Repubs Vow to Block All Legislation Until Budget, Tax Cuts Addressed
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Jonathon M. Seidl
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All 42 GOP Senators have signed a letter vowing to block all legislation until a budget is passed and the Bush-era tax cuts are addressed. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the letter on the Senate floor this morning:
“We write to inform you that we will not agree to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to any legislative item until the Senate has acted to fund the government and we have prevented the tax increase that is currently awaiting all American taxpayers,” the letter, which was delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, says. “With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities.”
“The true effect of this letter is to prevent the Senate from acting on many important issues that have bipartisan support,” Reid responded this morning on the Senate floor. According to National Journal, he said the letter codifies a GOP strategy of delaying action “on critical matters, then blaming the Democrats for not addressing the needs of the American people. Very cynical, but very obvious, very transparent.”
Democrats responded to the threat by setting a tax vote for Thursday. But not before considering pulling a procedural fast one on Republicans. According to Politico, Democrats may lump extending unemployment insurance into that vote.
“I believe that passing unemployment insurance is a moral imperative, not a political deal,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told reporters in the Capitol. “We have millions of American families who are without the resources to have any confidence they can put food on the table the next day. That they can pay the rent, get gasoline in their car so they can go look for a job. I think that making a political deal on unemployment insurance is not what America ought to be about.”
Hoyer, however, told Politico that he is not necessarily in favor of wrapping the votes together, but that it is an option that’s been “on the table.”
“It is a shame that what we have agreement on is being held hostage by that on which we do not have agreement,” Hoyer said.
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pamela kay
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:16pmThe GOP needs to remember that we are watching, and will continue to watch. We the People are just getting started. We will expose those that choose to betray this country and the American people.
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:05pmShut the federal government down! NOW!
Report Post »TEXASQUINN
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:04pmThe Party of NO…Just like my unreasonable parents
Report Post »Mom/Dad
Can I go out till 3:00am…NO
Can I have sex…NO
Can I go out drinking and smoking…NO
Can I get a $40,000 car…Yes if “you” can pay for it!
Sometimes NO is the best thing you can say
The democrats are acting like a bunch of spoiled children spending money that is not theirs!
The only thing small in my GREAT STATE OF TEXAS is our government, from December 1999 through December 2009, Texas added 724,300 net private sector workers, a 9.30 percent total gain. For this same period, the nation experienced a 1.41 percent loss in the number of private sector jobs.
This is what happens when you say “NO” and limit your government to what they can do, so JUST SAY NO TO SOCIALISM AND JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS!!!
TEXASQUINN
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:57pmAdd your comments
Report Post »EP46
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:51pmOnce again Nancy Pelosi has me pulling my hair out. When President Bush passed the TAX CUTS it was a TAX CUT the first year, then it stayed in effect as a TAX RATE. There are no TAX CUTS only TAX RAISES. So today, Nancy says if the Right includes the CURRENT TAX RATE for the top 2% earners, it will ADD $700 billion to the deficit ! This woman is INSANE. What is reality is that if the current tax rate is NOT extended to the top 2% then the top 2% will have a TAX INCREASE. And out of that increase the Feds will TAKE $700 billion in taxes that they will SPEND. None of this has anything to do with the deficit. If the Feds increase taxes they will not use the increased revenue to pay down the deficit, they will GIVE it away. NANCY….there are NO TAX CUTS for anyone. Ten years ago we got a Tax cut. For the last 9 yrs we have stayed at that rate….ONLY ONE YR WAS A TAX CUT. Any change now …for any income level is a TAX INCREASE and has nothing to do with the deficit. No wonder we are so deep in debt . She is saying “If you don’t give us more of your money, you are adding to the deficit”. STOP SPENDING
Report Post »ADDICTED TO TRUTH
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:53pmEXACTLY! It’s such a SCAM!!!
Report Post »SND97
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:43pmI live in Kentucky and now you know why we love McConnell here, he is a hard worker who even calls on a personal basis when you write him for help. If this guy ever gets to be Majority leader the country and senate will start working again
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:41pmI was with him until the word “until”.
Block all legislation for the next two years, unless that legislation repeals laws, or taxes, or reduces spending according to real world accounting practices. Also, if legislation includes riders on it, even if it’s good legislation, block that as well. They need to pound home the fact, the idea, the notion nay the very principle of resistance, and do so in no uncertain terms.
No bargaining. No compromise. Block all new, and repeal all existing that is bad.
Them’s the orders, GOP. That’s why we elected you. Fail and you’re gone next election.
/rant
Not that it will do any good, but I had to say it. :)
Report Post »TEXASQUINN
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:25pmPass all legislation for the next two years, if it creates new laws, or taxes, or increases spending according to fake world accounting practices. Also, if legislation doesn’t include riders on it, even if it’s bad legislation, pass that as well. They need to pound home the fact, the idea, the notion nay the very principle of socialism, and do so in certain terms.
No bargaining. No compromise. Pass all new, and repeal all existing that is good.
Them’s the orders, Democrats. That’s why ACORN elected you.
Report Post »me
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:20pmso when the Dems put the middle class tax cuts up for vote and your Reps filibuster it how are you going to feel? Don’t you think that is taking the party of No thing too far? One thing that can be agreed on is that folks making 250K per year should have their taxes remain at current levels. Why not just vote on that?
And don’t you think that not raising taxes on the rich will increase the debt? And please don’t give me any Laffer BS…that has been proven false many times over.
Report Post »Disabledvet
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:40pmA law needs to be passed to say one vote for thing at a time, no more grouping crap together like tying the deadbeats on unemployment wanting their extensions to sit at home, and tying it to the tax hikes, two different items, should be two differnt votes.
Make congress and the senate accountable for all funding, did you know that stimulus money went in the form of a grant for $700,000 to a college for a study, the study was on COW FARTS of cows that ate organic foods. WHY? start cutting the budget and start there on stupid things like this.
Report Post »AzCowboy
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 9:09ammy senator (Kyl) and maybe (McCain) too, voted a bill with earmarks(indain water program). I wrote a couple of emails to them explaining that I don’t mind water programs, just do it in seperate bills. I‘m not that bright and can’t tell if a bill has earmarks or not unless they tell me(which they don’t). I need the KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid
Report Post »jH….
CruzerDog
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:35pmHMMM, since 5% pays the a large majority of the taxes and we hate it and the 95% love it, lets switch it around so we can balance the budget and everybody is happy. Let the 95% pay. Its sounds like the 95% love paying taxes as long as its somebody else. Try it you 95%, your gonna love it and I will be rooting to the government to sock you with MORE.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 5:29pmWhat a BRILLIANT point. If the 95% simply carried their weight we would be in way better shape than we are now. I like a flat tax, lots of proposals out there…pick one.
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:41pmYeah!! But!! But 80% of that 95% get tax credits, even though they pay not fed taxes.
Report Post »Say! How do you get a tax credit when you pay no taxes? Don’t bother, it must be that new math that I can’t understand.
Ok. I say, let’s take their tax credits away. The government keeps it to balance the budget, er, I mispoke, give it back to them w/ a bonus.
New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:30pmI believe we saw this one coming. Hoping it‘s just a Muscle Flex and won’t affect Important decisions.
Report Post »ourRight
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:29pmThis is a step in the right direction.
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:29pmGlad they are listening, however why didn’t they do this 2 days ago to prevent the last two pieces of legislation from getting through!!
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:24pmRepublicans, how about “pass a law, get rid of a law?” We don’t need new laws, just reasonable, common-sense, updates to existing laws, but then those words aren’t in your vocabulary, I’m sorry.
Report Post »And drain the swamp, please! Put the people in jail who need to be there, including Rangel.
missmarie
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmThere is no doubt in my mind that every unsavory and unwanted piece of legislation cooked up by these loons over the last few years will be passed through this lame duck session. All we the people, the taxpayers, the contributors, can hope for is that the massive infrastructure put into place and the senseless money and power grabbing legislation can be reversed or dismantled in the 112th. These hourly updates of how the 111th continues to press forward with their progressive agenda, regardless of what is in the best interest of the United States and its citizenship, is simply the confirmation I needed that term limits are a necessity and the remaining power players must go.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmWhat a joke. These idiots passed a bill yesterday that is going cripple our economy and today they are sending a letter. WHERE IN HELL WERE YOU YESTERDAY. They are all a bunch of idiots. Next election my RINO Senator is out of there.
Report Post »mark t
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:27pmI agree completely 100% effn effers
Report Post »mark t
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:32pmDon’t you feel like you were just slapped in the face ????
Report Post »I know I do….effin effer’s:::::::::::::
booger71
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:21pmThe Party of Hell No
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:17pmLooks to me that the Repubs are the servant boys of the rich. I say no taxes for those making less than $50,000, which is 70% of Americans, and tax the living hell out of the rich.
Report Post »PatriotMN2005
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmAll Men Are Created Equal. Our Constitution forbids taxing one group more than another.
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:26pmIdiot! Ever heard of the LAFFER CURVE!!?? ARRGHH!! And who’s going to CREATE JOBS????
Report Post »cotuit
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:28pmHonor the wealthy; we want our children to grow and prosper don’t we? Besides, without the wealthy were would you work? I trust that’s not a foreign concept.
Report Post »dkhartman
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:34pmIs this sarcasm again??
I can never tell.
Honestly, it’s either REALLY that ignorant.. Or you’re joking.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:35pmwhy? do they not have a right to their money? why should the rich have to pay for everyone? do you not have the same chance to make something out of your life? arnt all men created equal? is it equal to charge one person more for a service than someone else? isnt it discrimination? oh i get it, its ok to discriminate if your rich, but not if your black, spanish, illegal, a woman, gay, lesbian, muslim, athiest, or poor.
oh ok i now understand they stole that money from you………..wait you bought their product, and used their product, and chose to give them that money for that product.
or did they come to your house and put a gun to your head and force you to buy that cd. or the computer your using, or the car you drive. etc.
this is just greed and envy. class warfare is the envy of those who are successful, by those who feel that they are not capable of being successful.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RISK IN THE GAME
these people took a risk, on an idea, and got lucky and became successful. you had no skin in their success, you get nothing from their endeavor.
why do the top 10% pay 90% of the taxes?
almost 50% pay no taxes
those same people who pay none, want others to pay more
MAKE THE GAME FAIR………………EVERYONE PAYS THE SAME % IN TAXES PERIOD
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 5:17pmNeed a flat tax! I think Art Laffer said a flat tax of 11.5% would work.
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:36pmAppropriate Nic.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:10pmSounds like it’s payback time to me. What comes around goes around, so they say. I’m sorry, I just have to laugh, even though it is far from funny.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:09pmIt would appear to me that democrats are not going to address anything that’s important. They are hell bent on jamming all the control issues through the system they can. Surprised, not me that’s all they have done for two years and I suppose why change now.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmdont you mean four yrs? democrats have been in control since 2006/2007 election cycle. democrats were in control when the economy crashed. they were in control for 2 yrs before the economy crashed, then blamed bush and have been in control of all three houses since 2008. this is completely and fully the democrats fault
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:06pmIt’s been more than two years. They‘ve been in charge since ’06.
Report Post »patriotdale
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 5:57pmWhy do they want to blame Bush for everything and no-one remembers that the Dems have had the majority since 2006 not that the GOP is blameless they are all full of it.
It is time to stop the partisan blame game and get to work. Start by doing your damn jobs (representing We the People).
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:08pmBunk. They allowed S510 to come to the floor. I don’t trust any of them!
Report Post »kschmud
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:16pmI agree
Report Post »PatriotMN2005
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:21pmIs that the food safety bill? I was just thinking, “How good of them to sign that AFTER they let another bill thru.”
Report Post »imareader
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:20pmIronically, that “Food Police” Bill has likely died because Hairy Reid forgot to read and/or ignored the Constitution and stepped on the landmine that is Article 1, Section 7: there’s a tax-raising provision in the bill,and all revenue raisers have to originate in the House.
Report Post »j_man
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:08pmwell at least they’re trying
Report Post »BlacksAgainstObama
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:06pmGood for them!
http://www.watchglennbeck.com
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmBookmarked your web site.
I hate to disagree, but they really do not have the votes to block much, unless they can get blue dog dems to help them out
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:51pmTHATS THE ISSUE………… a lot of democrats agree with the republicans, and that is why no bill has been brought to the floor. if the democrats brought a bill to the floor, there would be a vote, and it would not go pelosi and reids way, so they dont bring the bill, and then blame the republicans for saying no on nothing.
HOW ARE THE REPUBLICANS VOTING NO ON A BILL THAT ISNT EVEN WRITTEN YET?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:49pmAlso bookmarked it; thanks and will pass this link onto as many others as possible.
Report Post »me
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:23pmPsychosis – bills don’t get brought to the floor unless their fate has already been decided.
Report Post »me
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:06pmThe party of No, what is going to happen in jan when they actually have to govern.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:11pmMaybe something important, instead of a bunch of power and control issues.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:11pmThey will govern then.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:17pmThey got hired to say no so they will do thier jobs.
Report Post »PatriotMN2005
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:20pmThey will have to spend a lot of time undoing all the “progress” Obama has done thus far.
Report Post »teahugger
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:47pmOur country is better off when the house and senate do nothing. Less money is spent and wasted, fewer freedoms are lost. Maybe they should all stay home for a while or be in session part time, because neither party tends to do what is in the best interests of the people…only what is in the best interests of their own re-elections.
Report Post »me
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:05pmThe party of No…what is going to happen in January when they actually hav
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:09pmI’m very happy they are doing this. At least they are acting as if they may have gotten the message on Nov 2.
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untameable-kate
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:17pmNo kidding, how dare the republicans try to prioritize things like the tax rates and funding the government ,settling the budget, crazy things, while they could be focusing on shamnesty or some green crap.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:19pmnot the party of no……………they are not the ones in control, and it is the democrats holding up a vote on taxe legislation, as they have yet to bring one to the floor
THE ONLY THING REPUBLICANS ARE DOING HERE IS FORCING THE DEMOCRATS TO BRING A BILL ON TAXES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BUDGET BILL…………….WHICH THE DEMOCRATS ***STILL*** HAVENT PRODUCED .
instead for 6 yrs democrats have brought a continuous stream of social crap to the floor, talked about football, and have shirked their duty
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:43pmTell me, “Me”, if a woman is being raped, do you call her the Gender Of No when she screams “No!” and resists?
If you were consistent, you would.
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:27pmHopefully in January they will be exposed as liars and their true loyalties will become apparent. I want to see Glenn call them out when they put in legislation that has no constitutional integrity.
Report Post »Bob Dole
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:02pmThis is hilarious. They vow to block legislation in the lame duck session, but yet they are the overwhelming minority?
Can you say bad PR?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:10pmCan you say “good move”?
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MAULEMALL
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:15pmI can say Block the crap..
I can say Continue blocking it forever..
I can also say that if they don’t they will be replaced by someone who understands that they were hired to block all the crap.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pmThe Repubs are finally getting it right. They must prevent the gooney Dems from RAISING taxes again or the economy will tank more than now. There is NO tax cut on the table. Also the Repubs are trying to force the gooney Dems to prepare a budget. While that may be unreasonable to Dems, it sounds reasonable to me. It is completely irresponsible of the Dems to do otherwise…but then, no one ever accused the Dems of being responsible or reasonable.
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:22pm.
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THANK GOD—someone is listening to the people that VOTED IN NOVEMBER
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PRIORITIES
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no money to run government
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Raise taxes automatically during a recession.
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PRIORITIES
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Good luck
RGS
Report Post »FedUP
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:31pmBut they still allowed S510 to pass? This is silly, why didn’t they take this stand before the Food Safety Bill? Why did so many of them vote in favor of it? It does not take the supremely educated to figure out if you want to help the American tax-payer, don’t pass bills that WILL raise food prices. Food prices are already going to rise due to super inflation. Why can’t they get it!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:41pmThey Obama Administration has a Marxist agenda, so I don’t want them to have their way with anything. I want them out. Shut down the entire government until we can get these traitors out of office.
Remember that the Obama Administration WAS JUST FINE WITH ALL the Bush tax cuts expiring, and is their true desire, because it funds a growing government.
The Marxists are destroying this country on purpose, and as soon as we’re able, we need to try Obama, his SDS buddies, Van Jones, Reid, Pelosi, Soros, etc., all with treason.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:54pmI agree with Snowleopard: I mean the Democrats have had two years to pass all this crap they are wanting to pass now. But they chose to push healthcare and tarp down our throats. Now they are worried if they don’t get it passed now they never will.
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:20pmMy cousin is a 55 year old electrical engineer. His job moved to India last December. He was with the company 16 years His wife sells jewelry at a big retail store. He has applied all over the country and even tried retailers and fast food. He has had 3 interviews in 10 months. His unemployment check is $250 a week. It is disgusting that the GOP insists that hedge fund managers, bankers, Wall Street traders and tort attorneys get tax breaks for their income above and beyond the first 250k we all get and will borrow the money from China to do it but chooses to bankrupt people like my cousin in the name of fiscal responsibility.
Report Post »What is even more disgusting is the GOP blocking the attempts to end the tax break the company got when his job was moved to India. This issue isn’t about job creators. They could easily be exempted from all income taxes on money used to create jobs. It’s about taxing the greedy who will sell their country out so they can make more money than they could send on a hundred life times. There is no patriotism among those who put profit above the national good.
The GOP is not aligned with my view of how to make our nation strong again when they back policies that destroy the middle class, our industrial base and dig us into deeper debt defending a 2% tax increase for income over 250k and borrowing 700 billion dollars to do it.
Deuteronomy22
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:23pm“But they still allowed S510 to pass? ”
Report Post »Lobbying by connected donors who contributed heavily to their campaigns and will hire them and their staffers for very high salaries when they retire. The GOP is no better than the Democrats. They just play on the people emotions better. We need a THIRD PARTY!
Michigan Detective
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:32pmDo you honestly think that raising taxes wil remotely help your cousin?? The reason jobs are outsourced is it is cheaper than keeping them here. Over the past 10 years I have watched an exidus from Michigan because it is cheaper to do business in other states or other countries. So if you think raising taxes will help, just look to Michigan where businesses have been taxed to the point of leaving.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 5:07pmExcept for S 510 ….It passed with no problem
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:28pmGOOD!!! Even though they don’t have the majority, it makes a clear statement to the dems that the voters want to be recognized and listened to by Congress. REPEAL THE HEALTH CARE!!! 26 year old babies DO NOT need to be on their parent’s insurance. Insurance companies DO NOT need to be saddled with pre-conditions – figure something else out (I say this after being denied two issues by BC/BS). These two items left in the Rep. health care plan are not acceptable and should be reconsidered unless we are trying to bankrupt the insurance companies.
Report Post »->Click For Brain Enema<-
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:55pmThose were my thoughts, BOB DOLE
Report Post »->Click For Brain Enema<-
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 7:03pmIs anyone else considering just electing Reps over 65(for both state and national offices). Ether way we are never going to solve our medicare/social-security(unless we raise the retirement age to 75) problem, but at least this way we know they aren’t going to make a long career out of milking the public.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 8:04pmHow can the minority stall anything? Seems to me that Congress has some really stupid rules and naturally the poor are the ones who get dumped on! http//maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:24pmSure wish the GOP thought of this on November 3, 2010. Slowly starting to get a little spine, however they blew it on S 510.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:46amA Doctors Labor Is Not My Right – I don’t know who to respond to on this thread, but yours has to be the most ill informed and ridiculous. First of all, the Democrats favor keeping tax breaks for 98% of Americans. That’s you and me and, well, 98% of Americans. So difference is not maintaining Bush’s tax cuts – and let’s remember folks, those were designed to expire after 10 years because the obvious and devastating effect on the national debt. The difference is whether we keep tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of the population.
The claim is that by keeping those tax breaks for the millionaires, and adding a trillion dollars of debt over the next 10 years, we’ll HELP the economy. The Republican line is that adding to the debt will reduce the debt. Good luck with that idea.
But wait a second, Bush‘s tax cuts didn’t add jobs. The record of job growth under Bush was abysmal and the economy ultimately tanked. Those tax cuts didn’t increase jobs (2% over his tenure as I recall, one of the worst in the last 50 years or so), phenomenally increased the national debt, and whether cause and effect or not, preceded the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. Why is it that people think that’s so great? (And BTW, taxes on the rich were much higher under Reagan).
Here’s my conspiracy theory: rich people, the one’s who benefit from the tax breaks, support Republicans. The richest aren’t partisan, they’re just in the business of making money. They‘ll invest money in a candidate if they’ll get a return. It’s just business.
But back to you Doctor. You use the word Marxist, but can you define the term? Sounds to me if you support tax breaks for 98% of Americans, but think the millionaires are probably doing okay (corporate profits were just had the best quarter ever in the last 50 years) then you’re a Marxist. I think you need to work on your vocabulary.
The rich aren’t suffering my ill informed friend, the poor and the unemployed are suffering. Companies aren’t hiring because demand for their product are low (because – duh – everybody is broke), not because they‘re don’t have enough money to hire people.
Doctor I recall an intelligent post you made a week or two ago. I’d love to hear another one.
Report Post »The Libertarian Atheist
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 12:52amExactly right. take out the clubs and bats, and beat the dems senseless until they get the message. 600+ seats lost on november 2nd apparently has not registered.. so let the beatings begin. We are the people. We are in charge. We said cut taxes for everyone, cut spending, dump the insane Democrat agenda, repeal Obamakare, and do it NOW. or face the consequences. We re not kidding.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 9:21am@JZS
Tax cuts don’t do “amazing damage to the debt”. The money is not the government’s first, there is no first claim on my labor by the government. Ergo, a tax cut cannot hurt the debt, only spending can cause the debt to grow.
Report Post »chrisser
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 1:53pm@jzs
These “millionaires” of which you speak are business and farm owners. They hire people.
You think taking more of their income is going to be an incentive to hire? Hiring involves risk. If you tax their income, they’re not going to use that income to hire, they’ll just buy property or yachts or spend in on vacations – why make investments in people when the results of those investments will be confiscated if you can instead spend it on yourself and your family?
If you’re so intent on confiscating from the wealthy, then maybe you should start taxing assets instead of income. Except those who have assets – the real wealthy – are the ones who vote DEMOCRAT. So much for your theory.
As for the awful economy of the Bush years, I’d go back in a hearbeat to the first six years of the Bush administration – before the rats took Congress. Despite the constant whining back then about the economy being the “worst since the great depression”, compared to now, after four years of Democrat controlled Congress and two years of Democrat controlled presidency, the Bush years were a freaking boom time.
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