Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hey Republicans, where are the jobs?

When the Republicans ran for office last year all we heard was, creating jobs and lower taxes. So far they have been a complete failure at both, unless you happen to be rich. The Republicans have used their new found majorities in federal and state houses to push their social agenda and tax relief for the ultra rich and corporations. They have pushed at every level to break unions and villainize the American middle class worker. Right now there is legislation in at least twelve states to limit or destroy collective bargaining for unions. Here in my own state, Florida, they are trying to make it illegal for the state to collect union dues from paychecks and keep the unions from using funds to contribute to political groups. The majority of funds from unions go to Democrats and the Republicans are trying to stop this. After last years Supreme Court decision, that allows corporate contributions, that go primarily to Republicans, that are basically unchecked and with out stock holder approval, the Republicans will have a hugh advantage in campaign funds. They will make unions get approval to spend money on campaigns. Corporations do not have to get approval. This is all about politics. In several states they are pushing moral issues, such as abortion and birth control, to reflect a small minority's view. The Republicans campaign on getting government out of your lives and yet they want to determine a women's right to choose. They campaign on de-regulation and yet the only thing they make easier is the way corporation and Wall St. steal from us. They campaign on lower taxes and yet they continue to only make a difference for the very rich. They campaign on reducing the deficit and yet they take money from education and the poorest people and do nothing to limit the hugh tax credits for corporations that are costing us hundreds of billions of dollars. They campaign on job creation and they have not done one thing to create jobs for middle America. They allow the same companies that stole billions of dollars from us to continue unchecked, while they rake in record profits. When are the American people going to wake up and take control. I am starting to fear that they won't until it is too late. They are amused with U-Tube, Face Book, Twitter and the myriad of other social media. This is like a David Copperfield show, the elite keep us all occupied in the direction of entertainment, while they continue to plunder and destroy the Middle Class. They are succeeding and we are letting them do it. Welcome to the new world order.

2 comments:

  1. I could not disagree more. I wish I had the energy to write more. Both of the parties have thier corporate babies. So the supream courts descision was not a partisan one. The governmetn as a whole benifited from it. At least form our view point.

    I am horrified about Unions taking hold of our state. Thsi is somethign that always starts out for good reason and ends very badly. I can not think of something much more degrading then the idea that I must go to work to eat, and if I want to be an electrician then my only chance is with a Union, that takes money and give it to a political affiliation not of my choice. This would infuriate me either way but is even worse because unions give primarily to the Democrat party. This is all a game... nether of us should be in support of this!

    And you may not want to admit it but just like in you "waiting for superman" the sloths would come out in all industries...

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  2. Sorry I did not spell check :)

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