PPI’s Jim Arkedis, director of PPI’s Progressive Security Project, was quoted this morning in Bloomberg News:
Still, Democrats argue that Republicans also face political risks over the threatened defense cuts. Centrist Democrats — those who are fiscally conservative and favor a strong national defense — joined Republicans to push the debt measure through Congress, and they will challenge Republicans to help produce a deficit-reduction package both parties can accept, said Jim Arkedis of the Progressive Policy Institute’s Progressive Security Project.
“The extent to which Republicans are willing to sacrifice revenue increases specifically as a trade-off for defense cuts – – that’s going to be where the rubber meets the road,” Arkedis said.
Read the full article here.
