And He's Still Phat

That would be my Gov. Chris Christie.. BTW, how many times and in how many different ways does a man have to say NO, I am not ready, and I do NOT want to run for POTUS!... before the MSM and Conservatives, who are desperately seeking a viable candidate for a 2012 win,  give up and accept the fact the phatty knows he could not beat  President Obama?

So Christie spoke at the Reagan Library and just like most conservative/teabagger/republicans, he was rude, demeaning, and disrespectful of  President Obama, while heaping on praise to dead man Ronald Reagan...
One of the big applause lines in Christies speech was when he attacked the president because of his proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy. Here's what Christie said:  "Telling those who are scared and struggling that the only way their lives can get better is to diminish the success of others. Trying to cynically convince those who are suffering that the American economic pie is no longer a growing one that can provide more prosperity for all who work hard. Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but it is a demoralizing message for America."

BULL SHIT!!  Polls show more than 80% of the country want taxes raised on the top earners. A 4% increase which would put their rates at the level they were in the 1990's, a time of great prosperity!!! Where is the logic Christie??  President Obama has never demonized the rich Mr. Christie, get your facts straight before you demonize the president of our USA!

This man, Chris Christie, is just more of the same in his illogical thinking, you can not tax the rich for they are the job creators...but he has absolutely NO PROBLEM with the working poor and the middle class sacrificing more and more to balance the Phat Phucks budget!  With the rich paying less, the rest of us have the burden of having to pay more- either in higher taxes or reduced services. Those at the top who have never had it so good can easily afford to 'sacrifice' a bit more, so the rest of us who haven't had it this bad in decades no longer have to sacrifice so much.  Can you imagine living on 13,000 or even 20,000 a year and have to hear the Republicans whine about the working poor not paying any income tax?? It's crazy! They say 50% of Americans pay no taxes, so where is the shared sacrifice....I don't know how they look themselves in the mirror every day!

 The truth is the working poor do pay taxes, even if they earn too little to qualify for the income tax, they pay payroll taxes (which Republicans want to raise), gasoline excise taxes and state and local taxes. Only 14 percent of households pay neither income nor payroll taxes, according to the Tax Policy Center at the Brookings Institution. The poorest fifth paid an average of 16.3 percent of income in taxes in 2010.
  Economically, reducing the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit (which would be required if everyone paid income taxes) makes no sense at a time of high unemployment. The credits, which only go to working people, have always been a strong incentive to work and have increased the labor force while reducing the welfare rolls.
  The real problem is that so many Americans are struggling on such a small income, not whether they pay taxes. The two tax credits lifted 7.2 million people out of poverty in 2009, including four million children. At a time when high-income households are paying their lowest share of federal taxes in decades, when corporations frequently avoid paying any tax, it is clear who should bear a larger burden and who should not.

The two parties agree we need shared sacrifice, but it's the Republicans who want to leave the top 2% out of the equation. Makes total sense, huh?  Yeah to them it does...

 The top 1% pay taxes at the lowest rate in half a century.  In 1981 the top marginal rate was over 70%- now it's half that. Most of the wealthy take their income in capital gains, which are taxed at only 15%, down from 35% in the 1980s. Our economy grew faster in the 30 years after WWII, when taxes were higher, than since.

The ratio of corporate profits to wages is greater than since before the Great Depression. Corporate salaries and percs keep rising, while the median wage keeps dropping and jobs are shed. The CEO of Merck was rewarded $17.9 million last year, while he fired 13,000 workers. The top dog at BOA raked in $10 million, while he fired 30,000 workers.


We are entering a period of national sacrifice and MOST agree, we need to pull together, ALL of us and that MUST include the top earners. There's even been word coming from the top, calling on the administration to raise their taxes. So no, we can't say the top 2% are not stepping up, because some are. It's just that the GOP are not paying attention..weird huh??  Thank god President Obama IS paying attention. He has drawn a line in the sand saying he'd veto big cuts in Medicare and middle class programs unless the Republicans get on board with these shared sacrifices...


President Obama's modest proposals to raise taxes on the wealthy by 4% won't hurt a hair on their pretty heads.  This is all hysterics ramped up by the Conservatives. We all get it, we all know the TRUTH...The top 2% can afford to pay more in taxes, it won't stifle job growth, we are NOT STUPID, GOP! If you keep trying to block the presidents proposals  the people will reward you in the next election. You will see what it feels like to stand in an unemployment line....

Gov. Chris Christie criticized President Barack Obama for being what he called a “bystander in the Oval Office,” and painted Washington politics as ineffective and embarrassing to the rest of the country.  Yes, he is right on one thing, Washington partisans/obstructionists/do-nothing leaders ARE an embarrassment, but our president IS NOT!


Chris Christie as POTUS... that's a scary thought. He is just more of the same...amazingly, still protecting those at the top of the pyramid while America is dying a slow death. They just turn a blind eye...