The Repubs 'Pledge to America',
can be boiled to one basic premise. Deficits are terrible, so let's make them worse, by cutting taxes. They rail about out of control spending, but only make one concrete suggestion as to where to cut. The TARP program, which, if it were totally gutted, would make less then one half of one per cent dif in the budget, while the Bush tax cuts for the rich (top 2%), if renewed would add hundreds of billions. The GOP rules out cuts for seniors, veterans and our troops, which leaves Soc Sec, Medicare, defense, the main culprits of the deficit, untouched. Looks like their main war is against arithmetic, but nothing new, there. They just hope people listen to their rhetoric and forget about HOW we got into this mess. Eight years of THEM in charge.
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If there are no jobs, how will that increase the economy and spending. First this U.S. must have businesses, not just huge corporations. We need more medium and small businesses, as well.
This is what the Republicans have tried all along to do; get rid of small business, so that big business could control the economy. Now you see where this has gotten us. NO JOBS for middle to lower income workers. This is your bread and butter. This stimulates the economy. This is where you get the growth. Small business made this country what it is. Everyone needs to get off the public dole and take responsiblity for themselves and that only can be accomplished by business growth, small and medium, in this country. We also need to begin exporting goods again, instead of being an importer. We've become a second class.
Instead we have a house and senate divided, unable to see beyond party lines. Not a damn thing gets accomplished because of the division of Republican/Democrat gridlock. It's like kids on a playground, voicing on whose dad is bigger, better, more powerful. such BS. Nanny, nanny, boo-boo. Stick your head in doo-doo.