Democracy Now! highlighted the People's Budget put forward by the Progressive Caucus, the largest congressional caucus, a budget that has been completely ignored by Washington and the media, who are all busy fawning over Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and now President Obama, who yesterday threw a few bones to the liberal base in hopes, I'm sure, of snagging their votes for 2012. He certainly made a grand show of things, promising to protect Medicare and Medicaid and saying that he will refuse to extend the Bush tax cuts again.
Pardon us if we're a little skeptical. For two years, we've watched this president acquiesce to the right on just about everything, so we aren't getting too excited. Considering the popularity of the items in the People's Budget, it is hard to believe that it's not getting more attention. But as we all know, the corporate media has its own agenda and is probably not interested in furthering anything to with the people.
In Part I, they discuss the People's Budget with Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
In Part II, they speak examine the President's budget and his Jekyll and Hyde act with author Thomas Frank, Rev. Jim Wallis and Grace Lee Boggs.
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