Republicans dug in deeper against adding tax revenues to any deficit reduction package Monday, suggesting that just voting for a debt ceiling increase qualifies as “shared sacrifice” and even taunting President Barack Obama by saying that if he feels compelled to pay more taxes, “he can write a check anytime he wants.”
You really have to love the otherworldly quality of our right-wing minded citizens, now seemingly led by Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia. It seems that sharing the pain only requires the Republicans to actually vote to raise the debt ceiling, as that would cause them so much pain, sweat and angst you'd have to raise health care premiums to cover the run on private hospitals and insurers that would certainly follow.
This is truly the summer of our discontent: a blooming, weed infested, pollen-spewing garden of destructive ideas, disregard for the victims of irresponsible economic policies such as tax cuts and subsidies for wealthy companies, and a patent obliviousness to the suffering that would ensue if we cut social programs in an economic slump. Both parties can certainly share in the blame for how we got into this mess, but the Republican plans to clean it up are simply unsustainable and mean-spirited.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Your Move
Here's what I like about Obama:
http://news.yahoo.com/gop-shows-flexibility-obama-aims-higher-cuts-223549239.html
Just when you think he's going to get steamrolled by the radical Republicans, he turns around and ups the ante. Boehner, Cantor and McConnell all thought they had the president in a corner but it's pretty clear by now that the American people want deficit reduction, but they want it done responsibly. Most people want Social Security and Medicare and the mortgage interest deduction, plus they want wealthy people and corporations to pay their share. It seems that only the radicals want everyone to have the freedom to lose all of their money to an unregulated market.
http://news.yahoo.com/gop-shows-flexibility-obama-aims-higher-cuts-223549239.html
Just when you think he's going to get steamrolled by the radical Republicans, he turns around and ups the ante. Boehner, Cantor and McConnell all thought they had the president in a corner but it's pretty clear by now that the American people want deficit reduction, but they want it done responsibly. Most people want Social Security and Medicare and the mortgage interest deduction, plus they want wealthy people and corporations to pay their share. It seems that only the radicals want everyone to have the freedom to lose all of their money to an unregulated market.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Budget Politics
It's strikes me as childish for the Republicans to react with such shock (shock!) at the president's response to their budget talks walkout.
Imagine wanting to find some revenue from ultra-wealthy people to help with the debt crisis.
Imagine wanting to spread the burden around.
Imagine wanting to protect the middle class from impending doom and collapse.
The nerve.
Obama has finally shown some backbone and that rankles the radical right to their very core. They are playing an extremely dangerous game with the economy and need to be called out for their ideological madness.
Imagine wanting to find some revenue from ultra-wealthy people to help with the debt crisis.
Imagine wanting to spread the burden around.
Imagine wanting to protect the middle class from impending doom and collapse.
The nerve.
Obama has finally shown some backbone and that rankles the radical right to their very core. They are playing an extremely dangerous game with the economy and need to be called out for their ideological madness.
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