I don’t know why people still call Republicans the GOP. There is nothing grand about them. Both parties put their own spin on the issues, as do media sources. I’m not interested in spin. Corporate interests need to be removed from politics. Money corrupts. Washington needs to change.
Republicans don’t bother to hide the fact that, they do not care for regular people. They roll out the clichés, and expect the public are just plain stupid. I listen daily to the need to protect the job creators. The Rich in this country have never been richer, so by that equation there should be more jobs in the USA, than ever before. There is not. Companies ship their staff base overseas because it is cheaper to do so. You cannot legislate to stop them. It is their choice. We have a free society. Company profits rise, and as a result we have less jobs at home.
Small business wants to hire, but if no one’s buying why would they be hiring? Some need cash flow to expand, but getting credit is near impossible. Most are struggling to keep their heads above water, and feed their families.
There are many complex factors that contributed to the mess the economy’s in.
How about housing? The loosely regulated financial market created the crisis, yet the GOP blame it on “dead beat homeowners” who lied on mortgage applications. So the answer to this enormous problem is less regulation of the banks, and smaller government. Their argument is that unregulated markets create jobs. Historically, unregulated markets create inequitable practice, with few benefits for the masses.
I still don’t understand why none of the bankers are in jail. They wreaked more havoc and destroyed more lives than Bernie Madoff, who is serving life for his crimes.
The GOP’s answer to everything seems to be tax cuts for the wealthy. This is not going to solve the nations problems. If you are willing to accept a society where only the privileged few succeed, then this will work for you.
Newt Gringrich’s answer seems to be: put 13 year old kids from poor neighborhood’s to work as janitors. This will cut down welfare payments, and help small business access cheap labor. Doesn’t Newt realize that replacing mom and pop with junior, will add to the unemployment figures, and impede an already struggling class. It seems the GOP will not be satisfied until we are living in Dickensian times again.
Their strategy is to distract and divide, and in bad economies its easier to divide and conquer.
Dear Mr Gingrich, and the rest of the GOP – we know that your constant use of the phrase entitlement program is code for: those lazy blacks are getting our hard earned tax dollars for free. Us hardworking, respectable white folk need to do something.
Despite the bad economy, the super wealthy are doing OK. Yet if you listen to House Republicans, you might well believe times are tough for them too. I was startled to read last week, that 6 members of the Wal-Mart family have more money ($93 billion) than the combined wealth of 30% of Americans (90 million people) I don’t think they’re in dire need of a tax break.
What makes this country great, is that you don’t need to be super rich to have a good life. Corporate and political greed however, is eroding the structure we once enjoyed. We are heading towards a very divided society of the “have’s” and the struggling classes.
I can barely stand to watch the disingenuous John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Co. wax lyrical about taxes. They know, like I know they’re talking **#@$***
