Our U.S. Budget Can't Be Balanced On The Backs Of Our Kids!

We, as a nation, absolutely have to deal with the deficit and must rebalance the federal budget, but our national budget needs to be rebalanced in both a morally and fiscally responsible way.

Sign on today to our open letter to all members of Congress that reads:

Dear Member of Congress:

As the over a million members of MomsRising and as your constituents, we urge you to vote against the Budget Resolution put forward by Representative Paul Ryan and approved by the House Budget Committee for FY 2012. This Budget Resolution would slash income and opportunity for millions of working families while providing tax cuts to the wealthiest individuals and corporations.

The budget proposes extreme restrictions in programs that provide essential services for low-income and vulnerable children and families. Estimates have found that at least two-thirds of the cuts proposed would be made in low-income programs and undermine successful, proven programs like Medicaid, Medicare, K-12 education, Pell grants, Head Start, child care, health care, home energy assistance, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and housing that are critical to family economic security.

When 1 in 4 kids is going to bed hungry in our nation, our moral and fiscal responsibility requires investing in families who are the current and future economic engine of our nation. Drastically reducing education, nutrition, and health care for children and families while slashing the taxes of millionaires and CEOs will weaken our nation and our prospects for future growth.

Please stand up for our children’s future and vote against this harmful budget plan.

Thank you,
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    A disturbing pattern
    "It's offensive to me when politicians compare our current national budgeting issues with tightening a family budget. We moms know how to budget for our families. We know to not always buy the $20 steaks, but we don't cut out milk for our kids. The current proposed federal budget cuts literally stop kids from getting milk, while not even trimming the fat off the corporate steaks." - Sarah, MomsRising member

    Just when I thought the news from Washington, D.C. couldn't possibly get any worse than a looming federal government shutdown over the 2011 budget, it did.

    This week, the House Budget Chairman introduced a budget proposal for 2012 that gives tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations while drastically cutting programs for low- and middle-income families. In fact, a whopping two-thirds of the cuts in the proposed federal House budget come from programs that serve low-income families like health care, nutrition, child care, home energy assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, Pell Grants, food stamps, Head Start, K-12 education, and housing and would have a significant, negative impact on working families.

    This budgeting simply doesn't add up. While children and families struggle with poverty, and while 1 in 4 kids in our nation are experiencing food scarcity due to family economic limitations, billionaires and Wall Street are getting tax cuts.

    We, as a nation, absolutely have to deal with the deficit and must re-balance the federal budget, but our national budget needs to be re-balanced in both a morally and fiscally responsible way.

    *Join me in speaking out. Sign on to MomsRising's open letter to all members of Congress asking them to keep in mind that with their elected power also comes a moral budgeting responsibility which needs to be taken seriously - Our budget shouldn't be balanced on the backs of our youngest, the elderly, and most vulnerable:

    http://action.momsrising.org/sign/2011-4-7_BudgetShutDown1?source=taf

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