Where do you stand on "The People's Budget"?

It is minimally acceptable for now (hence inclusion in the title "2012") but I would like us to address (sooner than later) the inevitability of collectively distributed labor, universal healthcare and universal housing.

With the old saying, "The devil is in the details," in mind, one's first impression of the items presented are favorable at the surface level. The Democrats (or progressives among them) are definitely "talking the talk" and making at least a semblence of also "walking the walk" in terms of expiration for big-oil or other corporate subsidies that are WASTEFUL in the extreme, or allowing the tax rates for millionaires and billionaires to revert back to the Clinton presidency's 39%---a FAIR SHARE apportionment that served our economy quite well during Bill Clinton's eight prosperous years. The public option for health care, while desirable, needs further analysis and indepth examination as to feasibility in the short-term, but in terms of LONG-TERM benefits, cost containment would most certainly be a lot easier to manage.

Also of concern: Ending the war in Afghanistan and the noncombat 50,000 troop mission in Iraq may be more costly in terms of logistics than is being portrayed in the plan presented (we have an awful lot of equipment to be transported out, for one thing), and given the current widespread unrest in places like Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, Egypt, and other Middle East nations, with civilian dissidents or rebels taking to the streets---there may be potential threats or weaknesses about which we in the U.S. know little or nothing. The gradual withdrawal(s) as presented by President Obama after he has consulted on a daily basis with his team of experts and our Intelligence community may be the best option for now. This being said, I am very much in favor of reductions in defense spending wherever there is overbilling by greedy-gut contractors, or any evidence of fraud, waste, or abuse. I also agree with President Obama when he says that some of our government agencies are duplications that can be condensed into one smaller and more efficient agency, even though this might mean lay-offs for some.

I want to see an absolute END to any tax breaks or subsidies for greed-driven corporations who up and move their operations to third-world nations even though this relocation is harmful to our U.S. economy. Most of what is in this "The People's Budget" sounds really good on paper and beats the GOP's mean-spirited and top-heavy (upside-down-pyramid-scheme) budget proposal(s) all to heck, but the proof is in the pudding, as they say. I think things should start small (39% tax rate imposed on the wealthy and subsidies for billionaire or trillionaire corporations ended, for example) and then gradually gain momentum. The "Pay-Go" rules put into place by the DEMOCRATS in 2009 and 2010 should be ADHERED TO by the House right-wingers, too. Negotiating better drug prices will help stabilize (and also lower) Medicare and Medicaid costs, so this should be implemented. The rest...we'll see as things improve. Maybe we should all LOBBY these high-profit(teering) corporations that are simply hoarding those highest-ever profits instead of hiring Americans or expanding operations! More hires, more revenues generated, which then GROWS the economy!

This is the most sense I've seen in a budget in a very long time. There are "some" issues involved but nothing that wouldn't come out in the wash. It hasn't got a prayer.

It seems sane and rational. It tracks with historical realities. I'm for it . . .

OMFG!!! Someone is thinking what I'm thinking. It makes sense.