While Republicans Took Bipartisanship Hostage, Washington Burned and America Faded To Desolation

In November 2008 the American electorate voted for change, a change that represented almost a complete turn around from the past decade. Unfortunately we were a little too late and had to start a huge corporate welfare program because of the greed and excess that went on both on Wall Street and in Washington D.C. The philosophy then was no regulation, and to prevent future regulation, tax cuts were doled out to those corporations and banks that needed oversight, but amazingly there was no staff to provide the regulation because the funding to hire those officials had been diverted to tax cuts given as mentioned above to the regulatees. Despite warnings from within and without. So here we are today in deep whatever.

Economist on both sides of the isle agree we need a stimulus package, and we need it now. Where is it, you ask? Why lost somewhere in the United States Senate awaiting further attempts to gut it in favor of what I mentioned got us here in the first place. David Vitter (R-La), has joined with John McCain (R-Az) in complete opposition to the stimulus bill that economist (the guys that know about the economy) say we so desperately need. Instead they want cuts in aide to the states, and construction spending, something almost everyone agrees is a quick start up for jobs. This quote comes directly from his website calling the construction spending "inflated".

Vitter’s amendment would have removed almost $47.6 billion in funding that
is not focused on creating jobs to help stimulate the economy by targeting the
removal of approximately $30.4 billion in direct spending and striking the
Davis-Bacon provision, saving more than $17 billion in inflated construction
costs.

So what is the Republicans want? They claim they want a stimulus that will foster job growth. How will this be achieved? Why more tax breaks for everything including their wealthy friends who will then take a piss and their golden shower will "trickle down" to those less fortunate. They want a tax break for first time home buyers, but who can afford a new home? They want a tax refund for new car buyers but who has money for a new car? The fallacy of their proposal is so transparent my 7 year old daughter saw it when she asked why would we buy a car when we need to save in case you or mommy lose their job. Give me $500 bucks individual tax refund and hope I go buy a few computer games? Are you Rethugs on crack? I intend to pay down my debt. Oh, you wiley devils you, that's what you want isn't it? You want me to pay down my debts as they increase because banks whom I just gave my taxes to are now raising my finance rate, but they get money back so they can continue with their executive bonus programs. I see now. Damn if this isn't so familiar of the month after 9/11 when the now discredited ex-president told us to "go out and go shopping".

Probably, the best retort to the Republican whining came today from Larry Summers, Director of Obama's National Economics Council when he responded to Sen. Mitch McConnell's questioning of the "New Deal" program. Mr. Summers replied; The people who presided over the last eight years, don't seem to be in a strong position to lecture on history". Mr. Summers, you should also have noted these very same people deny the New Deal recovery and the real history the same way, and with the same knowledge as Bishop Richard Williams denies the holocaust.

So where do we turn for true leadership during this crisis? Hope still lies with Obama, however there still remains a good chance that the Rethugs will do their best to hold Americans hostage while everyday more homes are foreclosed, more jobs are lost, and more futures are wasted because there seems to be a belief that health care for the unemployed is a waste. College grants and subsidies are a waste for those folks who lost their savings for college, or lost the ability to pay for college under the program cuts during the Bush reign, or simply lost everything because under Republicans we could let bankers and stockbrokers gamble away our 401k's and people like Bernie Madoff were too wealthy to investigate despite the obvious fraud he was involved in.

President Obama, no more delay, no more compromise. Time to turn up the heat and use the old fashioned political whip. Certain political districts and Congress members don't believe we need the stimulus, or that it should be delayed and strangled to death until hell freezes over, fine don't give them any stimulus. They blocked your good efforts and made life harder for the rest of us, I don't want one dime going into John Boehner's district, or David Vitter's portion of Louisiana. You have the power to direct it, so use it. When the people in those places realize that they will reap the rewards for the representation they elect, I'm willing to bet both of these mouths of ignorance will have that "come to Jesus moment", and change their tune. Peasants on the street with their pitchforks and torches have that effect on politicians.

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