{"id":12979,"date":"2012-11-21T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T18:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=12979"},"modified":"2012-11-21T13:08:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T18:08:05","slug":"labor-unions-launch-six-figure-ad-blitz-opposing-spending-cuts-to-medicare-medicaid-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2012\/11\/21\/labor-unions-launch-six-figure-ad-blitz-opposing-spending-cuts-to-medicare-medicaid-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Unions Launch Six-Figure Ad Blitz Opposing Spending Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid, Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking Points Memo<\/em> has the article Labor Unions Launch Six-Figure Ad Blitz Opposing Spending Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid, Education<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

One running theme of deficit reduction negotiations is that both parties support domestic spending cuts in their opening bids \u2014 Republicans demand them, and Democrats champion them alongside tax increases for high income earners.<\/p>\n

Now a coalition of three labor unions \u2014 AFSCME, SEIU and National Education Association \u2014 are launching a six-figure ad buy pressuring swing-state Senate Democrats and targeted House Republicans to oppose spending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and education \u2014 three items that neither side has taken off the table in talks about defusing a looming austerity bomb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is one of the items in the ad campaign.<\/p>\n

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