There are many journalists today who unfortunately loose sight of their role of informing the people of what takes place in the news today. Fortunately, there are two journalists who know the facts of the subject matter they report on and as a result enrich the American people. Those two journalists are E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Cynthia Tucker, Editorial page editor of the Atlantic Constitution. They take time to separate hype and talking points from facts and tell an accurate story of the subject matter at hand.
Both are good at pointing out the real story behind the news and are up to date on the issues. When one reads or listens to their reports it is like night and day compared to other journalists. All of a sudden their reports propel you to reality and allow one to recall how this or that issue is totally different than other reports.
Mr. Dionne had a recent commentary concerning why the nation should move on since the 9/11 attack and Ms. Tucker had a recent editorial concerning "A perspective on taxes." Both appeared in the Times Picayune of September 8 and are timely, easy to understand and makes the case concerning two issues that have an affect on our current events.
The American people would be better informed if we had more journalists like Mr. Dionne and Ms. Tucker. Keep up the good work.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Presidential Debates: A Flawed and Manipulated System
The latest Republican Presidential debate on 9/7 at the Reagan Center in California illustrates how the debates have become a media show at the expense of the people. Those candidates who do not reach a certain poll number are excluded from the debates. They are deemed not to have enough support to be part of the debate.
The eight Republicans that appeared had the right poll numbers and were deemed qualified to be there. However, the moderators of the debate gave two or three of the candidates most of the air time and questions and ignored the rest. In other words the news media moderators decided which candidates the American people would hear. Not very democratic and once again illustrates how the news media uses its power to push certain candidates and their views. When candidates are found qualified to debate they should all be given equal time.
Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer was not invited because his poll numbers did not measure up. He is out spoken about how campaign contributions from PAC's and lobbyist have poisoned our elected officials with their wealth and how elected officials are beholden to them instead of the people. The moderators, whose networks make money from political ads did not bother to talk about the subject matter at the debates. In fact the two or three candidates at the debate who got most of the questions are the candidates that are raising the most money to take out those ads.
The combination of wealth, the news media and elected officials who are beholden to the wealthy are toxic for America and its people. And that really says it all.
The eight Republicans that appeared had the right poll numbers and were deemed qualified to be there. However, the moderators of the debate gave two or three of the candidates most of the air time and questions and ignored the rest. In other words the news media moderators decided which candidates the American people would hear. Not very democratic and once again illustrates how the news media uses its power to push certain candidates and their views. When candidates are found qualified to debate they should all be given equal time.
Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer was not invited because his poll numbers did not measure up. He is out spoken about how campaign contributions from PAC's and lobbyist have poisoned our elected officials with their wealth and how elected officials are beholden to them instead of the people. The moderators, whose networks make money from political ads did not bother to talk about the subject matter at the debates. In fact the two or three candidates at the debate who got most of the questions are the candidates that are raising the most money to take out those ads.
The combination of wealth, the news media and elected officials who are beholden to the wealthy are toxic for America and its people. And that really says it all.
Monday, September 5, 2011
A New Low For Eric Cantor, Steve Scalise and Jeff Landry
Once again it took a disaster to bring out the worst in tea party republicans Cantor, Scalise and Landry. Cantor started it all after hurricane Irene hit the eastern coast when he said any federal aid to help the area should be matched by cuts to the federal budget. Louisiana's reps, Steve Scalise and Jeff Landry agreed like the ditto heads they are. Those are the same two who took up the fight in favor of the oil industry after the BP blowout and oil spill that killed 11 workers.
This is just another group of three stooges the conservatives cultivate from time to time. They are far right radicals and practice such an anti American ideology it is hard to think they were actually elected to congress. Both Cantor and Scalise were part of George W. Bush's record deficit spending spree and creation of record debt, a failed economy and record job losses.
The three stooges are void of having any wisdom, courage or character. The scary part is that they have no understanding of what democracy and humankind are all about. They think of themselves as elite but really show their ass. They are a loud mouth, plenty to say but no substance. That is really the trade mark of those three stooges.
None of the three stooges can debate the real issues because they have no positive record of accomplishments. That is why they and their party are always engaged in personal attacks. All three exhibit the trait of being insecure and ditto head followers. The strange thing is that they even look the part.
This is just another group of three stooges the conservatives cultivate from time to time. They are far right radicals and practice such an anti American ideology it is hard to think they were actually elected to congress. Both Cantor and Scalise were part of George W. Bush's record deficit spending spree and creation of record debt, a failed economy and record job losses.
The three stooges are void of having any wisdom, courage or character. The scary part is that they have no understanding of what democracy and humankind are all about. They think of themselves as elite but really show their ass. They are a loud mouth, plenty to say but no substance. That is really the trade mark of those three stooges.
None of the three stooges can debate the real issues because they have no positive record of accomplishments. That is why they and their party are always engaged in personal attacks. All three exhibit the trait of being insecure and ditto head followers. The strange thing is that they even look the part.
President Obama's Upcoming Address On The Economy and Job Creation
The most important thing President Obama can do in his Thursday's address to the nation and before a joint session of congress is to show leadership and courage on the subject matter. Leadership that shows he is in charge and that he wants and expects congress to implement his plans for jobs and the economy. Leadership that reminds the people that past republican policies has not worked and that they won't be revisited no matter what propaganda the republicans continue to spout.
Leadership that will remind the republicans he was elected in a national vote to lead the country and not members of congress. Leadership that calls out the republican party for what they are, obstructionist who want to see Obama and his policies and the country fail.
Courage to propose revenue increases and expenses that will create jobs that will truly put the country back to work. Courage to eliminate the tax breaks and loop holes afforded corporate America and the wealthy. Courage to cut cost by bringing all Ameican troops home who are serving abroad where they are no longer needed, such as S. Korea, Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Courage to stand up to the special interest lobby who are always looking for a hand out at the expense of the middle class. Courage to stand up for the middle class, those who make our democratic form of governing a true democracy, for without a middle class there is no democracy.
Leadership and courage to inform the Ameican people with facts that it is past republican administrations who are responsible for the great majority of the governments deficit spending and debt that has become a problem in our country and had the last three republican Presidents balanced the federal budget like President Clinton did the country would not be having a deficit and national debt debate or a job crisis. And above all leadership and courage to do those things the President has the power to do if the republicans in congress do not support his agenda to move the country forward.
Leadership and courage to direct the Small Business Administration to immediately stop giving work to fortune 500 companies and direct that work to those who are truly small business owners who would immediately have to hire workers. That was the intent of the Small Business Administration in the first place.
This is the time for the President to act with leadership and courage. The President needs to let the nation know that he will no longer be silent about the republican party's failures on the economy, job creation and the sad shape republican policies left the country to deal with, especially since they want to see him fail.
Leadership and courage will make the difference.
Leadership that will remind the republicans he was elected in a national vote to lead the country and not members of congress. Leadership that calls out the republican party for what they are, obstructionist who want to see Obama and his policies and the country fail.
Courage to propose revenue increases and expenses that will create jobs that will truly put the country back to work. Courage to eliminate the tax breaks and loop holes afforded corporate America and the wealthy. Courage to cut cost by bringing all Ameican troops home who are serving abroad where they are no longer needed, such as S. Korea, Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Courage to stand up to the special interest lobby who are always looking for a hand out at the expense of the middle class. Courage to stand up for the middle class, those who make our democratic form of governing a true democracy, for without a middle class there is no democracy.
Leadership and courage to inform the Ameican people with facts that it is past republican administrations who are responsible for the great majority of the governments deficit spending and debt that has become a problem in our country and had the last three republican Presidents balanced the federal budget like President Clinton did the country would not be having a deficit and national debt debate or a job crisis. And above all leadership and courage to do those things the President has the power to do if the republicans in congress do not support his agenda to move the country forward.
Leadership and courage to direct the Small Business Administration to immediately stop giving work to fortune 500 companies and direct that work to those who are truly small business owners who would immediately have to hire workers. That was the intent of the Small Business Administration in the first place.
This is the time for the President to act with leadership and courage. The President needs to let the nation know that he will no longer be silent about the republican party's failures on the economy, job creation and the sad shape republican policies left the country to deal with, especially since they want to see him fail.
Leadership and courage will make the difference.
Friday, September 2, 2011
The AT&T T-Mobile Merger: U.S. Justice Department Opposed
The Department of Justice sued in U.S. District Court to block the proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobil by AT&T. According to news reports the Justice Department filed its lawsuit because they believed the combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products. In other words the consumer would be facing another created monopoly.
It is a known fact that corporate America's appetite for mergers and buy outs is to eliminate competition and there by have a monopoly. One can only hope the Justice Department is successful in its quest. They should also move strongly to break up the monopoly of the Wall Street Banks. Monopolies should no longer be allowed to flaunt their "too big to fail" ideology. I wrote a previous commentary on the "too big to fail" ideology and pointed out that any time you had a company that was "too big to fail" it indicated a monopoly.
Because corporate America and the Wall Street Banks have not lived up to their responsibility as responsible entities, the Justice Department should be active in seeking those monopolies out where they exist and sue to break them up. America and its people can not afford wealth and greed to be the defining force in its economic life. The negative impact of what the country and middle class are going through now should not be forgotten.
It is a known fact that corporate America's appetite for mergers and buy outs is to eliminate competition and there by have a monopoly. One can only hope the Justice Department is successful in its quest. They should also move strongly to break up the monopoly of the Wall Street Banks. Monopolies should no longer be allowed to flaunt their "too big to fail" ideology. I wrote a previous commentary on the "too big to fail" ideology and pointed out that any time you had a company that was "too big to fail" it indicated a monopoly.
Because corporate America and the Wall Street Banks have not lived up to their responsibility as responsible entities, the Justice Department should be active in seeking those monopolies out where they exist and sue to break them up. America and its people can not afford wealth and greed to be the defining force in its economic life. The negative impact of what the country and middle class are going through now should not be forgotten.
Bobby Jindal's Campaign Add: A Propaganda Fairy Tale
Bobby Jindal's T.V. add about job creation in Louisiana is a typical conservative republican fairy tale. The add shows a map of Louisiana with little signs popping up all over the state with the number of jobs created or will be created. One is especially laughable. It shows the Nucor Steel mill producing over 6000 jobs. And that is pretty good since the mill has not even been built yet.
The real story about job creation under Jindal is a sad tale. The unemployment rate in Louisiana when Jindal took office in January 2007 was 3.9%. The latest unemployment rate as of the end of July 2011 was 7.9% according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. And to think the state has approximately $8 billion tied up in special tax breaks for businesses who are supposed to use those tax breaks to create jobs.
The fact of the matter it is the national economy that create state jobs. The shutting down of Avondale shipyard proved that in a previous commentary I wrote. There has been a steady increase in unemployment since Jindal took office and his own policies have contributed to the unemployment numbers.
The national economy has experienced periodic down turns over the last 50 plus years. To help the state during such periods, past governors have handled the budget and the states economy far better than Jindal. Past governors took a balanced approach to put the states fiscal house in order and create jobs. Jindal's approach to state government is a ideology that is far different as to what a democratic government and society is all about. The people of Louisiana should recognize that Jindal's T.V. add tells a different story as to what is really going on. The governor could learn a lot from New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Jindal and many other state governors could never make the grade if they had no federal revenue to help them out. They would then have to raise revenue by some form of tax and look at themselves in the mirror. Of course, if they had character and courage to begin with, they would take care of their own state of affairs.
The real story about job creation under Jindal is a sad tale. The unemployment rate in Louisiana when Jindal took office in January 2007 was 3.9%. The latest unemployment rate as of the end of July 2011 was 7.9% according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. And to think the state has approximately $8 billion tied up in special tax breaks for businesses who are supposed to use those tax breaks to create jobs.
The fact of the matter it is the national economy that create state jobs. The shutting down of Avondale shipyard proved that in a previous commentary I wrote. There has been a steady increase in unemployment since Jindal took office and his own policies have contributed to the unemployment numbers.
The national economy has experienced periodic down turns over the last 50 plus years. To help the state during such periods, past governors have handled the budget and the states economy far better than Jindal. Past governors took a balanced approach to put the states fiscal house in order and create jobs. Jindal's approach to state government is a ideology that is far different as to what a democratic government and society is all about. The people of Louisiana should recognize that Jindal's T.V. add tells a different story as to what is really going on. The governor could learn a lot from New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Jindal and many other state governors could never make the grade if they had no federal revenue to help them out. They would then have to raise revenue by some form of tax and look at themselves in the mirror. Of course, if they had character and courage to begin with, they would take care of their own state of affairs.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Another First For Politidose
This writers past commentaries about how wealth has been transferred from the middle class to the wealthy and the problems it has caused has been well documented. It has also been pointed out how wealth has manipulated the stock market, the price of oil, the economy and our elected officials. Wealth has given us the monopoly of the Wall Street Banks who were responsible for the great financial meltdown of 2008. Wealth has also kept those Wall Street Banks from paying the price for their greed.
Now we find out that Warren Buffett comes to the rescue of Bank of America who's stock price has declined over 50%. Mr. Buffett has bought into Bank of America stock to the tune of $5 billion according to the report out of the Associated Press. Buffett according to the report said he considers the bank a strong, well led company. Mr. Buffett has enough wealth to manipulate a stocks price and in the first day of trade after the purchase the stock was up and Buffett had a paper profit of $357 million. Pretty good return even for Buffett, but his goal is long term so just think of what he will make when he decides to sell. Bank of America is one of the 6 Wall Street Banks mentioned above.
No one should get their nose out of joint because some people are wealthy. But when 1% of the most wealthy own 90% of all stocks and bonds and 6 of the largest Wall Street Banks have assets that equal 60% of the nations GDP, one can easily see how they can manipulate almost anything and they usually do. We are told that corporate America is sitting on $2 trillion of profit made just this year, Bank of America had cash and cash equivalent of $402 billion at the end of the second quarter. To top it off it is the wealthy who demand and receive tax breaks, tax loopholes and tax incentives from our elected officials who receive their campaign cash from wealthy donors and their lobby.
The common good of our nation and its people has been pushed aside by wealth and the greed it creates. The middle class quality of life and opportunity has been eroded by this transfer of wealth and the failure of our political leaders to stand up to the wealthy monopoly. Third world countries have no middle class and no power. Corporate America moves its operations to those third world countries for its cheap labor. Does any one think they pay their executives third world wages. They are really not American companies any more nor do they respect the American worker.
Warren Buffett pointed out in an earlier interview that corporate America pays on average approximately 15% in income taxes while the average family pays between 20 and 25% in income taxes. He said the wealthy should be taxed more, but what is he doing about it. The wealthy who say they despise big government are the ones looking for the handouts from big government. If the wealthy used their wealth to enhance the economy, create jobs, support the middle class, take care of their workers, big government would not be so big.
In fact government does have a role in life for our nation and its people. That is the essence of
Democracy. We see it at work after major disasters when people have no one else to look to. A democratic government has its roots in the common good of its people.
Once upon a time the U.S. had leaders who broke up monopolies in favor of the common good. Once upon a time we also had elected officials who served the public good instead of serving the wealthy and their lobby who are only looking out for their own special interest. It is the wealthy who now hold the upper hand. It can easily been seen by those elected officials who now openly flaunt their bidding.
Wealth has its place, but democracy is about government by the people and for the people. The type of wealth being flaunted today is not the American democracy we knew yesterday, or is it a positive force for making a stronger middle class. And that really says it all.
Now we find out that Warren Buffett comes to the rescue of Bank of America who's stock price has declined over 50%. Mr. Buffett has bought into Bank of America stock to the tune of $5 billion according to the report out of the Associated Press. Buffett according to the report said he considers the bank a strong, well led company. Mr. Buffett has enough wealth to manipulate a stocks price and in the first day of trade after the purchase the stock was up and Buffett had a paper profit of $357 million. Pretty good return even for Buffett, but his goal is long term so just think of what he will make when he decides to sell. Bank of America is one of the 6 Wall Street Banks mentioned above.
No one should get their nose out of joint because some people are wealthy. But when 1% of the most wealthy own 90% of all stocks and bonds and 6 of the largest Wall Street Banks have assets that equal 60% of the nations GDP, one can easily see how they can manipulate almost anything and they usually do. We are told that corporate America is sitting on $2 trillion of profit made just this year, Bank of America had cash and cash equivalent of $402 billion at the end of the second quarter. To top it off it is the wealthy who demand and receive tax breaks, tax loopholes and tax incentives from our elected officials who receive their campaign cash from wealthy donors and their lobby.
The common good of our nation and its people has been pushed aside by wealth and the greed it creates. The middle class quality of life and opportunity has been eroded by this transfer of wealth and the failure of our political leaders to stand up to the wealthy monopoly. Third world countries have no middle class and no power. Corporate America moves its operations to those third world countries for its cheap labor. Does any one think they pay their executives third world wages. They are really not American companies any more nor do they respect the American worker.
Warren Buffett pointed out in an earlier interview that corporate America pays on average approximately 15% in income taxes while the average family pays between 20 and 25% in income taxes. He said the wealthy should be taxed more, but what is he doing about it. The wealthy who say they despise big government are the ones looking for the handouts from big government. If the wealthy used their wealth to enhance the economy, create jobs, support the middle class, take care of their workers, big government would not be so big.
In fact government does have a role in life for our nation and its people. That is the essence of
Democracy. We see it at work after major disasters when people have no one else to look to. A democratic government has its roots in the common good of its people.
Once upon a time the U.S. had leaders who broke up monopolies in favor of the common good. Once upon a time we also had elected officials who served the public good instead of serving the wealthy and their lobby who are only looking out for their own special interest. It is the wealthy who now hold the upper hand. It can easily been seen by those elected officials who now openly flaunt their bidding.
Wealth has its place, but democracy is about government by the people and for the people. The type of wealth being flaunted today is not the American democracy we knew yesterday, or is it a positive force for making a stronger middle class. And that really says it all.
Monday, August 22, 2011
America The Beautiful: Polluted By A Right Wing Republican Conservative Ideology
No longer is America The Beautiful as seen thru the eyes of the leaders of today's right wing conservative republican party. It started with the election of Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan preached that government was the problem. It was too big and too expensive Reagan said and when he left office he was the biggest spender of them all and the biggest deficit spender at that. The national debt increased 186% on his watch. Reagan's attack on the federal government was an attack on the American people, for without the people there would be no government. The baton was passed down that bread the leaders of the republican party that we know today.
Those leaders of the right wing conservative republican party today think of themselves as the elite and look down on everyone else, especially the middle class and those who are truly in need. They lack character, courage, American ideals and the basis integrity in dealing with those things that really matter and make a difference to our country and its people. They are shallow individuals who are indifferent to America and its people's needs. They prefer the wealthy, corporate America and their lobby. They openly lie to the people on matters of importance and engage in personal attacks because they have no record of accomplishments or progress they can talk about.
They can not compete with the voice of reason, it makes them feel inadequate,they talk tough but have no substance. They have never seen a record republican federal deficit they did not love or a national debt increase that bothered them in the least. The past republican administration is a great example.
Those party leaders of today put their anti American ideology before America, its needs and their candidates running for the republican Presidential nomination are running on an anti American platform. They would rather see the President and the country fail and have no real policy or program to keep America the Beautiful. They like to project themselves as "hawkish" but they are really "chicken" because they are not capable of debating the real issues. They hide behind the wedge issues of abortion, gay marriage, the separation of church and state. They have backed off "family values" since they have proved to be hypocrites on the subject matter.
Serving the general needs of the country and its people are not part of their being a public servant. To them America the Beautiful is no longer acceptable. They have substituted their anti American ideology for everything Beautiful America has always stood for. And that really says it all.
Those leaders of the right wing conservative republican party today think of themselves as the elite and look down on everyone else, especially the middle class and those who are truly in need. They lack character, courage, American ideals and the basis integrity in dealing with those things that really matter and make a difference to our country and its people. They are shallow individuals who are indifferent to America and its people's needs. They prefer the wealthy, corporate America and their lobby. They openly lie to the people on matters of importance and engage in personal attacks because they have no record of accomplishments or progress they can talk about.
They can not compete with the voice of reason, it makes them feel inadequate,they talk tough but have no substance. They have never seen a record republican federal deficit they did not love or a national debt increase that bothered them in the least. The past republican administration is a great example.
Those party leaders of today put their anti American ideology before America, its needs and their candidates running for the republican Presidential nomination are running on an anti American platform. They would rather see the President and the country fail and have no real policy or program to keep America the Beautiful. They like to project themselves as "hawkish" but they are really "chicken" because they are not capable of debating the real issues. They hide behind the wedge issues of abortion, gay marriage, the separation of church and state. They have backed off "family values" since they have proved to be hypocrites on the subject matter.
Serving the general needs of the country and its people are not part of their being a public servant. To them America the Beautiful is no longer acceptable. They have substituted their anti American ideology for everything Beautiful America has always stood for. And that really says it all.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
The Republican Party's Presidential Candidates
Some of the names have changed, but not the anti American ideology they preach. The two debates and their campaign speeches are a sad rerun of their recycled rhetoric. They still offer no plans to the American voters and instead they keep up their personal attacks against President Obama. Their oratory is still abortion, big government, federal spending, who among them is the most conservative, tax cuts for the most wealthy, special interest groups and tax breaks for Corporate America.
Their rhetoric goes back to the Reagan years, but now it is more right wing, hypocritical, actual lies, a disdain for the American voter, a love of the special interest groups and down right anti American. They still evoke Reagan's disdain for big government even though Reagan was the biggest federal spender in history when he left office.
This bunch of republican candidates want to finish the job Reagan started and George W. Bush almost finished, that is bankrupt the federal government. That was obvious when the candidates were silent during their party's desire to shut the government down concerning the debt limit extension.
Their campaign is about the same old failed policies of their party. Lower taxes for corporate America, less regulation and make the middle class pay more. Trickle down economics is still their number one policy agenda that has failed dramatically. What could be more dramatic than the pitiful shape Bush and the republican party left the country in when he left office. Their ignorance on the economy, job creation and balancing the federal budget is played out in their past failures.
It would be a devastating blow if one of those candidates would actually be elected President. Yet, it could happen because President Obama has not shown consistent leadership or called the republicans out for what they are. That is a disappointment to all Americans but Obama is still the best candidate to lead our nation even with his short comings. When the election of 2012 rolls around, hopefully the American voters will have realized that the republican party they put in charge in the U.S. House and the republican party candidates are not fit to lead our country with their anti American ideology.
Their rhetoric goes back to the Reagan years, but now it is more right wing, hypocritical, actual lies, a disdain for the American voter, a love of the special interest groups and down right anti American. They still evoke Reagan's disdain for big government even though Reagan was the biggest federal spender in history when he left office.
This bunch of republican candidates want to finish the job Reagan started and George W. Bush almost finished, that is bankrupt the federal government. That was obvious when the candidates were silent during their party's desire to shut the government down concerning the debt limit extension.
Their campaign is about the same old failed policies of their party. Lower taxes for corporate America, less regulation and make the middle class pay more. Trickle down economics is still their number one policy agenda that has failed dramatically. What could be more dramatic than the pitiful shape Bush and the republican party left the country in when he left office. Their ignorance on the economy, job creation and balancing the federal budget is played out in their past failures.
It would be a devastating blow if one of those candidates would actually be elected President. Yet, it could happen because President Obama has not shown consistent leadership or called the republicans out for what they are. That is a disappointment to all Americans but Obama is still the best candidate to lead our nation even with his short comings. When the election of 2012 rolls around, hopefully the American voters will have realized that the republican party they put in charge in the U.S. House and the republican party candidates are not fit to lead our country with their anti American ideology.
Monday, August 15, 2011
The American Electorate: Out Of The Loop On Facts
The American voters ignored the facts concerning the economy, job creation and balancing the federal budget when they voted the republican party to once again lead the U.S. House that gave the country a split congress. The electorate easily forgot that it was the policies of a republican President and his party that gave the country an economic calamity with record job losses, a financial industry failure and who reversed President Clinton's balanced budgets in the very first fiscal year budget of George W. Bush. A disastrous turn around for the country and its people in such a short time.
Then came the mid term election in November that gave the republican party control of the U.S. House. The party that vowed not to work with the President received the backing of the electorate despite the past horrible performance of the republic party that should have been fresh in the voters mind. To make matters worse they elected the extreme element of the republic party, the tea party. The voters used excuses like, "send them a message" and other hype to justify their actions. And now eight months later the republicans in congress continue their opposition to the President's agenda that would move the country and its people forward.
The Obama administration bailed the economy out of the ditch, arrested the record job losses and once again created new jobs that put the GDP back in positive territory. The voters wanted a miracle however because they thought the recovery and job creation was too slow. They forgot about the past record of the republicans failure, the severity of the recession and the fact that it took almost 10 years for our country to recover from the great depression. The Bush and republican meltdown was more than just the average recession.
So the electorate forgot about the past in their eagerness for a miracle and launched by their vote the republican farce that played out in extending the debt ceiling. The republicans looking to hold on to everything responded by voting against everything that would move the country forward by using the false claim of having a mandate by the electorate. No such mandate actually exist and the country and the voters who wanted change now find the country in worse shape since the November elections.
The tactics being used by the republicans in the U.S. house to keep the economy crippled until the next Presidential election is anti-American. It is nothing new and the voters knew that when they went to the polls to vote. The republican party, especially the tea party are laughing out loud that they fooled the voters once again. The voters are also finding out that the tea party took little time to align themselves with corporate America and their lobby to grab a share of campaign contributions.
It was President Clinton who reversed 12 straight years of record deficit spending by the Reagan -Bush administrations, paid down debt, accumulated surpluses and put our house in fiscal order. The republicans are not about to let Obama do the same thing after the George W. Bush disaster. That is what is behind the republican party's anti-American ideology.
Total federal spending at the end of President Obama's first fiscal year budget was down 1.6% from the previous last fiscal year budget of George W. Bush. The first time total federal spending was down in over 50 years. But what the hell, what voter needed those facts. They would rather listen to the republican hype and out right falsehoods. Those voter can not now claim they did not know what would happen because the past record of the republican party tells the true story and speaks for itself.
Then came the mid term election in November that gave the republican party control of the U.S. House. The party that vowed not to work with the President received the backing of the electorate despite the past horrible performance of the republic party that should have been fresh in the voters mind. To make matters worse they elected the extreme element of the republic party, the tea party. The voters used excuses like, "send them a message" and other hype to justify their actions. And now eight months later the republicans in congress continue their opposition to the President's agenda that would move the country and its people forward.
The Obama administration bailed the economy out of the ditch, arrested the record job losses and once again created new jobs that put the GDP back in positive territory. The voters wanted a miracle however because they thought the recovery and job creation was too slow. They forgot about the past record of the republicans failure, the severity of the recession and the fact that it took almost 10 years for our country to recover from the great depression. The Bush and republican meltdown was more than just the average recession.
So the electorate forgot about the past in their eagerness for a miracle and launched by their vote the republican farce that played out in extending the debt ceiling. The republicans looking to hold on to everything responded by voting against everything that would move the country forward by using the false claim of having a mandate by the electorate. No such mandate actually exist and the country and the voters who wanted change now find the country in worse shape since the November elections.
The tactics being used by the republicans in the U.S. house to keep the economy crippled until the next Presidential election is anti-American. It is nothing new and the voters knew that when they went to the polls to vote. The republican party, especially the tea party are laughing out loud that they fooled the voters once again. The voters are also finding out that the tea party took little time to align themselves with corporate America and their lobby to grab a share of campaign contributions.
It was President Clinton who reversed 12 straight years of record deficit spending by the Reagan -Bush administrations, paid down debt, accumulated surpluses and put our house in fiscal order. The republicans are not about to let Obama do the same thing after the George W. Bush disaster. That is what is behind the republican party's anti-American ideology.
Total federal spending at the end of President Obama's first fiscal year budget was down 1.6% from the previous last fiscal year budget of George W. Bush. The first time total federal spending was down in over 50 years. But what the hell, what voter needed those facts. They would rather listen to the republican hype and out right falsehoods. Those voter can not now claim they did not know what would happen because the past record of the republican party tells the true story and speaks for itself.
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