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They sure were trying again this afternoon when I tuned into the House version of C-SPAN. Not to mention how many times I’ve seen the same ad here in Florida trying to get people to urge their Representative to do the same thing.
Another example of Republicans ‘laser-like focus on jobs’. - Protecting the wealth of the rich and anti abortion are Republicans’ only agenda items (besides defeating Obama).
What I don’t get: why is nobody (President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid) calling them out for this nonsense? The Dems should install some kind of giant chess-clock in front of Congress, showing “Time spend on jobs” vs. “Time spend on ACA and abortion”. Oh, and by the way: how is that GOP scheme “work one week, take two off” helping the country?
We here in Germany had a little scandal a few days ago: a law with a bad section was passed at night, during an important soccer-match, with nearly nobody attending the session and nobody knowing what was in the law. Now everybody has egg on their face because they KNOW that voters will punish them come next election.
But in the U.S. people have been frustrated for so long by Congress they don’t even get excited anymore about the ugliest statements and dumbest behavior. Ted Rall called for a revolution. I’m with him on this…
“Repubs will always vote to reduce spending…” - You’ve forgotten the George W.Bush years? - “and reduce taxes.” - You’ve forgotten his dad, G.H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, etc?
A revolution would require more effort than just griping about things we don’t like and haven’t taken the time to understand. It’d also take too much time away from our reality TV, our video games, our circuses (hey, where’d my bread go?….)
Well, a bit maybe. The main problem in U.S. politics is the lack of real opposition. We have a five party system right now, might be six after the next election. Despite what one would think this is more effective than a two party system because you never know who will be attacking whom in which way, so you can’t become entranced in your ideology. Also we’re the inventors of “real politik”, the notion that you somehow have to get things done – for the people – even if you have to swallow hard. When elections turn out with no real winner (or viable coalition of winners) the biggest parties join up for four years to form a “great coalition”. Imagine the GOP and the Dems sharing the cabinet posts 50:50 under a POTUS and VP from both parties and actually searching for solutions in Congress (no attacks!). That idea sounds so absurd these days, but it worked over here, last time was in 2005-2009…
Republicans vote to reduce INCOME taxes. - When Reagan was governor of California he RAISED sales taxes 25%. - Ron Paul wants to institute a national sales tax.
It’s only talk about reducing spending and taxes. Bush spent like a drunken sailor and put it on our credit card. Now it’s time to pay up and the Reeps want to raise taxes on the poor and middle class. Go figure(unless of course they are secretly working for the top1%? Nah!)
Every republican president since the 60s has increased the size of the federal government exponentially over what their democratic counterparts have done. Yet they always say they are against that very thing. Just like they say they don’t spend when their records (if actually looked at by intelligent voters) show they do the exact opposite. Talk is cheap, don’t listen to the candidates review their and their parties records!
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Comments (57) (Please sign in to comment)
dtroutma
said, 11 months ago
Some elephants don’t remember, or get the point?
Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 11 months ago
They sure were trying again this afternoon when I tuned into the House version of C-SPAN. Not to mention how many times I’ve seen the same ad here in Florida trying to get people to urge their Representative to do the same thing.
braindead08 said, 11 months ago
Another example of Republicans ‘laser-like focus on jobs’.
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Protecting the wealth of the rich and anti abortion are Republicans’ only agenda items (besides defeating Obama).
Gresch said, 11 months ago
Repubs will always vote to reduce spending and reduce taxes.
MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago
“Jobs, jobs, jobs!”. Yeah, right…
What I don’t get: why is nobody (President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid) calling them out for this nonsense? The Dems should install some kind of giant chess-clock in front of Congress, showing “Time spend on jobs” vs. “Time spend on ACA and abortion”. Oh, and by the way: how is that GOP scheme “work one week, take two off” helping the country?
We here in Germany had a little scandal a few days ago: a law with a bad section was passed at night, during an important soccer-match, with nearly nobody attending the session and nobody knowing what was in the law. Now everybody has egg on their face because they KNOW that voters will punish them come next election.
But in the U.S. people have been frustrated for so long by Congress they don’t even get excited anymore about the ugliest statements and dumbest behavior. Ted Rall called for a revolution. I’m with him on this…
CasualBrowser
said, 11 months ago
@Gresch
“Repubs will always vote to reduce spending…”
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You’ve forgotten the George W.Bush years?
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“and reduce taxes.”
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You’ve forgotten his dad, G.H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, etc?
CasualBrowser
said, 11 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
A revolution would require more effort than just griping about things we don’t like and haven’t taken the time to understand. It’d also take too much time away from our reality TV, our video games, our circuses (hey, where’d my bread go?….)
Clark Kent said, 11 months ago
Morty, the USA should be more like Germany.
MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago
@Clark Kent
Well, a bit maybe. The main problem in U.S. politics is the lack of real opposition. We have a five party system right now, might be six after the next election. Despite what one would think this is more effective than a two party system because you never know who will be attacking whom in which way, so you can’t become entranced in your ideology. Also we’re the inventors of “real politik”, the notion that you somehow have to get things done – for the people – even if you have to swallow hard. When elections turn out with no real winner (or viable coalition of winners) the biggest parties join up for four years to form a “great coalition”. Imagine the GOP and the Dems sharing the cabinet posts 50:50 under a POTUS and VP from both parties and actually searching for solutions in Congress (no attacks!). That idea sounds so absurd these days, but it worked over here, last time was in 2005-2009…
braindead08 said, 11 months ago
@Gresch
Republicans vote to reduce INCOME taxes.
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When Reagan was governor of California he RAISED sales taxes 25%.
-
Ron Paul wants to institute a national sales tax.
Radish
said, 11 months ago
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing that doesn’t work over and over.
indieme
said, 11 months ago
@Gresch
It’s only talk about reducing spending and taxes. Bush spent like a drunken sailor and put it on our credit card. Now it’s time to pay up and the Reeps want to raise taxes on the poor and middle class. Go figure(unless of course they are secretly working for the top1%? Nah!)
indieme
said, 11 months ago
@CasualBrowser
As Rachael likes to say “Feudalism with cable”.
Rockngolfer said, 11 months ago
Sarah Palin warned us about Death Panels, and here we have Boehner and his henchmen trying to take away our insurance.
STLDan said, 11 months ago
@Gresch
Every republican president since the 60s has increased the size of the federal government exponentially over what their democratic counterparts have done. Yet they always say they are against that very thing. Just like they say they don’t spend when their records (if actually looked at by intelligent voters) show they do the exact opposite. Talk is cheap, don’t listen to the candidates review their and their parties records!