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Subscribe to RSSIn a purely political exercise this afternoon in the Senate, Senate Democrats narrowly passed a bill 51 to 48 to extend Bush-era tax cuts for middle class Americans for another year. With Vice President Biden presiding over the Senate, Democrats lost only two votes: Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who regularly votes with Democrats.
Under the plan, income tax rates for individuals making up to $200,000 and families making up to $250,000 would remain the same in 2013. Rates on upper income Americans would expire on Dec. 31st.
"This is a big victory for the American people today," Vice President Biden said in a show of support for Senate Democrats. Biden's presence in the Senate chamber was a symbolic move, his vote was not needed to put Democrats over the top.
The bill follows through on an election-year call from President Obama to protect the middle class from an income tax hike next year. He has campaigned on the message that wealthier Americans should pay more in taxes to help reduce the national deficit.
"Democrats believe this country can't afford more budget-busting giveaways for the top 2 percent of earners," Majority Leader Harry Reid told his fellow senators on the floor.
But Republicans argue the Democrats’ bill would mean almost a million small business owners in those upper tax brackets would see a tax increase. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democrats are not serious about the nation's fiscal problems.
"We know this is not about the economy. We know this is about the election," he shot back at Reid on the floor.
"Thank goodness it’s not going anywhere because it would be bad for the economy. The single worst thing we could do to the country," he said of the Democrats’ bill.
House Republicans have no plans to take up the Senate-passed bill; they will move ahead next week on their own legislation that would extend the Bush-era tax rates for all Americans for one year. A similar version failed today in the Senate.
The legislative maneuvering has set the stage for two competing messages heading into November.
As the Senate Democrat's political messaging leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters,
"The House can either pass these middle-class tax cuts, like we did, or it will be clear they're putting millionaires first."
Or the Republican view as articulated by Mitch McConnell: "Here's the Democratic plan for the economy: ‘We'll get this thing going again. We'll get it going again by raising taxes ... give us your money, and we'll handle it for you.’ That's their tax plan. That's their plan for the economy and jobs."
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generally the longer the lib rant; the weaker the argument
Really moron because your arguments are @!$%#. How about Reagan's 11 tax hikes? Or the raising of the debt celling 18 times for Bush? Huh . Yup your and idiot! Your a bright one! Please since you know it all tell us about Mitts off shore accounts. I would love to hear it. Being as I am wealthy and never have to work again and have been in the markets for the last 10 years. Please enlighten us all. I know I support higher taxes for my bracket and I know most of my wealthy friends do. Your kinda pathetic!
I use to be a republican but then they got highjacked by the tea party. Real republicans would have really and truly compromised. Thats just a fact. Why don't you get you nose out of GROVERS ASS and act like a real republican.
you love reagan cuz he raised taxes? or are you just an idiot floundering to make a point you cant make?
you objected to bush raising the debt ceiling right leftard; and dems voted against it right? obama did vote against it; so why is it the right thing to do now?
hypocrite; and your leader is a flip-flopping moron too
sendhimhome, so this is what it is when a child tries to associate with adults. Keep fighting your fellow Americans and see where that gets you. Adults are supposed to behave maturely and with common sense.
Reading your post reveals your lack of maturity.
the left are a bunch of little fascist-wannabes. stupid hypocrites who cant even get their own lies straight. obama signed the EXTENSION OF THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR ALL INCOME BRACKETS INTO LAW just about a year and a half ago.
the lemmings on MSNBC message boards say they were "held hostage" and had to do it cuz the mean ol Tea People punked down the libs; but obama said it was a bad time to raise taxes on ANYBODY. who which one of you was lying; you or your ACORN MESSIAH?
NOW what has changed in less than 2 years that we dont need the tax cuts for EVERYBODY NOW? CAN you leftnuts really say the economy is good now?
30 years leftard? which ones were those? you didnt like the clinton years? arent you leftardz EVER satisfied?
Good for the middle and lower classes...McConnell and the like pay up. Next the American people should vote to determine pay rates for the House.
Please be careful as to how you cut the Defense budget...got get our military back home safe first ...in the mean time keep it real and don't cut too much.
leftard mentioned syria; obama rained bombs on libya cuz they have lost of oil and said he needed to to stop the killing. ten times as many people have been slaughtered in syria but obama cant find his balls
hypocrites
SENDHIMHOME
Your stupidity is amazing!
thanks loon; coming from you i consider that a compliment
and leftard mentioned iran. who is the iranian leaders best buddy? why it's socialist dictator hugo chavez; a hero to American leftardz!
Read this you moron this is your party and lack of action.
This is what you support! NICE JOB!
During the 2010 mid-terms the GOP campaigned fiercely on the platform of job creation and, as a result of such promises, the GOP gained the majority in the House of Representatives. As the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner made the welcome claim that the primary goal of the Republican Party was to increase employment in the U.S.
His exact words were: "We're going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs."
The following, therefore, is a chronological list of legislation by the GOP beginning 2-10-2011 which I created purely for my own amusement. That it has reached its current imposing length without one anecdotal citation of new employment as a result of Republican legislation is simply shocking. Shame on these useless hypocrites.
There are those who choose to place the blame for high unemployment on Mr. Obama's shoulders, but keep in mind that it's the House that enacts legislation and controls the governmental purse-strings, not the President. The Stimulus package passed by the Democrats in 2009 helped the economy but would have been more effective if the GOP hadn't limited it to little more than a package of more useless tax breaks for the rich.
Update 6-18-2012: It's officially clear to everyone, even the foreign press, that the GOP will do nothing to help the economy, betting that bad finanacial times will help Mitt Romney in the upcoming presidential elections. In addition, thinkprogress.com offers five ways the GOP has actively sabotaged job growth.
Non-Job Creation Legislation of 2012:
1-2-2012: Congress will return to session on January 17th. They will work for six whole days this month. Must be nice. Don't expect much Federal job creation during this period.
1-18-2012: Here we GO!
On Tuesday, the 17th, the House selected a new as-yet-unnamed Sergeant-At-Arms. On the 18th the House will attempt and fail to vote down Mr. Obama's request for a debt increase. The House will then adjourn until Monday. No jobs were created.
1-23-2012: Not much today. Just a panel discussion on doing business with the military, plus some GOP shenanigans called the Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011. Simply put, it's an attempt to make the president culpable for lousy budgets. No jobs were created.
1-25-2012: Speaker of the House John Boehner claims that the GOP passed 30 jobs bills in the past session of Congress. Well, they passed 30 "somethings" but they certainly had little to do with job creation. Follow the link and laugh.
1-27-2012: The House held hearings on Wednesday trying to cut retirement benefits for federal employees. They also redefined what an "aircraft" is. They then took Thursday off. No jobs were created.
1-30-2012: On Friday, the 27th, the House was in session for a whole four minutes. No jobs were created.
1-31-2012: Today the House voted on a motion to consider the repeal of the CLASS Program, part of the Affordable Health Care Act aimed at helping low-income citizens get health care. It passed on party lines. Don't expect it to escape the Senate. No jobs were created.
2-3-2012: The House proposed a bill that keeps welfare recipients out of strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores. The actual purpose of the bill was to have Democrats vote against it so that their Republican opponents can claim Democrats are FOR such nonsense. The bill passed 395-27 but it will die in the Senate, so ha-ha-ha, GOP. No jobs were created.
2-6-2012: Last week House Republicans approved language for debate on two bills that would gut Federal programs without having to pass specific legislation. This would, essentially, equal more tax cuts for big business. No jobs were created.
2-8-2012: The consistent upward trend in employment numbers would seem to be an excellent time for the GOP to bask in glory as good shepherds of the economy. But even though they've done absolutely nothing to increase employment for the past year all they can do is grumble that "More should be done". For once, they're right. No jobs were created.
2-10-2012: House Republican's are watering down the insider trading bill so that Democrats will vote against it. Thus, come November, our GOP pals can say that Democrats are actuallyfor insider trading. What more could we expect from these useless conservative sleazebags?No jobs were created.
2-13-2012: Today there will be exactly one hearing about "exploring all energy options." It should be called "exploring oil energy options." Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are trying to kill the Violence Against Women Act. No jobs were created.
2-15-2012: So which party has introduced "the most partisan" and "worst transportation billthat Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood has seen in 35 years"? Go on... guess. (Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.) No jobs were created.
2-17-2012: The House will presumably vote on and pass the payroll tax extension today. Then they'll leave town for ten days in order to celebrate Presidents Day. Cushy gig. No jobs were created.
2-20-2012: Congress is out this week on an extended Presidents Day vacation. Between now and April they're going to take four weeks off. Who the heck made this ridiculous schedule? (Hint: It was the majority party in the House. The idea being, I suppose, that the less Congress is in session, the less gets done.) No jobs were created.
2-27-2012: The Congressional Circus is back in action after a week off for President's Day, and today they'll be considering H.R. 4078, "The Regulatory Freeze of Jobs Act of 2012." It's worse than it sounds as its intent is "to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent." Cue the sad trombone sound. No jobs were created.
2-29-2012: The House failed to pass the Research Works Act, which would have prohibited federal agencies from releasing the result of taxpayer-funded research. No jobs were created.
3-2-2012: Yesterday the House spent most of the day debating and passing the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. Meanwhile, in the Senate, Democrats, plus Olympia Snowe, fended off the execrable Blunt Amendment. In addition, Speaker Boehner vows to continuecontraception fight. Because it's all about jobs, right?No jobs were created.
3-5-2012: On Thursday, the 1st of March, the House unanimously voted to allow itself to give oral histories of the civil rights era, then condemned Iran for finding one of its citizens guilty ofapostasy. The House then took Friday off.No jobs were created.
3-7-2012: On Monday the House spent two whole hours naming two federal buildings and then adjourned. On Tuesday they shuffled paper all day regarding a Bureau of Reclamation bill involving hydropower development. No jobs were created.
3-9-2012: The House spent all day Thursday debating H.R. 3606, the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act". It is better known as the "Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act". What it actually is, is a financial market deregulation bill. What it REALLY is, is a fake jobs bill. No jobs were created.
3-12-2012: Last Friday, March 9th, members of the House attended a hearing in Saranac Lake, NY, to discuss a farm bill. No jobs were created. Today, the House has scheduled a single hearing on (Are you ready?) "Explosion of Federal Regulations Threatening Jobs and Economic Survival in the West"... in Elko Nevada. DAMN those regulations! No jobs were created.
3-14-2012: The House is in another recess until Tuesday, the 20th of March. No jobs were created.
3-19-2012: The House is theoretically in session. They're back in Washington but nothing much is scheduled this week except for hearings. They might as well be painting their bedroom's black and listening to Led Zeppelin albums. No jobs were created.
3-21-2012: On Monday, the 19th, the House was called to order at 4PM. They then spent the next four hours arguing a bill that would allow Israeli nationals to receive nonimmigrant visas. No jobs were created.
On Tuesday, the House convened at Noon. The GOP spent the balance of the day trying tosteal a Virginia park to fence to their industrialist buddies. No jobs were created.
3-23-2012: For the past two days the House has been debating H.R. 5, the "HEALTH" bill, which is actually about tort reform. No jobs were created.
3-26-2012: The House took last Friday off. No jobs were created.
3-28-2012: The House debated FCC transparency, baby monitors, and a transportation bill but nothing of note passed. No jobs were created, either.
3-30-2012: The House voted to end Medicare again but, thankfully, they signed a 90-day extension to the transportation bill. No jobs were created.
4-2-2012: The House vacated the premises early last Friday and won't be back in session until the 16th of April. No jobs will be created.
4-16-2012: The House is back in session but it's mostly just nuts-and-bolts stuff this week. Although a vote on another corporate tax cut bill (H.R. 9) is in the offing.
4-18-2012: The House voted down the Buffet Rule, awarded Lena Horne a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, then argued the rest of the day about rules to "enhance" hunting, fishing, and shooting. No jobs were created.
4-20-2012: The House passed "The Small Business Tax Cut Act" (H.R. 9) but they might as well have named the bill "Ponies For Everyone" because it wasn't about small business, and it will never pass the Senate. No jobs were created today.
4-23-2012: The House was in pro forma session to keep President Obama from assigning badly needed federal judges. No jobs were created.
4-25-2012: The House spent the day dealing with the legislative version of cleaning their room. In this case it meant passing bills that dealt with adjustments to the boundaries of parklands, land swaps, and the like. No jobs or anything remotely like them were created.
4-27-2012: The House pased a couple of suspension bills (The DATA Act and the Small Business Credit Availability Act). They also passed CISPA, which is distressing, but the prez has promised a veto. Looking forward to that. Oh, and no jobs were created.
4-30-2012: On Friday the House approved a bill that lowers the interest on student loans, but tacked on a rider which guts the Health Care Act. It's designed to result in a presidential veto, at which point Republicans can claim that Mr. Obama doesn't care about higher education.
To which I say "@!$%# these Republicans! @!$%# these horrible, greedy, useless, poisonous bags of scum!"
5-9-2012: The House is back in session but they only passed a handful of suspension bills. No jobs were created.
5-11-2012: The GOP-led House passed several bills that denied the Obama administration funds to fight for progesssive issues. Read the dismal details here. No jobs were created even though Speaker Boehner again claimed the GOP had a tight focus on jobs... when beingspecifically asked about why his party is passing so much anti-gay legislation. @!$%# this guy. No jobs were created.
5-14-2012: Last Thursday the House passed the Sequestration Replacement Act, designed to fatten the Pentagon coffers at the expense of the elderly and the poor. It is destined to die in the Senate. No Jobs were created.
5-16-2012: The House was not in session on Monday, but on Tuesday the legislators busied themselves passing noncontroversial suspension bills. Ho-hum. No jobs were created, but you already knew that.
5-18-2012: The House passed a watered-down Violence Against Women Act. Basically, if you're an immigrant or a native American woman, you're fair game for any sadist. They'll pass a major defense funding bill tomorrow and then will take the next week off. No jobs were created.
5-21-2012: On Friday the House passed a bloated defense spending bill, even though they were obligated to cut defense spending as part of the Super Committee agreement. Not only did the new bill include discriminitory language it also included an amendment allowing the government to institute propaganda against the American people. The president has vowed to veto this bill. No jobs were created unless you count the military contractors rolling in effluent streams of your tax dollars.
5-23-2012: Say it with me now: "The House is in recess until the 30th of May. Must be nice to have so many vacations. Oh, how I hate those indolent GOP swine."
6-1-2012: Another day, another abortion bill. This time the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act." Which was designed to stop abortions based on sex or race. Seriously. It failed to pass. Apart from that bit of nonsense the day was one long last-minute rush to pass bills that pay the government credit card. No jobs were created.
6-4-2012: Last Friday three Democratic (Hahn, Kaptur, Tonko) amendments to increase funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy failed, while three Republican (Hultgren, Chaffetz, McClintock) amendments to reduce funding of energy efficiency and renewable energy also failed. No jobs were created.
6-6-2012: The House was not in session on Monday but on Tuesday it spent the day amending water and energy bills, mostly shuffling money from one account to another. It was not a job creating event.
6-8-2012: The House passed a bill to repeal a new exise tax on medical devices. The GOP refers to this as a "jobs bill". Another waste of time as the Senate will not consider the bill. In the meantime the GOP is still losing its @!$%# over incandescent lightbulbs, voting to restrict funding for the application of energy-efficient lighting (The GOP evidently believes that CFL's are manufactured in Hell itself.) Job creation was not in evidence.
6-11-2012: On Friday the House voted to cut funding for Open World Leadership Center, theCongressional Research Service, and the Washington Botanic Garden. But, on the bright side, they voted themselves funds to print some snazzy new pocket-sized editions of the U.S. Constitution to hand out to constituents. As always, no jobs were created.
The House is in recess until the 18th of June.
6-20-2012: The past two days have seen nothing fancy from the House. Just a couple of suspension bills and some laws aimed at American Indians. No attempt was made to create jobs.
6-22-2012: The cluster@!$%# that is the Republican-led House of Representatives spent much time dawdling over the transportation bill, the only meaningful jobs bill under consideration. (Don't get your panties twisted about the "jobs" part of this bill. This same bill must be extended each and every year and the only time there's any opposition is when the president is black.) No jobs were created.
6-25-2012: The House adjourned on Friday, the 22nd. No jobs were created.
6-27-2012: The House was pro forma on Monday but was in session until almost 11:30 Tuesday night. Nothing got done. They couldn't even agree to name four post offices. No jobs were created.
6-29-2012: On Thursday, the 28th, the House passed several Homeland Security bills, named a couple of post offices, and voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of.... something, because the right-wing base is screaming for blood and they must be appeased. No jobs were created.
7-2-2012: On Friday, the 29th, the House grudgingly passed the Transportation Bill, which has never been a problem up until now, and mortgaged the future of college graduates. No jobs were created.
The House is now adjourned until the 9th of July.
7-11-2012: The House spent the entire day Tuesday debating the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. This is the 33rd time in 18 months that they've tried this. According to the Congression Research Service these votes have cost the tax-payers $50 million dollars. For the record, the House has voted on exactly one jobs bill in the same time period. No jobs were even remotely created.
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Non-Job Creation Legislation of 2011
(1) Attempted curtailing of abortion rights.
(2) Attempted defunding of Planned Parenthood.
(3) Attempted defunding of NPR.
(4) Investigating Muslims.
(5) Declaring English as America's Official Language.
(6) Reaffirming "In God We Trust". Yawn.
(Hmm. The list is getting long. Better start dating this stuff.)
(7) 3-28-2011: Challenging AARP's tax-exempt status.
(8) 4-1-2011: Approved defunct funding for failed religious schools.
(9) 4-6-2011: Attempt to destroy Medicaid.
(10) 4-8-2011: Attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood.
(11) 4-11-2011: Planning on shutting down the government
(12) 4-13-2011: Attempt to destroy the EPA.
(13) 4-15-2011: Attempting to eliminate financial counseling.
(14) 4-18-2011: Passed a House budget that gives $4 trillion in tax cuts to the rich.
(15) 4-20-2011: Spent $500,000 to discriminate against gays.
(16) 4-22-2011: Continued toadying for the rich.
(17) 4-25-2011: Pretending the deficit is to blame for slow job growth.
(18) 4-27-2011: De-funded SETI. (ARGH!!!!!!!)
(19) 4-29-2011: Tried to kill Chrysler two years ago... which is now going to pay back all its government loans.
(20) 5-2-2011: The Judicial Branch of the GOP, the Supreme Court, votes 5-4 to deny consumer class-action suits.
(21) 5-4-2011: Redefining rape. Yes, redefining rape.
(22) 5-6-2011: Pushing for spending caps tied to GDP. (That's a really, really REALLY bad idea.)
(23) 5-9-2011: Claimed credit for dropping oil prices because they passed a bill.
(24) 5-11-2011: Refuse to reduce oil subsidies.
(25) 5-13-2011: Stood helplessly and watched as Senator John Ensign made Bill Clinton look like a Carmelite nun.
(26) 5-16-2011: Attempt to retool Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare-killing bill.
(27) 5-17-2011: Prevented the raising of the federal debt limit. Let the catastrophic job loss begin.
(28) 5-18-2011: Watches Rome burn with their Wall Street pals.
(29) 5-19-2011: Filibustered bill to repeal oil subsidies.
(30) 5-20-2011: Rejected Goodwin Liu for judge simply because Mr. Obama nominated him.
(31) 5-23-2011: Abortion. Abortion. Abortion. As in "restrictions".
(32) 5-27-2011: Spent five hours debating NPR, five minutes debating Afghanistan.
(33) 5-27-2011: GOP releases their jobs plan. Hilarity ensues.
(34) 5-30-2011: Continue to hold the debt limit hostage in order to make more money for billionaires.
(35) 6-1-2011: Brought to the House floor a bill specifically blaming President Obama's 2012 budget for raising thestatutory debt limit by $2.4 trillion dollars, a budget the very same Republican-led Congress earlier passed.
(36) 6-6-2011: Pulled from the floor a Democratic resolution to remove soldiers from Libya, because it just might have passed.
(37) 6-3-2011: Conceived a plan to replace three federal employees with just one federal employee. Yes, they're now actually reducing jobs.
(38) 6-9-2011. Nothing. They did absolutely nothing to create jobs. Not a damn thing.
(39) 6-13-2011. Nothing, though they're jabbering a lot about privatizing Social Security. Again. Sigh.
(40) 6-15-2011. Attempts to cut billions from needy seniors and hungry children in order to raise the defense budget... again.
(41) 6-17-2011. The GOP is censoring Democratic congressional newsletters because they're using the GOP's own words to define the excremental Ryan Budget. Nice.
(42) 6-20-2011: The GOP held a convention in New Orleans and hired an Obama look-aliketo stand on stage and tell racist jokes. So +1 to the GOP for giving a man a job but -1,000,000 points for the kind of job it was.
(43) 6-22-2011: I'm sad to report that the GOP didn't do a dang thing to create jobs today, but I'll give them credit for not using senior citizens for skeet shooting practice.
(44) 6-24-2011: Yesterday the Democratic Congress stood up on its back legs and finally barked out what so many of us have been saying for the past six months--- that the Republican Congress is actively trying to stall the economy. There, was that so harrrrrrrd?
(45) 6-27-2011: The Republican Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling EIGHTEEN times for President Bush. Now the the GOP is holding collective their breaths and pitching fits, perfectly willing to cause world economic collapse just because that darned old spendthrift Obama wants to eliminate the corporate jet depreciation tax credit for their rich friends. Oy vey.
(46) 6-29-2011: Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) spent $9 million dollars of his own money in his race for a senate seat in 2010 but afterwards had his own company pay him back to the tune of $10 million in "deferred compensation". Is this illegal? Very probably, though it oddly resulted in one new American job: Senator Ron Johnson. So way to go, GOP! Only ten million more jobs to go.
(47) 7-1-2011: The GOP is on vacation until the 7th of July, even though a world-altering problem with the debt ceiling is looming. But don't worry, Democratic Senator Harry Reid and his left-wing pals are staying in Washington to get some real work done.
(48) The GOP was off for the 4th of July holidays.
(49) 7-6-2011: No new jobs to speak of but the GOP is working diligently to keep their true constituency, Wall Street fat cats, rolling in simoleons by attempting to roll back the financial reforms passed last year.
(50) 7-8-2011: Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's bright idea is to close tax loop holes.... and then give the accumulated monies back to the rich in the form of reduced taxes. That's our little non-job-makers!
(51) 7-11-2011: Speaker of the House John "Weepy-Boy" Boehner admits that not raising the debt limit will cost jobs. Ahhh, that explains everything. Atta boy, GOP!
(52) 7-13-2011: The GOP claims they passed 9 bills that would create 500,000 jobs. Exceptthey didn't create jobs. They really, really didn't.
(53) 7-15-2011: Finally. The GOP is doing some investigating, but it's not about Wall Street or Rupert Murdoch. The target in their cross hairs this time is <groan> Planned Parenthood. Again. This is the official definition of insanity, you know.
(54) 7-18-2011: Not only does the GOP continue to insist on slashing federal spending, which will cost jobs, jobs and more jobs, but now they want to hack the Constitution.
(55) 7-20-2011: Are you ready? The GOP today passed a bill that would "amend the Securities Act of 1933 to specify when certain securities issued in connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities for purposes of that Act." Ooooh, I'm all a-tingle.
(56) 7-22-2011: While unemployment claims are rising again the GOP is putting the screws tosmall airports in order to kill union labor.
(57) 7-25-2011: Speaker of the House John Boehner walks out of a debt ceiling meeting because that mean old pwesident Obama wouldn't knife his health care plan. Poor widdle John.
(58) 7-27-2011: No new jobs but at least 4000 workers have hit the bricks as a result of the GOP's jihad againstairport unions.
(59) 7-29-2011: The GOP wasted the past two days on its version of a debt ceiling bill that even its own party won't vote for. John Boehner is a miserable failure as both the Majority Leader and as a shepherd for these hard times.
(60) 8-1-2011: The GOP breaks out the fiddles while the economy burns. The tune they favor is the "Screw The Poor and the Elderly" polka, and they're hitting the coda HARD.
(61) 8-3-2011: The GOP is screwing everyone over by refusing to fund the FAA. As a result, airlines owners are currently pocketing millions in taxes that should go to the government.
(62) 8-5-2011: GOOD NEWS! The GOP has a plan to create 300,000 jobs.... no, wait. That'seliminate 300,000 jobs. Sorry.
(63) 8-8-2011: The GOP is on vacation but their henchmen continue to usurp the voting process by sending outphony absentee ballots.
(64) 8-10-2011: The GOP is proposing something called the REINS act which essentially gets rid of safety inspectors. So less jobs and more poison in your children's food. It's win-win, uh, lose-lose, uh, whatever!
(65) 8-12-2011: Employees of Boeing had their jobs illegally pulled out from underneath them. Guess which political party is doing their best to see that these employees don't have their day in court. Bingo!
(66) 8-15-2011: Yayyyy! Republican Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee (which investigates government corruption) is keeping his home district busy by securing millions of dollars for road and public works projects. I guess it was just a complete coincidence that most of the work is planned near properties Mr. Issa owns. Uh-oh.
(67) 8-17-2011: Republicans Darrell Issa and Dennis Ross introduced a bill in July that would accelerate thedestruction of the USPS and put all of its employees, hundreds of thousands of good Americans, out of work.
@!$%# Darrell Issa and @!$%# Dennis Ross! @!$%# 'em until their ancestors rise from the dead and beg forgiveness for ever having sired the malevolent little bastards.
(68) 8-19-2011: Hey, look! Good old Darrell Issa, Republican, has hired a guy named Peter Haller to help effect new regulations for banks, like Goldman Sachs. Unfortunately, Mr. Heller used to be called Peter Simonyi when he was a vice president for (wait for it) Goldman Sachs. Oh, you can bet you boots there's nothing underhanded about hiding behind another name. Not a thing. Nada. Zip. Zero.
(69) 8-22-2011: The GOP has a new job-creation plan... to have one rammed down their throats. You see, the Democrats want to include a job-creation trigger in the new Super Committee that will require the Republican Party to vote either for or against it. To vote against it would be, uhhh, dumb but I wouldn't put anything past our little conservative pals. Stay tuned.
(70) 8-24-2011: The GOP has been quiet on the job front lately so I have a request of Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry...
Re-invest in your porno companies, Rick.
It doesn't have to be a large investment but at the very least you'd put a few porn stars back on the cock, uh, I mean clock. Heck, if you're lucky they might even name a new position after you, one that no doubt involves the same anal lube that keeps your hair in place.
(71) 8-26-2011: Hey! It's our old pal Darrell Issa again, and he's hired a very nice man named Kurt Bardella to work for him on the Oversight Committee... only it's the same Kurt Bardella he fired five months ago for breach of trust. Guess this leopard found some really effective spot remover.
(72) 8-29-2011: Suppose you have a job but you need help with your mortgage. There's still $30 billion in theTroubled Asset Relief Program but the GOP wants to re-route that money to the federal deficit. This means more people will lose their homes and perhaps become homeless. Eventually jobless. Nice work, GOP.
(73) 8-31-2011: When the GOP returns from vacation they plan on voting every week to gut every government regulation within arm's reach because, you know, "regulation costs jobs". What they refuse to acknowledge is that regulation has been proven to actually create jobs.
(74) 9-2-2011: After unbridled "success" wrecking the economy once again with their "debt-ceiling" stunt House and Senate Republicans are starting to mumble about stalling the upcoming Highway Bill, costing Americans almost 2 million jobs. (These bills have traditionally been passed by overwhelming margins.)
(75) 9-3-2011: A recent CNN poll reveals that those who self-identify as Republicans would rather the president focus on jobs, not the deficit, by a margin of 54%-44%. So why has the Republican Party not proposed one, single jobs bill in nine months?
Because they're not Republicans! They're shills for their corporate masters who they can't WAIT to get another Republican stooge in the White House so they can screw the American people all over again like they did from 2001-2009.
(76) 9-5-2011: The GOP is on a Labor Day break, which is sort of like atheists enjoying Christmas services with the Pope, so not much in terms of job creation is happening. For now, we'll just have to thank presidential candidate Mitt "Magic Underpants" Romney for hiring all of the workers who will be laboring to quadruple the size of his Californiabeachfront mansion.
(77) 9-6-2011: Michelle Bachmann has a brilliant new answer for lots of high-paying jobs... slash the corporate tax rate to zero.... except corporate America is already paying an effective rate of zero. Even so, job creation is down the dumper. Back to the Etch-A-Sketch, Michelle.
(78) 9-8-2011: Presidential candidates Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, and Herman Cain have just announced their jobs programs. It's tax cuts for the rich, tax cuts for the rich, and tax cuts for the rich. Why didn't we think of this before?
(79) 9-9-2011: Rick Perry wants to kill Social Security. He also wants to eliminate the FDA, the FCC, the U.S. Post Office and just about all other federal employees except the military, the Supreme Court and himself. It's kind of a jobs plan if you long for 12th century feudalism.
(80) 9-11-2011: On Friday President Obama outlined a job's plan that is seen by economists as win-win. The Republican response to the program is to whine about it.
(81) 9-12-2011: Not much governance today so I think I'll just make a little comparison... which two types of professions do you think result in more jobs? Wall Street commodity speculators, or educators? And which group do you think the GOP is doing its darndest to reduce in numbers?
(82) 9-14-2011: I gotta hand it to the GOP. In this bleak economy they've found a way to increase jobs... in hospital emergency rooms. What they're doing is trying to cut funding in the transportation bill for bike paths and pedestrian walkways, thus ensuring more mayhem on our streets and guaranteed employment for EMT workers. It's pure gee-nyuss I tells ya!
(83) 9-15-2011: Today the GOP-led House passed a bill that would make it easier to fire union workers, union organizers, or simply move jobs overseas in order to bust a union. In essence, an anti-jobs bill.
(84) 9-16-2011: The government has provided loans that help the auto industry create jobs, loans that helped keep the assembly of the Ford Focus and the Nissan Leaf right here on American soil. Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor plans to strip half that money to repair damage from Hurricane Irene... in HIS district.
(85) 9-16-2011: President Obama is trying to fast track job creation for a company called LightSquared and Republicans are pissed, evidently because the owner of the company had the audacity to donate to the Democratic Party. He, uh, ahem, also donated equally to the Republican Party.
(86) 9-19-2011: Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor is back with a pithy statement about Mr. Obama's jobs bill: "While an all or nothing approach might make sense to some communicators, I hope the President realizes it would be better to work together." This from a man whose stated job it is to say, and I quote, "No" to anything the president proposes. I hope he gets a painful boil on his uvula.
(87) 9-21-2011: The leaders of the Republican Party just sent a letter to the Federal Reserve saying "Keep unemployment high." Honestly, the letter says, in essence, "Hey, those guys out there in the ocean are drowning. Hide the life-preservers."
(88) 9-23-2011: Look! It's Darrell Issa, Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, creating jobs. He's stumping for a huge loan package on behalf of a company, Aptera, which makes electric cars. This is great news, especially for the green economy, although I wonder if Mr. Issa would be so ecstatic if the company in question wasn't a major contributor to his campaigns.
Oops.
One more thing... the day after sending the glowing recommendation to the Energy Department Mr. Issa conducted a hearing entitled "How Obama’s Green Energy Agenda is Killing Jobs." Double-oops.
(89) 9-26-2011: The GOP is being suspiciously quiet so I want to take this opportunity to show you just how badly the Bush administration @!$%#ed-over the American people. Here's a chart of the GNP for this country over the past 60 years:
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mine718-3072802, ignore the idiots, as they are too damn lazy to read. Even if they did read it, they wouldn't understand. That would require a bit of intellect. Your post is intellect and facts wasted on idiots who are too naive to understand just how ignorant they really are. They believe they are great because they are Americans or because they inherited intellect. However, facts does not support their views.
And Reid has 24 job bills passed by the house and he refuses to introduce in the senate. Why? Afraid a few demcrats might vote for them and they pass.
there's a left-wing loser here who has to cut and paste; because he cant think for himself. if he tries to post something that he actually wrote or thought of; it's riddled with errors and obviously just stupid
dude seriously; you need to stop having obama donkey-punching you during rough gay sex; it's frying your brain
lol post the same 500-line stupidity all night! normal people are laughing at you!
where are the board monitors? this is just spamming
I am the normal moron!
Yeah I'm rich and I hate people like you that think they know something. Was it to hard for you to swallow the truth? Ah look she's always goto have the last word.
Did the big long article make her mad and can she even read? Like I said you wouldn't know a real republican if it bit you in the ass. Im not bothered by you in the least. You make me laugh because all though I am a dem I know that if the republicans get elected you will be hard up and eating your own words and I will be siting at home laughing at the idiots like you that thought they had a brain cell to rub against another one to get a thought out. Oh well No accounting for intellect or class.
Tell us oh great one about Mitts offshore please tell us all! MORON!
you're the normal moron?
ok
There is really something wrong with you.
Republicans say a tax increase on the Rich will cost jobs but the rich have enjoyed 10+ yrs of these taxcuts!! So my question is: How many jobs have the rich created using the tax cuts they have now? I would be the first to support tax cuts for the rich if they were already creating jobs with their tax cuts. Unfortunately the facts do not support extending the tax cuts for anyone to tell you the truth. I say let them all expire.
the same tax cuts that are in place now led to Bush having an 8-year unemployment average of just 5.2%. what changed? we got an inept community organizer acting a fool
Bush....did you say Bush??
This is how little georgey left things sally bob..
Enjoy !!!
""On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms, often substantially."
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/09/closing-the-book-on-the-bush-legacy/26402/
Bush had some of the worst jobs numbers do to his tax breaks.
You are a horrible liar!
I love making you look stupid its easy!
Even with today, private sector job creation under President Obama has far exceeded private sector job creation under President Bush. 40 months into his presidential term, there are currently more private sector jobs in the economy than when Obama came into office. At the same point in President Bush's term, the total number of private sector jobs was still down 1.7 percent from where it began.
The numbers are even starker when measuring each president's record from the moment job creation returned. Private sector job creation returned in February of 2010, the 13th month of President Obama's term. Since then, the economy has added 4.3 million private sector jobs, a 4 percent increase.
Under President Bush, the economy stopped shedding private sector jobs in July of 2003, fully 30 months into his administration. From that point until May of 2004, the economy added just 1.5 million private sector jobs, an increase of only 1.4 percent.
leftard; bush's jobs numbers are twice as good as obama's . you mentally-ill leftnuts here keep comparing clinton to bush; but the president is obama, not clinton or bush
sally bob gets owned !!!
Twice !!
lol love your spoon-fed talking points!!
let's keep it simple; more Americans had jobs when Bush was president. Unemployment NEVER got this high; even at the end of the Bush years.
at this point in Bush's first term unemployment was 4-point something %; less than half of what it is now and pretty much full employment
conservative societies always fail? are you sure dimwit? what happened to the Soviet union genius? and the far-left Iron Curtain countries?
wow leftard ignorance is thick in here!
the Poverty Rate was lower during the bush years than it is now
gas and food were cheaper
unemployment was lower; especially for minorities
the National Debt was lower; so were budget deficits
National debt was on its way up do to unfunded war and lower taxes. Nice try again. This is after all part of the deregulation to markets that he furthered after clinton. You really are stupid! LMAO!
how is the war in afghanistan being funded now idiot? did we pass a war tax i didnt hear about? nice try youwalking talking point of DNC ignorance
"unfunded wars" are "part of deregulation"?
wtf? you're a babbling imbecile
obama isnt clinton; geesh leftard is that all you got?
clinton signed welfare reform into law over the furious objections of the far left obama-types. obama has expanded welfare. clinton lowered the capital gains tax; today libs want to raise it
public sector employment is down mostly at the state and local level; obama wants credit for destroying the budgets of states with the strings attached to the stimulus bill that demanded jobs be kept long after the stimulus money rant out? ok!! lol
You need to brush up on your spin you suck at it!
You guys have fun listening to stupid.
god only knows what you suck at genius
Reagan raised taxes 11 times after he thought he could lower them. LMAO! Just another fact.
then.. He invaded Granada !!!!
Perhaps,.. his signature move !!!!!
Oooops,... forgot Iran/Contra !!!!
Record number of felony indictments !!!
Go ronny !!!!!!
so you're fond of Reagan huh? i thought you left-wing losers blamed "trickle-down' on him? how werent you just ranting about "30 years'?
so how can Reagan be the king of trickle-down if he raised taxes 11 times?
nothing you say adds up dingbat
aww leftard; couldnt i just take the loser leftard route and say Reagan's 8-year House majority Dems held Reagan "hostage" and made him do things he didnt want to do? isnt that you line with the current House? lol
Did Obama push Canada into China's arms by rejecting the Keystone Pipeline?
China is in the process of acquiring a stake in Canada's valuable Alberta oil sands, months after Obama suspended a plan to invest in the region
posted on July 25, 2012, at 2:25 PM
President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a White House press conference April 2: Spurned by Obama, Harper appears to be cozying up to China.Photo: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesSEE ALL 36 PHOTOS
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Has China swooped in to claim a prize the U.S. forfeited? This week, China's state-run energy giant CNOOC announced that it was buying Canadian oil producer Nexen for $15 billion, the largest-ever acquisition by a Chinese company. The deal would give China control over Nexen's oil sands operations in the Canadian province of Alberta (among other Nexen oil properties around the world), a huge win for the energy-hungry nation. The purchase still needs to be approved by Canada's parliament, which has blocked foreign takeovers of domestic businesses in the past. However, analysts say the odds look good, partly because oil-rich Canada has been forced to turn to other investors after President Obama suspended the Keystone Pipeline, a massive project that would have delivered oil from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, over environmental concerns. Did Obama push Canada into China's arms?
Yes. Canada has to sell its oil to someone: When Obama stalled the Keystone Pipeline, "it spurred Canada to look to China as a new partner," says Nathan Vardi at Forbes, and now "Canada's vital oil industry appears to be drifting to China." Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper responded to Obama's "snub" by immediately "heading to China to start negotiating energy deals." If Canada continues "to diversify its economic dependence away from the U.S.," it could be a "strategic setback for the U.S., which has been searching for years for secure sources of oil that are free from the political uncertainty that exists in Venezuela and the Middle East."
"CNOOC's Nexen deal shows how Obama pushed Canada toward China"
And Obama's environmental objections are now moot: "The lesson for America, and especially Democrats, is that Canada's oil sands will be [further] developed," despite objections over the environmental impact, says The Wall Street Journal in an editorial. "If the U.S. doesn't want the oil, China and the rest of Asia will gladly take it." China is trying to "replace the U.S. as Canada's biggest energy investor and market," and Obama is letting it happen over the most meaningless of objections.
"China's Canadian energy play"
Let's not get carried away. Nexen's Canadian presence is small: While CNOOC will win a stake in the Alberta oil sands, Nexen's holdings in Canada are relatively small, say Lee Chyen Yee and Jeffrey Jones at Reuters. Canadian lawmakers are hardly enthusiastic about having their natural resources owned by communist China, but "most of Nexen's assets lie outside Canada, making it less likely that it would be seen as a national champion falling into Chinese hands." The deal is unlikely to spark a wave of Chinese acquisitions in the U.S.'s backyard"
at the rate of spending of this Dem adminnistration; eliminating the tax cuts for the top brackets will pay for 8 1/2 days of spending. but will cost 700,000 jobs.
i swear you libs are just @#$%ing morons
Poor Obama. If he gets re-elected, just think of the mess he'll inherit!
AAAHAHAhahahaha........
Yeah, his first term he blamed Bush. Who is he going to blame if he gets a second term? Himself?? Hahahahaha
China is now talking to Canada about acquiring the oil Obongo turned down because it's a "fuel of the past".
You can't make this stuff up. He's destroying our country.
"We know this is not about the economy. We know this is about the election," he shot back at Reid on the floor.
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While the GOP's often-declared sole purpose in life is to defeat Obama in 2012. And of course it's not about the economy. The economy is just fine as far as they're concerned. They've done their utmost to make sure that it remains mired where it is, and then blaming Obama for the results.
honestly; what kind of idiot doesn't know both sides want to make the other guy a one-termer? what a bunch of crybabies.
i bet you got the whole "impeach Bush!" set of cofee mugs and t-shirt
hypocrite
When a people become so biased and intolerant that they refuse to unite and work with those who have different views, the country is in serious trouble. When a people re-elect the same dysfunctional people, who have an 8% approval rating, to the house and senate, they have no desire to improve the condition of their troubled nation. When a people becomes so naive, that they refuse to believe the things that I speak, and insist on being a divided nation that gets nothing accomplished, that is an example of a a shallow minded people who really don't care about the future of their nation. All they care about is having their way in spite of the fact that, they have no idea what's best for the country. Why can't we compromise and move the nation forward? For some strange reason, some of you believe that compromise is the worst thing that could happen to the nation. This leads me to believe that you are satisfied with a dysfunctional nation in gridlock, where nothing gets accomplished. There is something very wrong with the way the American people think, and I personally believe that ignorance plays a major role in it. We are determined not rise above our biases and personal feelings in order to do that which is necessary to rebuild our nation. Such behavior doesn't seen intelligent does it?
Tyrone E
100 years of compromise with liberalism has put us in this mess.
I have no tolerance for any conservative who will compromise any further with the Democrats.
We need in fact to remove the scourge of liberalism from our nation.
Your hardcore stance only damages your country. If that makes you feel like a man, have at it. I place country first. I don't have to like you to join you in an attempt to better America. By the way, do you think that conservatives should control the country and the liberals? That could be a sign of dictatorship.
"Remove the scourge of liberalism from our nation," Are you auditioning for the role of Hitler Jr.?
probiz-comment 3.33
Your watching too much faux news!!
Heres a quote from Mr. Romney himself at the SLC 2002 Olympics: "You Olympians know you did not get here solely on your own power. For
most of you, loving parents, sisters or brothers encouraged your hopes. Coaches
guided, communities built venues and organized competitions. ALL OLYMPIANS
STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO LIFTED THEM."
Sounds pretty bad when taken out of context.... Ya think!!!
another moronic liberal Foxophobe. isnt it just like a facist wannabe to want only one media voice?
You want to see what happens when Liberals have the majority anywhere? Check out California. Check out the bankrupt cities in CA...San Bernadino, Compton, Stockton. State can't get any bluer that CA. Another blue state, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, the state capital is bankrupt. Just some examples of what will happen in this country if the Dems remain in power too long???
Look at our country now. This is what happens when people become so politically divided that nothing gets accomplished. Learn to love and compromise with your fellow citizens. By the way, let's not forget that the conservatives brought us to our current state. To thy self always be true.
Tyrone E
100 years of compromise with liberalism has put us in this mess.
I have no tolerance for any conservative who will compromise any further with the Democrats.
We need in fact to remove the scourge of liberalism from our nation.
Your post is beyond what I normally consider to be biased and ignorant.
If obama is such a good potus why after 3.5 years he is responsible for nothing then what is he doing and what do you think the ones you want to raise taxes on . are they going to lower their profit margin or wait lets see they will raise prices on their goods and the middle class just got a tax increase they will pay for it from higher costs of goods and services. Good move now everything will cost more thanks.