Tom Toles for August 05, 2013

What IS the Republican jobs plan?

I like the cartoon….don’t get the comment about slavery.

Not quite. If you are already rich, the Republicans ensure you can keep it all and get corporate welfare to make yourself even richer; meanwhile, services and infrastructure are cut and cut on those who need it to try and climb up, and the poor and middle class pay the taxes to enrich the rich.Approximately.

Obviously you are either not paying attention, or you have some peculiar beliefs as to what America stands for. Ensuring all Americans have the right to vote? Democrats yes, Republicans no (by open admission).Ensuring Americans can be paid more than slave wages so they can work out of poverty? Democrats yes, Republicans no.Reducing the cost of healthcare to people and businesses? Democrats yes, Republicans no.And so forth…

What is everyone worried about? SuperObama will fix everything!

What IS the Republican jobs plan?

What is the Republican infrastructure plan?What is the Republican position on immigration reform?What is the Republican positions on Syria? On Egypt? I hear different versions from them every week.

Actually, things did work better when the Dems were in control. We got fiscal stimulus, which (despite the reality-free view from Fox News) created many thousands of jobs and ended a free-fall into depression. We got Obamacare, which is a really big deal for those of us Americans who are not working for large companies or old enough for Medicare. We got some decent supreme court justices who care about citizens and the constitution, not just corporations. We saved America’s auto industry over the protests of the “China first” Republican party. The first two years of Obama’s presidency were remarkably productive. If only we’d ended the Bush tax cuts, we’d have surpluses by now and be rebuilding our country instead of having the GOP holding its foot firmly on our neck, keeping us back while the rest of the world surges forward.

by “pattern of obstruction” you mean attempting to fight for the middle class.

“And………Things worked so well for Americans when the Dem Libs had the WH Senate and the House……Remember?”

Things did work out very well. The stimulus package put a lot of people back to work, gave tax breaks to the middle class, passed the health care law that’s gonna save people money, equal pay legislation for women, credit card reform (unlike Bush’s this one helped the middle class somewhat), increased Pell grants for education, made killing homersexuals a hate crime, put and end to ninja loans (no income, no job or assets), cut perscription drug costs for medicare by 50%, and created more jobs in 2010 than the entire 8 years of the Bush Administration. If the Cons would stop obstructing then maybe you can get a good paying job and stop mooching off your parents and blaming Obama for your failures.

Yesterday Ed Schultz spent half of his Ed Show comparing Democratically controlled Minnesota to the red state of Wisconsin. Guess which state is doing better.

motivemagus: Shredding the Bill of Rights: Republicans yes; Democrats yes;; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians say no, act yes. Imprisoning, after marsupial trial, anyone who exposes governmental crime: Republicans yes; Democrats yes; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians say no, don’t act at all. Life imprisonment without charges or trial: Republicans yes; Democrats split; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians yes.Remote control killing without charges or trial: Republicans yes; Democrats mostly yes; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians say no, act yes.Armed takeover of the US government: Republicans mostly no; Democrats no; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians {"That’s what the Second Amendment is for").Armed takeover of other country’s government: Republicans yes; Democrats yes; Greens no; Socialists no; Libertarians yes.Political power: Republicans House, Courts, mass media, and regressive states; Democrats Executive, somewhat Senate, progressive states; Greens a few local governments; Socialists one junior Senator, a few local governments; Libertarians generally operate in local mobs claiming to be Tea Bag Republicans at candidate meetings – armed and dangerous.

onguard, to your question:

“And………Things worked so well for Americans when the Dem Libs had the WH Senate and the House……Remember?”

Well, yes, thanks for asking. They DID!

That’s a cute cartoon about Wylie Coyote. i guess it’s supposed to mean that any forward progress is dangerous?But isn’t the worst fear is fear itself? It doesn’t seem related to a clown car full of elephants.

‘Nice to Know Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid is a Republican as he is an obstructionist. It is Harry Reid who is blocking everything The Republicans propose.’-What is the jobs plan that the Republicans have proposed?

“It is … you work hard, find one, and the Repubs prevent the Dems ( who give it to those lazy slackers) from taking all of your pay…. need any thing else or are you one of the slackers?”-You work hard, find one…. Cool! That’ll fit in nicely with Republicans’ jobs training program: Practice saying “You want fries with that?”.

“Unpaid internships.”.Reminds me of working under Nixon. He suggested that all workers work on holidays and for free. “Bite the bullet”.

“It is … you work hard, find one, and the Repubs prevent the Dems ( who give it to those lazy slackers) from taking all of your pay…. need any thing else or are you one of the slackers?”$11 an hour at the Amazon.com warehouse… Enough hours to get insurance if you’re lucky. Welcome to the New American Dream.

“I’ve not had a pay raise in 4 years – and now have a 20% – 1-out-of-5 $ pay cut – ALL at the pen of Mr. Obama.”Guessing you work for the Federal Government. If you think Obama wanted the sequester, you weren’t paying attention. He played a game of political chicken & lost.You will get a raise when your employer realizes its revenues have shrunk to an unsustainable level. I know a lot of people in your boat. It’s not fair, but the Tea Party wants to cut your pay even more, reduce your health insurance benefits & cancel your pension, because if the folks at the Amazon.com warehouse don’t deserve those things, neither do you.

If you do join the TSE (Tax Somebody Else) party, see if you can find out where they get their financing. I’d sure like to know.

“the Iron Heel future”No, it’s Gilded Future, I gar-un-tee it!

Heh, typical conservative math. 40 hours a month is roughly 10 hours a week, not 5. Net pay at $11/hr is about $350 a week. After paying for insurance, car, food, rent & utilities, a single person could stay alive, but they won’t be saving for a rainy day. Heaven forbid they have kids.