The Republican war on the middle class

[Guns Guns Guns]

The same old story - cut taxes on the rich, lay off more American workers, export jobs overseas, keep loopholes for the wealthy gaping wide, while pretending that these failed policies wil somehow work if the GOP is allowed to continue them.

 

[wanderingbear]

The same old story - cut taxes on the rich, lay off more American workers, export jobs overseas, keep loopholes for the wealthy gaping wide, while pretending that these failed policies wil somehow work if the GOP is allowed to continue them.

Yup. Thats the goal..

 

[The Dude]

Ever see me tag line. Old news!

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

After 10 years of worthless promises to create jobs with the Bush tax breaks, the question for the Republicans in Congress is:


Where are the jobs?


Instead of having creating jobs, the economy was actually losing 700,000 jobs a month when Bush left the White House.


The GOP has nothing new to offer, just more tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and phony promises they will become "job creators".


The Republicans have held America hostage using the extension of unemployment, Medicare and Social Security benefits and tax relief for the middle class to advance their agenda of more loopholes for the super rich.


When they “shrink the size of government,” Republicans are cutting jobs, not creating them.


Cutting back on government while cutting taxes for billionaires means no funding for infrastructure.


Does the private sector rebuild roads and bridges, rail and bus systems? There no solutions being offered by the Republicans for endeavors which would put millions of working class people back to work.


Remember next November.

 

[Rune]

I guess reublican voters like getting trickled down on.

 

[Alias]

I guess reublican voters like getting trickled down on.

DUNE TRICKLING IN HIS PANTS

 

[Schadenfreude]

The same old story - cut taxes on the rich, lay off more American workers, export jobs overseas, keep loopholes for the wealthy gaping wide, while pretending that these failed policies wil somehow work if the GOP is allowed to continue them.

part of the problem is that the nation is helping the rich by buying cheap goods made overseas

that and scotus's ruling giving the wealthy free rein and control of the political process - not that they have not been doing it anyway, but now they donot even need to pretend that they believe in democracy

the wealthy are afraid of the ows movement so far - they do not seem to have any leaders that they can buy...yet

 

[Alias]

part of the problem is that the nation is helping the rich by buying cheap goods made overseas

that and scotus's ruling giving the wealthy free rein and control of the political process - not that they have not been doing it anyway, but now they donot even need to pretend that they believe in democracy

the wealthy are afraid of the ows movement so far - they do not seem to have any leaders that they can buy...yet

Ever hear of George Soros?

 

[Schadenfreude]

Ever hear of George Soros?

yes, his name is usually brought out by the right whenever people mention the koch brothers

usually when they try to pat us on the head and tell that the loss of our civil rights is just 'temporary'

 

[Alias]

yes, his name is usually brought out by the right whenever people mention the koch brothers

usually when they try to pat us on the head and tell that the loss of our civil rights is just 'temporary'

Are you concerned with govt that is too big?

 

[Schadenfreude]

Are you concerned with govt that is too big?

just the dept of homeland security

have you ever asked yourself where the anti-civil rights laws come from and how they get enacted

it usually is the old - be afraid, be very afraid - or the bogy man will get you - for the bogy man fill in the scapegoat of the day

bin laden is dead, 9/11 has been guarded against (with overkill)

we have reached the point of diminishing returns

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

Since 1992, the I.R.S. has compiled data from the returns of the 400 Americans reporting the largest income.

In 1992, the top 400 had aggregate taxable income of $16.9 billion and paid federal taxes of 29.2 percent on that sum.

In 2008, the aggregate income of the highest 400 had soared to $90.9 billion — a staggering $227.4 million on average — but the rate paid had fallen to 21.5 percent.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html