It comes as no surprise that congressional Republicans are now wanting to raise taxes, but not from the rich. It was only a matter of time that they would choose this point in time during President Obama's presidency to demand an increase in payroll taxes to raise revenue. Where is the outrage from the Tea Baggers? What happened to Republican House Speaker John Boehners' rehashed slogan of "read my lips..., no new taxes!"? Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds, and now it seems that their stance reaffirms their war on the middle-class and poor. President Barak Obama did extend the payroll tax break, and wants to keep it, but now the "no taxes, period" Republicans want to reinstate only those taxes that 99% of actual working Americans have benefited from.
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According to The Associated Press reporter Charles Babington, "Many of the same Republicans who fought hammer-and-tongs to keep the George W. Bush-era tax cuts from expiring on schedule are now saying a different 'temporary' tax cut should end as planned. By their own definition, that amounts to a tax increase". If the Republicans really feel that way, it opens up new dialogue to not only let all of the Bush tax cuts to expire, but to rewrite the tax code to include equally taxing the very rich and all large organizations. That is being fiscally responsible not only from a Democratic point of view, but equally fair for that 1% of Americans to pay their share. Warren Buffet wrote an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal on the very subject of how fair it would be to rewrite the tax code to raise much need revenue, not only to actually create jobs, but to pay off the nation's debts in the process.
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While Republicans continue to spend audacious amounts of tax payer money to the "job creators" rich and large organizations, no job has actually been created under such Republican philosophy. However, when jobs do develop out of necessity, Republicans are quick to claim credit. A new jobs bill will soon be introduced to the House of "Representatives" from President Obama, it is to have everything in it that is wanted and need by both sides, even Tea Baggers would favor it (hard to believe, huh?). Unfortunately, the party of "No" is going to shoot it down simply because it is a Democratic plan. When Republicans screeched that "they (the Obama administration) have no plan, they miss led a nation to vote them into office. Funny thing, though, they never had a plan for the poor, middle-class, and real small business to succeed in any way or form, but only to score political points from the gullible, narrow-minded people who continue to vote them into office. It makes one wonder how anyone would side with a party out to destroy their way of life to only represent the wealthy.
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As Republicans spend tax money as fast as they can kick a kitten, they have now made their hypocrisy even more transparent.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The Bragger and the Secesionist
As Republican House Speaker John Boehner admits to "getting 98% of what he wanted", it only leaves the actual question of to whom he is actually representing. The "deal" that he claims is his, is an actual job killer in most public sector careers and some private sector careers such as in education and social services. Other cuts include Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, infrastructure, environment, local and federal government. It is essentially a return to the height of the Bush era when millions of people lost their jobs in order to secure the bottom line for most large businesses and energy companies, only in this instant, it is a denial to allow necessary spending in the public sector to grow more jobs. It is the belief that most Republican office holders espouse as a government growing bigger. Obviously it is not so. It is an excuse to create more unemployment in order to secure the expansion of the private sector. Current college graduates are now finding it more impossible to find good jobs they need to pay off their student debts.
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It is not just federal government employees that are losing their jobs, local governments are also feeling the impact of job losses under a Republican mandate, especially in red states. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnel admitted that using terroristic tactics to get what they wanted worked and acknowledged that they would do it again in the next round of budget talks that continue to exclude revenue increases to the top 1% and large organizations that have benefited from tax cuts for 10 years. Republicans often spin the term "revenue increase" as a blanket term for raising taxes on everyone. The truth of the matter is a reinstatement of taxes to only the rich and large businesses and energy companies, not the American people. Is it fair that for those with the means to support themselves continue to benefit from the Bush tax cuts while the rest of the nation lose the benefits they put into through payroll deductions?
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While the only concession that was made available to the American public were Pell grants for poor college students, the grants themselves did not increase to commensurate with the increase in college tuition, books and supplies, and dorm accommodations. Instead, they will incur more debt, even with full-time jobs (if they can find any). As the Republicans and their marriage to the Tea Bagger party continue to block real progress, one has to ask why would anyone continue to vote for those (Republicans) whose aim is to completely eliminate the middle-class and create a two class society: rich and poor. This is what Boehner is bragging about.
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Now that the presidential campaign season is now in full swing for the many Republican candidates, Texas Governor Rick "Pretty Boy" or "Gov. Good Hair" Perry has thrown his dead coyote into the presidential campaign ring. It is bad enough there are enough kooks to shake a stick at among the many Republican presidential hopefuls, Perry, a 2.2 GPA college graduate in Animal Science at Texas A & M, "believes" he has the solutions to correct that which his previous boss created (Bush's GPA was a 2.7, and both were cheerleaders). As he and many other Republican candidates continue to blame the wrong person and party for the inherited mess, Boehner and Co. continue to implement their plan to block any progress President Obama and his administration. Not only is that clear defiance to a sitting president, it is all out class warfare on all Americans of any class.
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The reason why for the reference to Rick Perry as "Pretty Boy Perry", is because of his extramarital affair to a male aide and to a male chef at the Governors' Mansion (before the mansion "caught on fire"). Barely a week back from his political prayer-palooza, Perry has already stirred the shit in the pot for making an overt threat against Ben Bernanke, a Republican economist appointed by Bush, for actually doing his job to kick start a sputtering economy that continues to recover from Republican over spending on tax cuts and two unpaid for wars. Perry also said that Texas schools teaches both evolution and creationism. Too bad nobody told that to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), who rebutted his comment to note that Texas public schools currently do not teach creationism. It would be easier to note the many times Perry has threatened seceding from the Union because of his belief of an overreaching government. Ask Perry about how he forced a law to pass that required 10 and 12 year old girls to get "vaccinated" with a drug solely made by a pharmaceutical company owned by one of his friends, or how he has made laws restricting the EPA from doing their job to ensure polluting companies reduce carbon emissions, or even how he quickly signed into law restricting women to intrusive and embarrassing procedures to get an abortion. In all three cases, he is the "overreaching government" that he rails against and wanted to secede from. It should be known that Perry does not speak for all Texans and that some of us are embarrassed that we now have a Bush clone wanting to be president.
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So far, no word from the bragger, and no sense from the secessionist.
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It is not just federal government employees that are losing their jobs, local governments are also feeling the impact of job losses under a Republican mandate, especially in red states. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnel admitted that using terroristic tactics to get what they wanted worked and acknowledged that they would do it again in the next round of budget talks that continue to exclude revenue increases to the top 1% and large organizations that have benefited from tax cuts for 10 years. Republicans often spin the term "revenue increase" as a blanket term for raising taxes on everyone. The truth of the matter is a reinstatement of taxes to only the rich and large businesses and energy companies, not the American people. Is it fair that for those with the means to support themselves continue to benefit from the Bush tax cuts while the rest of the nation lose the benefits they put into through payroll deductions?
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While the only concession that was made available to the American public were Pell grants for poor college students, the grants themselves did not increase to commensurate with the increase in college tuition, books and supplies, and dorm accommodations. Instead, they will incur more debt, even with full-time jobs (if they can find any). As the Republicans and their marriage to the Tea Bagger party continue to block real progress, one has to ask why would anyone continue to vote for those (Republicans) whose aim is to completely eliminate the middle-class and create a two class society: rich and poor. This is what Boehner is bragging about.
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Now that the presidential campaign season is now in full swing for the many Republican candidates, Texas Governor Rick "Pretty Boy" or "Gov. Good Hair" Perry has thrown his dead coyote into the presidential campaign ring. It is bad enough there are enough kooks to shake a stick at among the many Republican presidential hopefuls, Perry, a 2.2 GPA college graduate in Animal Science at Texas A & M, "believes" he has the solutions to correct that which his previous boss created (Bush's GPA was a 2.7, and both were cheerleaders). As he and many other Republican candidates continue to blame the wrong person and party for the inherited mess, Boehner and Co. continue to implement their plan to block any progress President Obama and his administration. Not only is that clear defiance to a sitting president, it is all out class warfare on all Americans of any class.
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The reason why for the reference to Rick Perry as "Pretty Boy Perry", is because of his extramarital affair to a male aide and to a male chef at the Governors' Mansion (before the mansion "caught on fire"). Barely a week back from his political prayer-palooza, Perry has already stirred the shit in the pot for making an overt threat against Ben Bernanke, a Republican economist appointed by Bush, for actually doing his job to kick start a sputtering economy that continues to recover from Republican over spending on tax cuts and two unpaid for wars. Perry also said that Texas schools teaches both evolution and creationism. Too bad nobody told that to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), who rebutted his comment to note that Texas public schools currently do not teach creationism. It would be easier to note the many times Perry has threatened seceding from the Union because of his belief of an overreaching government. Ask Perry about how he forced a law to pass that required 10 and 12 year old girls to get "vaccinated" with a drug solely made by a pharmaceutical company owned by one of his friends, or how he has made laws restricting the EPA from doing their job to ensure polluting companies reduce carbon emissions, or even how he quickly signed into law restricting women to intrusive and embarrassing procedures to get an abortion. In all three cases, he is the "overreaching government" that he rails against and wanted to secede from. It should be known that Perry does not speak for all Texans and that some of us are embarrassed that we now have a Bush clone wanting to be president.
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So far, no word from the bragger, and no sense from the secessionist.
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