The AFL-CIO has to know the budget Obama is about to propose has a snowball’s chance in hell of passing.

Via The Hill:

The AFL-CIO is calling President Obama’s expected budget proposal “bad policy” in an email to supporters that asks them to sign a petition condemning the cuts to Social Security and other programs included in the measure.

“It is unconscionable to ask seniors, people with disabilities and veterans who are barely making it to be squeezed even tighter at a time when corporations and the wealthiest 2% are not paying their fair share of taxes, despite soaring profits,” the email, from AFL-CIO director of policy Damon Silvers, reads.

He adds: “It’s bad policy to make cuts that will weaken our economic recovery.”

The nation’s largest coalition of unions has been a staunch opponent of “chained CPI,” a proposal to reduce Social Security expenditures by tying them to a more restrictive measure of inflation, and one that’s expected to be included in Obama’s budget when it’s unveiled next Wednesday.