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President Obama called today for renewed public pressure on Congress to pass a yearlong extension of both the tax cut and employment benefits set to expire at the end of February.
He also indicated that he thought congressional Republicans’ offer Monday to extend just the payroll tax cut was an encouraging sign but not enough for a final deal.
“The good news is over the last couple of days, we've seen some hopeful signs in Congress that they realize that they've got to get this,” Obama said, speaking to an audience of people the White House said had benefited from the payroll tax cut.
“But as you guys know, you can't take anything for granted here in Washington until my signature is actually on it,” he continued. “Until you see me sign this thing, you've got to keep on speaking up.”
Encouraging the public to do just that, the White House this morning reprised the December “#40dollars” Twitter campaign in which Americans were encouraged to list ways they could use an extra $40 each paycheck -– the average savings employees saw with the tax cut.
That show of support, Obama said, helped push Congress to agree to the temporary two-month extension of both measures.
“Last December, when we had this same fight, your voices made all the difference. We asked folks to tell what it was like -- what it would be like if they lost $40 out of every one of their paycheck, because we wanted to make sure that people understood this is not just an abstract argument, this is concrete,” he said.
“Call, tweet, write your congressmen, write your senators. Tell them, do not let up until this thing gets done.”
And as he did during that original battle with Congress, Obama called this potential extension a “make-or-break moment for the middle class.”
“We can settle for a country where a few people do really, really well and everybody else struggles just to get by. Or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot, and everybody is doing their fair share, and everybody is playing by the same set of rules.”
While much of his language today was similar to that used during the original fight over the tax cut, he did use a new transportation-based metaphor for economic recovery, moving beyond the imagery of a rescued car that had been driven into a ditch by Republicans.
The economy, Obama indicated, is on the ascent now, but he has to keep it moving in the right direction.
“When a plane is finally lifting off the ground, you don't ease up on the throttle. You keep the throttle on full. You keep going. And our plane is up there, but we're not at cruising altitude yet,” he said.
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It seems that the right wing nuts in Congress saw the writing on the wall & caved!
With a current approval rating of 10% who could blame them? lol
Now we have to wait & see if they will do the right thing by extending unemployment benefits & the Doc Fix...
The payroll tax cut drama this past December 2011:
House Republicans mantra was "no tax cut ever needs to be paid for", and all the while they insisted the payroll tax cut extension be paid for.
The President included extending the payroll tax cut for the coming year - in his $4Trillion deficit reduction budget proposal yesterday.
I think the right is gambling that people will blame the unemployed for their predicament and not give them the same level of support that they do for everyone who pays payroll taxes. The problem with that is that most of us know a person who is unemployed through no fault of their own and dependent upon those benefits. Plus I'm not sure why the Republicans wouldn't stick up for the doctors----you'd think there would be solidarity there.
Feisty,
Me thinks they will screw it up. Huffpost has an article on how the establishments Repubs are asking the Teabags to tone it down and pass this tax cut for the middle class. Me thinks Boehner doesn't have the votes. Which means he'll need Nancy Pelosi and company to pass. Which also means he'll have to include unemployment insurance and the Doc Fix to get 'er done.
Chris Christie is busy claiming that he lowered taxes in New Jersey. Of course, only the millionaires got a tax break, and to pay for it, he cut millions from education and allowed many firefighters and police officers to be laid off in Camden. Wealthy folks mean more to republicans than education, the middle class or even public safety. Just recently the House told us that getting more money to wealthy folks was even more important to them than national defense. Republicans have many wedge issues, but they have proven beyond a doubt that their only real issues is handing out cash in the form of new tax cuts to millionaires.
Wayne, a strange thing is happening. President Obama has been in office for three years now and I think people who weren't sold on him are beginning to take a second look at him and they're discovering that they like him. They find him to be quite competent against the GOP who the media are holding to the fire and are doing quite a good job at exposing them. Even some GOP journalists are disgusted with today's GOP.
I have talked with many many people in the last few weeks who were/are Republicans and they all seem to have developed a great deal of respect for President Obama. They haven't one nice thing to say about Romney or the Republican Party.
The overall impression I'm getting is that people believe, truly believe, that President Obama is sincere in his efforts to change the course of our country after 30 years of lopsided policies geared to the very rich. And they appreciate it.
And I think the internet has played a vital role as well in stopping the talking point lies that the GOP love to throw around. Smart people on the internet. Very smart people who know their stuff.
We know know Mr. President. The I hope he fails crowd is in full swing. I hope you rub their nose in it now and in November.
Let's not hold our breath. They just can't seem to help themselves...
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I think the right is gambling that people will blame the unemployed for their predicament and not give them the same level of support that they do for everyone who pays payroll taxes. The problem with that is that most of us know a person who is unemployed through no fault of their own and dependent upon those benefits. Plus I'm not sure why the Republicans wouldn't stick up for the doctors----you'd think there would be solidarity there.
I think the right, being the loons that they are, really have "NO" idea how to play this. But, I think clueless Eric Cantor is going to "F" things up, as usual, and take the House backwards.
Yea ... kinda like an estranged couple with 3, 4 and 5 year old kids going through a divorce and one parent is trying to buy the kids by offering the kiddos whatever toys the kids want.
Wadda ya gonna do, huh?
Too bad libs and so many clueless voters don't possess the intellectual maturity above a 4 year old's level.
Ana,
Interesting thoughts... curious to see how this all plays out!
One thing is for sure, President Obama was spot on when he said;
Beverly in Chicago,
Romney and Cantor are very much alike. Nothing genuine about either of these guys. Both have very large egos and seem disingenuous. Can't stand either of them. Wonder how Cantor keeps getting voted into the House. He will fu@# it up for Boehner for sure! Not that I like Boehner any better. However Mr. fake tan, cry baby who drinks and slurs his words seems to, at minimum, be human.
Ana ...I agree, looks like another fight brewing.
Feisty ... better stock up on popcorn, this might be another wild ride.
Pat,
Thanks for sharing! I ♥ hearing stories from the 'boots on the ground'!
TOG,
Like the Mad Hatter's tea cups if you ask me! ;o)
*popcorn* is a poppin as we speak!
Pat----every time I hear someone say how aloof and cold the President is, I think to the pictures that I see every day at the Obama Diary (thanks to you for bringing this site to my attention)---I never see coldness or aloofness---I see him bound up to speak, I see throngs of people wanting to interact with him, I see him holding smiling children and having photos taken with smiling adults. In short--I see someone who is engaged and interacting in a positive way with his constituents. Maybe the President is only aloof to those who don't pay him any respect.
Happy Valentine's Day.
President Obama is right--until his signature is on it, I don't trust the GOP. I do think that since this is an election year, the republicans must go along with some of these things if they have any hope of being re-elected this fall. Boehner, Cantor and pals recognize that the stands they took all last year tanked their approval ratings. They opposed things they used to support and things that the pubic supported. The only way they can look as if they remotely care about the people is to pass some legislation. The reason the GOP agrees not to pay for the temporary payroll tax holiday is because they will not raise taxes on the wealthy to do it which is what democrats wanted. The GOP can't let old King Grover down.
Ana Banana, good points.
Wayne, well said.
Pat, thanks for posting what you see happening with republican friends.
Steeler Fan, I think the right makes those comments because that's the way they wish it were. Contrast the smiling faces you describe with the dour looks on those sitting behind Mitt Romney or Santorum or Gingrich--they look like card board cut outs at times.
Steeler Fan: Very nice post on this lovely Valentine's Day. The same to you. The Obama Diary is a beautiful beautiful website. And it's not just the photo's. They work hard bringing important stories to the forefront that may get missed on the news.
I'm still saddened by the news of Whitney Houston. Music is something I (and most people) can't live without.
I don't know if my memory is exactly right, but when the Dodgers won the World Series in 1988, the big story of that series of course was the Kirk Gibson home run off of Dennis Eckersley. And I remember when the Series was over that night, the network showcasing the games did what they always do - they showed video of the big plays made in the World Series.
And the song they were playing while watching the clips of Kirk Gibson as he stepped up to the plate limping?
It was Whitney Houston singing - One Moment In Time -
Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me
I'm only one
But not alone
My finest day
Is yet unknown
I broke my heart
Fought every gain
To taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains
I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity
I've lived to be
The very best
I want it all
No time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance
Here in my hands
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity
You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine
Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will be free
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I have not seen that clip since '88 but I never forgot it. And today, it's a song I can't stop thinking about. I adored her.
The guy that when he talks about working with repubs .... brags about bringing a gun to a knifefight ....
The bipartisan guys that tells Americans the repubs are their enemy and to punish your enemy ....
How many more do you want?
Maybe the President is only aloof to those who don't pay him any respect.
Happy Valentine's Day.
hmmm, the house wanted to git-r-done for a full year before january 1. The senate and obama wanted to go on break. Obama and the senates motto.... Kick it down the road girls. LMAO!
american-2051576,
Yah right! Keep trying to rewrite history. It works at Fox News. Not so much on Newsvine or other reputable news outlets.
Ana
I hate to disappoint you but this is not a news outlet, it is a blog mainly used by liberals like yourself to spout your BS and monitored by people like me who believe in this country as a place where not everybody looked for a hand out at every possible time. Think about it.
Mr. Obama is right. All by himself, he can achieve little or nothing. He needs our support, so call, write, tweet or email your representatives to let them know you support the payroll tax cut.
This is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people. We have the power in our hands.
USE IT.
What is needed is a total overhaul of our tax system... Why the congress as well as the president skirt this issue is beyond me... Overhaul the thing and be done with it...
We all know that for the last thirty years taxes have been drawn up in favor of the richest people in America and the the Middle class have suffered the most... What I mean by that, the middle classes upper mobility has come to a screeching halt... One in five children in this country go to bed hungry every night, and yet Mitt Romney makes $57.000.00 A-DAY from some deal he pulled for Bain corp. many years ago...
Something is just so wrong with that picture...
Tax cuts Ok, but fix the whole Tax system...
I write my congressman and Senators monthly and ask them what HR4646 is all about and what is their stance on this new tax. So Betty how do you feel about it?
The plane the Prez mentions is that the one where the LRB dictated it be built in a certain state or is that the one that a public company decided on it's own where to build it without any interference from the govt?
The RWNJs were clubbed last December and will not want a repetition of that but don't expect "no drama" from these nuts. Recently, I've not heard Cantor wanting the tax cut paid for........winning?
The repulicans are going to cave. They will not resist in the passing of the tax cut. This is all unfunded though, so the debt of the country is going to go up... I guess that's Obama's plan... to break the bank. One tax cut at a time.. one expenditure at a time... slowly and methodically. It's been happening all along. Obama's budget puts us $1.4 trillion more in debt. He keeps on spending and spending.. thinking that the democrats are rubes to go along with him... and you know what? Democrats are rubes....
BrianB, don't kid yourself, it was always going to be unfunded. The mantra of obama and companu has always been gimme the money today and we will take 10 years to pay it back. Once the FED starts increasing interest rates again our interest payments required to pay our creditors will skyrocket.
That's the elephant in the room and is why the Fed keeps popping up saying they'll keep interest rates low through 2014. If the Fed didn't manipulate our currency, and interest rates increased from say, 2% to 4%, modest by anyone's standards, we'd be paying $500 billion a year to service the interest on the debt.
It took Eric Cantor less than an hour to start lying about President Obama’s budget, and it looks like you three - brianb, american (with a little a) and jas1 - are not hesitating to jump on his bandwagon. Again.
Cantor and Republicans in Congress are so desperate to protect special tax breaks for billionaires and Big Oil companies that they’re claiming that President Obama’s budget, “calls for massive tax increases on hardworking families and small businesses.”
That’s a bold-faced lie and they know it.
President Obama’s plan would simply ensure that the top 1% aren’t paying less in taxes than middle class families.
It also is a reduction in spending.
But instead of truth, you RWNJ's INSIST on spewing the Murdoch/Limbaugh/Norquist/Rove LIES...
It has been said many times, there aint no cure for STUPID.
Guess all we can do is continue to punish you with TRUTH!!
Hmmm, nothing about the billions for the Muslim Brotherhood? You cool with that yo?
I pay enough taxes and why did my taxes go up this year? Did you do your taxes this year? I made the same amount last year as this year and I went from getting a 6K return to owing 2K this year and I paid over 34K in Fed taxes. Yup, Way to look out for the Middle Class!!
Well, DUH!!!!
You just made the President's perfect case in support of the Buffett rule.
Now work to get the do-nothing Norquist pledgers in Congress to see the light too.
I mean, COME ON Paul...
Stupid - I see you are back to your old tricks of not reading what a poster has to say before spewing out your bullsh!t. Your president is killing this country and you keep on supporting him.. I'd say blindness was only a mild symptom of your disease. You minimize and attack anyone that has a contrary view without even looking at that viewpoint from an objective standpoint. There is no objectivity in your posts stupid. You're stuck on stupid... I guess that's why you chose that name. You are a perfect Obamite. You drool at everything he says and does without even thinking. Pavlov's dog didn't do as well as you.
No, brian...
YOU and your ilk are the ones "killing this country"
OUR President is working diligently to repair the damage that the people YOU support did between 2001 and 2009; THAT IS JUST AN INDISPUTABLE FACT.
No matter how much bullsh!t you RWNJ's keep spewing, no matter how many LIES you tell, no matter how hard you attempt to re-write history, it does NOT alter the fact that Republican-Tea politicians took this nation from a solvent balanced budget from President Clinton and gave the wealthy the un-necessary tax breaks, led us into tow - count 'em - two un-=necessary and un-funded wars, and went back to the high deficit spending, decimating the national budget for your OWN greedy profits. That is truth that can NOT be denied.
President Obama is repairing that damage, and it IS working. That, too, is simple FACT.
But YOU and your ilk insist upon digging in your heels, putting up roadblocks, obstructing and opposing policies that benefit the U.S., for personal gain, greed, partisanship, and/or because you hold racial prejudice against the President of the United States. THAT IS FACT. You can try to deny it, twist, spin, justify, explain, and make all the excuses you want, BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACTS.
Your rambling personal attack above does NOT change any facts either.
Why don't you guys grow up, put on your big girl panties, face the truth and admit it? Nice try to reflect YOUR "Pavlov's dog" response by the way, but the entire WORLD can see what you're doing on this public forum, and so can your mother! Your un-thinking, irrational, twisted RNC-TEA talking point response is tiresome AND disgusting.
Be forewarned: We American citizen voters have seen it before (e.g.: "Saddam has wmd's aimed at us so we HAVE to go where the oil is;" "The big companies need MORE profit...it will trickle down to you citizens and everyone will be happy;" "Deficits don't matter.") Even if you refuse to own up, admit truth, and take responsibility, voters will NOT give you Republican/tea people the opportunity to finish the job of decimating the U.S. that you started in 2001.
America is too important to allow your take over from within.
YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU ARE AGAINST AMERICA.
Make your decision.
stupid, thanks for proving brianb's point. About that budget of obamas for FY2013, how many pages was it? 1500 pages? And you read and understood it all? ROTFLMAO! Senate leader reid and house minority leader pelosi are just chomping at the bit to sponser this proposal, right?
Based on your ramblings I see you have been caught up in your own spin.
I am not certain troll...
how many pages was dubya's 2003 proposal? HUH??
dense hypocrits!
LMFAO at idiots....
Washington Post/DailyKos:
MIAMI — Federal authorities say they recovered $4.1 billion in health care fraud judgments last year, a record high which officials on Monday credited to new tools for cracking down on deceitful Medicare claims.
The recovered funds are up roughly 50 percent from 2009. Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius were expected to make the announcement at a news conference Tuesday.
The teams charged 323 defendants, who collectively billed the Medicare program more than $1 billion last year. That includes a massive bust in February 2011, in which more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists were charged with fraud in nine states. Stopping Medicare’s budget from hemorrhaging that money will be key to paying for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
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$4.1 billion in fraud. Billion.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!
$4.1 B ... I ... L ... L ... I ... O ... N
Now if Obama can just come up with the other $495,900,000,000 or the other 99%, he can prove he really wasn't screwing the elderly with Obamacare.
Bob, just curious as to how elderly are being screwed other than that they have no health care other than Medicare. Most can't afford it. Some can afford suppliments to Medicare and that is good for them but not for the ones who are totally destitute. Giving more money to already over charging medical providers and insurance companies doesn't help. Sure there are flaws in the AHA but without it we'd be a lot worse off. I look at it as a good first step. Our medical costs are higher than most 1st world countries but the level of care is about the same. Instead of coming together to solve problems all we do is say no, no, no and my way or the highway on both sides of the question. President Obama has extended his hand to the Republicans who did nothing but bite it off. Until they are willing to compromise, this being election year they may just a little or suffer huge defeats, nothing is going to get done.
Obama cut $500 BILLION from Medicare based on the lie / promise that it would be eliminating waste and fraud.
He has found 1% in three years!
Obama is a manipulator and liar.
Awfully hard to compromise / work with that kind of disingenuous jackass.
Little Bob lotsanumbers--how much did the Bush administration recover? Read what baldeagle11 said, you might learn something! Obama didn't cut $500 B from medicare, that was money given to private insurance companies for Medicare Advantage. Why should other medicare recipients pay for subsidizing private insurance companies?
bob-180,
MIAMI -- Federal authorities say they recovered $4.1 billion in health care fraud judgments last year, a record high which officials on Monday credited to new tools for cracking down on deceitful Medicare claims.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/health-care-fraud-judgment_n_1275320.html
I was actually thrilled to hear the government actually recovered $4.1 billion from Medicare fraud. They've talked incessantly about doing it....and it seems they are actually getting to it. I hope they continue their efforts.
Now, if they can also work on cutting $4.1 billion from electric car subsidies, $4.1 billion from projects like Cowboy Poetry, $4.1 billion from all the other wasteful porky projects, we'll make some progress.
$4 billion here, $4 billion there...and pretty soon we're talking about real money!
Great news! Enough to fund our deficit spending, for one day, less the cost for the bureaucracy needed to recover the $4.1 billion.So we probably broke even.
jody - Bush? What does bush have to do with obama moving $500 billion from medicare to obamacare? Especially considering the justification was partially based on "savings" to be found in medicare.
BTW - Jody I talked with my diabetic educator at the end of january to see if she woukld still have a job after obamacare became fully implimented. She said the educators were working on getting obamacare modified so they didn't lose their jobs. I guess obamas emphasis on education doesn't extend into the healthcare business.
She also mentioned that what medicare pays out to physicians in iowa for medicare reimbursement was among the lowest in the nation. I can hardly wait to qualify for medicare to have my endocrinologist and primary care physician spend more time on my health-care.
Candice,
Me too - at least it's a start!
american,
It is a known fact that Meidcare reimbusrment is lower to providers in the MidWest. Why is that?
Because of the formula that was used when Medicare first started. The Midwest was penalized becaue we had already begun to get a handle on heathcare. We had PPO, group clinics, etc that was bringing down cost.
Every Congress person from the midwest has tried for years to get the formula updated. But guess who has more votes in Congress: FL,CA, TX,NY. or states like IA, MN, WIS?
It is a fairness issue. Every person on SS pays the same amount for Part B based on when they enrolled and not where they lived. But the doctors in FL get more money for the same procedure as the doctor in Iowa.This is after factoring the cost of lving in both states.
I would like to give my 40.00 to defeat assw_pe barack.
A typical RWNJs problem. That you can play with 40.00, or bet $10,000 on a presidential debate floor those not mean your neighbor can. Out of touch indeed and this is why GOP is loosing the debate at hand.
One thing is to be rich and the other is to be foolish with your riches.
Thanks, but no thanks!
Give it to Mitt so he can add it to his $4.6 million income profit he "earned" last year, just sitting on his a___ss.
Maybe he will give you back 25 cents when you go begging at the door of one of his multiple houses.
The liberals are thrilled Congress only has a 10% approval rating!. And the President is running against a 'do nothing congress". Line up those bad incumbents and throw them out!
Only one fly in the ointment, moonbats.
You are creating a circular firing squad !
The Democrats control the US Senate.
And over 20 liberal Democratic Senators are all lined up to be defeated this fall; after all, they are part of the "do nothing" Congress" .
We appreciate your help in throwing out incumbents. Maybe the GOP will get to 60 senators, then the filbuster cant be used.
None of your dreams of such will happen. Also, that VA Governor will not be the VP.
Pat in Boston says :
"I have talked with many many people in the last few weeks who were/are Republicans'
Sure, you have, Pattie boy, in your own moonbat mind, anyway....why Boston is just full of Republicans, isnt it? My brother in Boston is about the only Republican there; have you talked to him?
Of four Republican friends I have, three have told me that they will not be voting for any of the people on the ticket and two are voting for President Obama. One flat out told me that he is ashamed of his party, and that they the Republicans have become the clown party in eyes. The fourth told me we would vote for Romney, but he would be holding his nose.
Bob in Virginia,
My office is inundated with Republicans (approx. 100 employees) and I bet more than half of them are Republicans, but I'm reaching out to them, one republican at a time and I'm happy to see they have zero love for today's GOP. Zero.
"Pattie boy" I would assume refers to a male, of which I'm not.
Hey, what's a moonbat mind anyway?
Job and Pat are full of @!$%#. I don't know of one Republican that would vote for Obama. Out of all the Independents I know there are a few that may still vote for Obama, but most are just waiting to see the the GOP nominee will be.
JFK,
My closest friend for the last 25 years, a life-long Republican and strong second amendment advocate told me earlier this month that he intends to vote for President Obama.
He also told me yesterday that the RNC called him seeking his support (money) and he told them that because of how the Republicans ruined this country and the economy during the Bush era no Republican will get any money and definitely not his vote this year.
Bob, have you noticed what is happening with Scott Walker (R), Wisconsin's Governor. Maybe since he isn't likely to be working in November he can run for GOP VP. He'd fit right in.
Remember when the President was the one who caved and the Republican House wielded the whip hand? Looks like the tables have turned and the President has learned that he doesn't need to compromise with people who would end unemployment benefits, most of which help MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. I'm enjoying this.
Fancy "This", I live in Ankeny Iowa. My 76 year old retired since 1997 father-in-law just got rehired by John Deere for $31/hr to work on the line building cotton pickers. Not glamorous work but good pay for this state and certainly for a good old boy. Now he's double dipping his retirement pay with $31/hr. It's about time someone cut off the unemployment crap and forced people to go to work. Whining about "no jobs" is getting old for those of us who have to pay for laziness... VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2012
Fancy That. I don't get why people think living on unemployment benefits is a good thing. President Obama and many Democrats take great pride in helping folks try to support their families on $15,600 a year. When your income is 65% of the poverty level, you are no longer MIDDLE CLASS. You are poor. Worse than poor, actually.
A better way would be to create an environment that allows private business to create jobs, and encourage folks to take those jobs created.
Call your congressman and tell them to raise someone elses taxes???? I think Samual L. Jackson said it best. "I just voted for him because he's black".
UAW Pleeeeeeeease
Isn't that the same reason why you'll never ever vote for him? Search your soul.
Pen, I've hired 100's of minorities. Many of them would have been a far better choice to lead this country. I just want to point out that picking a president based on race is a poor idea.....
UAW Pleeeeeeeease
You can hire for many reasons best known to you and you alone. Samuel voted for a reason known to him and he's entitled to it. From this end, I see no color or colour. Who ever judge this President based on his color and not what he can offer or done is wrong. Happy val's day.
...And, Pen - I'll be some of uaw's best friends are Jewish. (wink, wink)
Prejudiced? Him?
Romney's budget proposal calls for deeper tax cuts for the wealthy. Republicans, especially at the state level, are intent on bringing down labor unions' collective bargaining rights, meaning their right to express themselves to employers. Wages have been stagnant for three decades. Republicans intend to change that by removing benefits and lowering wages by emasculating unions.
The only growth plan Republicans are committed to is growing the gap between average income for 95% of Americans and the loot of the top 5%. Why waste profit on workers pay?
I am always in contact with the people in Washington who represent me. They know my name and know it well. Recently I expressed my disapproval of what is happening in Congress and told them that if they pay attention more to the special interests and money that my vote will not be for them. I have told them also that there are some things we need to do and first among them is to pass laws that will create jobs. We need to get rid of the SUPER PACs and curtail lobbying. We also need to beef up the AHA and change the mandatory provision in it that requires everyone to buy insurance or be fined. I said that if someone doesn't want to pay for insurance they should be required to sign a paper that declares that they will put up all they own including business, home, car, etc. but the clothes on their back to pay for any and all medical treatment they or their dependants receive. If they set up a private account to pay for medical treatment that is fine. I really don't care how they pay for it. Also we need to find ways of reducing the cost of medical care starting with the ambulance chasing lawyers and go from there.
The economic problems will not be solved with tax cuts alone nor with spending cuts alone but with a combination of both. President Obama's budget takes steps in that direction and he should be praised for that. Instead of each side blaming the other for the bad economy we need Congress to work together to solve the problem with compromises on all sides. The tax cut have not created jobs, obviously, and so Congress and the Administration need to work together to find out what will work. The stimulus seems to have helped a bit but doesn't go far enough fast enough. Perhaps a few lessons from the "New Deal" days will help solve today's economic ills.
Baldeagle11, Obamas budget does nothing in the sense of spending cuts except to kick that can further down the road. You can't be serious... Oh, and by the way, what tax cuts are you talking about. Wait the one for small businesses...what a joke that was, heck its costs twice as much to hire someone then the so called tax cuts they were given.
If I had an extra $40 I would donate it to the GOP.....
You know, public input to their representatives on issues (any issue) would be a good thing. Politicians get so caught up in the Washington bubble that a strong outpouring from their constituents on everything from local drainage issues to Afghanistan would probably not hurt and could do a world of good!
The usual tactic from this terrible fraud - gin up the division. Poison the nation with class envy and hatred. obama is EASILY the worst thing to ever sit in the WH. Getting rid of obama cant come soon enough
Want to thank all of you, for your Powerfull stand against Oboma & His Corrupted political partners.
But there is so much more we can do. Being aggressive and focusing on the facts and truth is only the first step.
We musT follow Up with more details standing by our convictions and dont back down.
Oboma has NOT brought CHANGE, In fact ~! ~ THE ONLY real THING needing CHANGE !....Was Barack Hussein Obama II.
HIMSELF
Barack Hussein Obama II (
Who hates American Values ) who is A " SELF PROCLAIMED Enemy" ~of responsible, Morally Conscious HARD WORKING Americans.
oBOMAS Irresponsible & DRUG MAFIA and reckless supporters KNOW~ that Barack Hussein Obama II, WILL FORCE YOU to paY THEM, out of your PockeT .{ FOR all of their UNCHECKED Vices and THRILLS/
{ All on YOU
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your COST & Sacrifice.\ ...This UN~CHANGABLE fraud, has done His VERY BEST to Inspire VIOLENCE.
THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS.. saying ......To his supporters.Saying "Get ready for hand-to-hand combat with your Fellow Americans" – Obama has ALSO DECLARED to his Supporters. "I want all Americans to get in each others faces!– Obama Demands !
"You bring a knife to a fight pal, we'll bring a gun" –
THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS.. ANGER VIOLENCE And more taxes..... THIS IS OBAMAS Change for america /"Hit Back Twice As Hard". He commands ! *Obama on the private sector: ~~ "We talk To these folks…~ / so I know whose a*$ to KICK." OBOMA wants to KICK your a*$ /```
Shouting THAT Republican victory would mean ~ "hand to hand combat" and HE IS EXPECTING people to be on Edge and ON BORDERLINE killing MODE, `` VIOLENT / and STAND and STOMP and MOB for their immoral CAUSES and THIS IS WHAT HE LIVES FOR ./ ./ ./ THESE ARE OBAMAS OWN WORDS.. !* Obama Tells democrats: " I'm itching for a fight." !
....PLEASE.... go to reXes NEW WebsiTe ~ ! Oboma *( Just like Adolf Hitler~~\oBOMA~~~ Demands ! -- [ THE FINAL SOLUTION - for Un~Wanted Children
Barak Obama is A MURDERER .~Torturing UNWANTED babys on DEATH ROE.
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OBAMA TAKES a little NEW BORN innocent child, BORN ALIVE sTabS it iN the head and SUCKs ITS BRAINS OUT.
This is just too wrong and horrible. Please stand for Loving Children and the USA.
Respectfully and Thankfully Thank you ALL for your Time.
To see HORRIBLE HONOR Killings~` HATE CRIMES ]`~ ! eXecuted by the CLINTON,RENO and ATF Media WHO COMMITTED H0NOR KILLINGs [
SLAUGHTERING }] 21 LITTLE Helpless Children at Waco.
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geez Mr. President, we're all kind of busy seeing that your miserable incompetent skinny ass is not here after the next election.... sorry guess you'll just have to postpone your next vacation and get it done yourself, you moron!