Sen. Bernie Sanders voted against the House budget because it made devastating cuts to Head Start, Pell grants, community health centers, LIHEAP, the Social Security Administration and many other programs that are vitally important to millions of middle-class families.
“The Republicans want to move toward a balanced budget by slashing programs for working families at exactly the same time as they want more tax breaks for the rich. I find it ironic that, at a time when poverty is increasing because of the recession, the Republicans want to cut programs for low income children, the sick and the elderly," Bernie said. "At the same time, while the rich are getting richer, they want more tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. Clearly, any serious deficit reduction proposal must include shared sacrifice. The wealthiest people in this country must be asked to pay a little more in taxes to help this country move toward a balanced budget. It cannot just be the poor and working families who are asked to sacrifice.”
Where is the sacrifice from the rich??? What the hell is going on in this country?? We all know from the past we need to pull together , we need to work together! What is ONE sacrifice the rich have made in the past 3 years?? NAME ONE!!
Republiscums hate children, unless they are still in the womb.....The Republican House budget would slash Head Start by 20 percent, or $1.1 billion, forcing 218,000 children from the education and nutrition program and causing 55,000 layoffs nationally.
Rethuglicans love denying healthcare for all, they say it's a privilege not a right to have good health.....Community health centers and community support programs would be decimated throughout the country. The Republican House budget slashes $1.3 billion in funding for community health centers denying primary health care to 11 million patients.
Rushpubliscums HATE the well-educated, they LOVE to deny Americans the chance for a higher education......As a result of $5.7 billion in proposed cuts to Pell Grants, tuition assistance would fall an average of 17 percent, reducing or eliminating Pell Grants for 9.4 million low-income college students across the country.
Rethuglicans do not want Americans to go back to work, they don't want us on the path to recovery because that would reflect positively on President Obama, God-Forbid.....The cuts included in the Republican House budget would further harm the economy which continues to have trouble recovering from the recession which began more than three years ago in December 2007. Overall, the legislation passed by the Republican House is estimated to cause 700,000 job losses nationally.
Republiscums HATE needy people, disabled and seniors...... the House budget slashes the Community Services Block Grant program by $405 million which could reduce or eliminating emergency food, housing and heating assistance to 20 million seniors, families with children and the disabled.
Democrats are not without fault, I will condemn them when follow those slugs in Congress too! God Bless Bernie Sanders......he said this...“I voted against the Democratic proposal because, if the Democrats are serious about deficit reduction they have to raise revenue along with spending cuts. As part of an Emergency Deficit Reduction Fund, I will be introducing legislation that calls for a 5.4 percent surtax on millionaires as well as eliminating tax breaks for big oil companies,” he said.
“At a time when the gap between the very, very wealthy and everyone else is growing wider, will we try to balance the budget on the backs of the poor, the elderly, the sick, and the children? That is the question that we have to address right now,” Bernie said. “In the midst of a major a recession, it is morally wrong—and economically bad policy—to balance the budget on the backs of people who are already hurting.”
Get with the program Democrats! We have the upper hand because WE are listening to the people. All across the country is proof of what the GOP wants to do to this country, all over the internet people are furious, fed up with those lying hypocrites! "Give us a chance we will do better" the GOP said!
'Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me'
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Bernie is exactly right. It's a testament to the Big Lie that the Right still gets votes for their, "Every man for himself" and "You're on your own" ideology.
the righties really do believe every man for himself and you're on your own! They hate anyone who is not rich and they give give give and give some more to the rich. If the rich are so great at what they do to become rich they why do the fuckers need more perks??? I know, I know it's payback.....
Quote ~ "They hate anyone who is not rich and they give give give and give some more to the rich."
Just when I think that your statements cannot possibly be more ignorant or bigoted, Sue, you top yourself. This one is just too stupid to even address.
The republiscum only care about their corporate masters who keep funneling them money to make sure the corporate masters pay less and less while the poor and shrinking middle class pay more and more. They use the deluded fundies to do their bidding at the ballot box, though they NEVER give the fundies anything tangible for their deluded beliefs. For proof, consider that with COMPLETE control in both houses of congress and the white house 2004-2006 they NEVER tried to give back did they?
Even though the republiscum knew the Supreme Court was being packed so if the republiscum were gonna give the fundies anything the corporate approved Supremes would rubber stamp it, if challanged in court, like the corporate requested Citizens United decision was.
Fundies can be SOOOOO dumb most of the time, after time, after time, but then again they are fiundies, critical thinking isn't their stong suit.
But the republiscum don't care about the wishes of the fundies only how they can lie and deceive them, for votes, to do the bidding of their corporate masters.
The reason you can't address it, Linda, is because it is true. All you have to do is look at their budget cuts to see the truth. They even want to make cuts in the tsunami warning system.
Talk about idiots!
Just when I think that your statements cannot possibly be more ignorant or bigoted, Sue, you top yourself. This one is just too stupid to even address.
Just when I think you couldn't be any blinder, or dumber, you top yourself again, Linda. But since you are a member in good standing of a philosophical group that despises intelligence and celebrates ignorance, I suppose congratulations are in order.
just shaking my head as I walk away...
Oh, and Sue, as an after thought could you define rich for me. Cause I think they all must hate me as well.
And I am a conservative.
all you have to do is look at the cuts the GOP has asked for, it can't be more clear. The wealthiest in this country, the millionaires and billionaires, continue to amass great wealth at the expense of the middle class and poor. All the cuts are programs that benefit those classes. If you can't see that wingnuts then don't bother coming here and commenting. We are sick and tired of trying to break through those brick hard brains of yours. None of us are damning the rich for being rich, but enough of the give aways already!! They are doing just fine making their billions, they don't need the taxpayers help ANYMORE! Loopholes, tax shelters, zero taxes coming from corporations!! Give me a break you blind wingnuts!!
After what Sue wrote,
RN what an elitist comment from you. Don't address the issue, just make your smart ass, cultist remark. What a blog troll you are.
Yes Sue,
Democrats are partially to blame. As more time passes the blame they have, is for not highlighting to the American people the kind of attitude RN (Republicans) give. They not only are dishonest about addressing the issue, they have an elitist attitude and could care less about the American people.
Republicans agenda is to make Americans think that Democrats are to blame for the mess we are in. Republican stupidity shows in the agenda they push "Cut Taxes" which is a proven failed ideology/policy, which caused the multi-trillion dollar debts.
If this were an average economic slowdown our economy would have rebounded by now. It's the multi-trillion dollar debts that are dragging the recovery. And Republicans want to add more to the high debt.
It's like in WI. Republicans claim they have to cut public employees wages and benefits (kill the union at the same time) to balance the budget; but they give more than those supposed savings as tax cuts to corporations. So not only do they not balance the budget, they add to their debt, and prove they could care less about people, all at the same time.
Selfish pigs like RN love it, and unfortunately so do millions of other Americans who care only about themselves, not the future health of America, or its people.
This is what Sue and we are angry about [these reports are from MARCH and APRIL 2010, but I doubt much has changed since then]:
GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 U.S. tax bill
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Electric filed more than 7,000 income tax returns in hundreds of global jurisdictions last year, but when push came to shove, the company owed the U.S. government a whopping bill of $0.
How'd it pull off that trick? By losing lots of money.
GE had plenty of earnings last year -- just not in the United States. For tax purposes, the company's U.S. operations lost $408million, while its international businesses netted a $10.8 billion profit.
No Taxes for Bank of America ((NYSE: BAC) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC)
March 29th, 2010
“(Reuters) - Most U.S. and foreign corporations doing business in the United States AVOID paying any federal income taxes, despite trillions of dollars worth of sales, a government study released on Tuesday said.
The Government Accountability Office said 72 percent of all foreign corporations and about 57 percent of U.S. companies doing business in the United States paid NO federal income taxes for at least one year between 1998 and 2005.
More than half of foreign companies and about 42 percent of U.S. companies paid no U.S. income taxes for two or more years in that period, the report said.”
thanks Tom and Shaw, your expert comments put the finishing touch on my rant! Appreciate it!
You mention taxing the rich and someone asks you to define rich. So, how about this...in terms of "income rich", (money you pay annual federal income tax on)you are rich if you earn more than 99% of the other people.
I think if you are number 1 out of 100, you are rich. Your income will be over $380,000 per year.
thanks Jerry! Yup I would say 380,000 is rich. I could live high on the hog with that income!
General Electric filed more than 7,000 income tax returns in hundreds of global jurisdictions last year, but when push came to shove, the company owed the U.S. government a whopping bill of $0.
It must be nice to be a friend ogf the presidents. I guess they got a waiver like the Unions did
FYI, Lisa, no president has the power to levy taxes, therefore, no president can exempt anyone or any corporation from taxes. Congress writes the laws, and a president has no power to exempt a corporation from them.
Just basic knowledge about our American system of government.
You and Michelle Bachmann belong to the same political party, don't you.
Lisa "I use a mix of true and false facts" you should also be aware that for 6 years before the GOP was voted out of power, in, here's a term you conservatives will understand, a showing of the will of the people, they managed to set our economy up for the biggest fall since the Great Depression and then as they watched it fall, a natural result of their horrible stewardship, opposed every initiative from the Dems to deal with cleaning up the mess.
So with your logic, we were a one party system for those years, correct? How'd that work out? 2 wars, a soaring deficit, an economy in the tank, growing unemployment, and seeds sown for our current housing crisis.
As for Michelle Bachman and your alluding to candidate Obama when he misspoke, there is a difference.
Obama never tried to defend his obvious gaffe as if he had not said it did he? But Ms. Bachman tried for two or three days to give a lame explanation of why she said what she said, rather than just say early on, she goofed.
Much like Gov. Huckabee, potential GOP candidates are finding it hard to just admit a mistake and move on, preferring some lame litany of excuses instead.
Maybe it is because the Tea Party extremists seem to equate admitting errors with apologizing.
Yes. There is a difference.
Senator Obama, the candidate, did NOT repeat the 57 states gaffe. He said it only ONCE and was NOT speaking from notes.
Bachmann, however, repeated her "the Founding Fathers fought against slavery" stupidity and her "Lexington and Concord New Hampshire shot heard round the world" imbicility TWICE, and from written notes.
IOW, she's ignorant of American history, her staff is ignorant of American history, or BOTH. It's probably both.
She's stupid, and she surrounds herself with like-minded morons.
That's the difference that you have trouble grasping.
Oh. I forgot to add the fact that Bachmann is a self-proclaimed supporter of the TEA PARTY! Y'know, that group of people who identify themselves with AMERICAN HISTORY!
"GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 U.S. tax bill"
"No Taxes for Bank of America ((NYSE: BAC) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC)
March 29th, 2010"
“(Reuters) - Most U.S. and foreign corporatio ns doing business in the United States AVOID paying any federal income taxes,"
The above SHOULD upset everybody. Corporations ought to pay a reasonable percentage of their net income taxes in taxes.
Yup, I would be more than happy with a $380,000.00 income as well. Unfortunately not everyone is capable {or lucky} enough to earn those hind of bucks.
For anyone with a open mind.
http://rationalnationusa.blogspot.com/2010/10/independent-conservatives-thoughts-on.html
RN: "For anyone with a open mind. [Name of weblog redacted]"
I believe this type of comment is now known as blog whoring.
BTW, when using an indefinite article before a noun beginning with a vowel, use "an" instead of "a" as in "an open mind' [a non sequitur considering the source]. Good grammar is not a liberal conspiracy.
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