David Plouffe (fluffy), White House senior adviser, sent a fiery memo to House and Senate Democrats late Friday, urging them to use the August recess to echo President Barack Obama’s message to middle-class families that “he is on their side by fighting for legislation that grows the economy from the middle out, not the top down.”
“The president and Democrats in Congress move into the August recess with clear momentum on the question of who to trust on taxes and, more broadly, whose economic agenda will benefit the middle class,” Plouffe wrote in the memo obtained by POLITICO. “Over the coming weeks, there is an opportunity to build on this momentum and shape the legislative agenda this fall by highlighting the choice Congress faces at this make-or-break moment for the middle class.”
Pointing to the “sequester” reductions to domestic and defense programs which will kick in next year unless the parties agree on a deficit-reduction plan, Plouffe warned: “[M]ore jobs could be lost — from military contractors to teachers — due to automatic spending cuts at the end of this year if Congressional Republicans continue to refuse to ask the wealthy to pay a little more in taxes.”
...Plouffe wrote: “On the issue of taxes, it is clear that Congressional Republicans who opposed the President’s middle class tax cut should be on the defensive in their districts for the next few weeks. They are all that stands between middle class families and lower taxes.”
“The choice is clear. The stakes are high,” Plouffe concluded. “And the message is simple and effective. The President will continue to make sure middle class families know he is on their side by fighting for legislation that grows the economy from the middle out, not the top down. We hope you will echo that..."
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