The Father of our country speaks to the Republicans holding America hostage

[Guns Guns Guns]

With their majority in the House and a filibustering number of Senate seats, the Party With No Heart (and no brains) has opposed attempts to fix the mess their hero Bush left.

Why?

So they can pretend it's Obama's fault.

George Washington has something to say to the pettifogging obstructionists whose lust for power trumps their duty to America...


"They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community. To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant."

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

For millions of Americans down on their luck and at the end of their rope, they can quickly find that government is their last friend left. Governmental assistance can prevent the certainty of a hungry night and a homeless tomorrow.

It can mean the difference between the comfort of stability and the ravages of poverty.

This function is now more important than ever, even as it is under more pressure than ever.

Not only are there more poor people in America than had been previously reported, but that the only thing keeping millions more out of poverty are the very same social safety net programs that many Republicans despise.

The lack of empathy for the poor and suffering on the part of the right is nothing short of breathtaking.

The Obama administration is far from perfect, and government is not beyond becoming bloated and being abused, but right is right and truth is truth: government can play a very positive role in protecting the less-well-off from the interests of the more-well-off, and this administration’s view of government is much more benevolent than those of the people who are seeking to unseat it.

That’s worth remembering.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/opinion/blow-friend-with-benefits.html