "aid" veterans shut out by monument closures. In the most revolting display, Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-CA) publicly berated a National Park Service Ranger for a situation created entirely by Congress.
As the government shutdown marches on and the dangerously real deadline of the federal debt limit approaches, it is increasingly clear that the fight over "Obamacare" is merely an opening salvo. The real goal of the hostage takers is a "Grand Bargain" on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
This has been the long-term agenda for debt crisis-monger Pete Peterson and government haters David and Charles Koch for many decades. But now, after massively gerrymandering the electoral landscape in 2010, these manufactured crisis kings and backstage billionaires hold all the cards.
Rev up those engines. It's time for the Honor Vets to head back to Washington to save us all.
'''Fix the Debt Hits the Road with Another Astroturf Road Show'''
As the government shut down drags on and the debt ceiling approaches in October 2013, Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson and his "Fix the Debt" wrecking crew are hard at work pushing for steep cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and other programs that keep millions of Americans out of poverty. CMD exposed Peterson and the "Fix the Debt" gang on the cover of [http://www.thenation.com/article/173022/stacking-deck-phony-fix-debt-campaign The Nation] in 2013.
In honor of Peterson's many decades of work hyping a nonexistent deficit crisis and neglecting to warn America about real issues, such as the housing bubble and reckless gambling on Wall Street that caused the 2008 crash, CMD is releasing its own short movie on Peterson and crew along with Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore.
Read the full article on PRwatch here.
