They're Getting It
Republicans in the House and Senate have agreed on a tax cut extension bill.
Now Democrats will be faced with the unsavory choice of either trying to block more of the tax cuts that have produced an excellent economy (and helping Republicans illustrate the difference between Democratic and Republican government), or going along with what they dislike most -- returning Americans' own money to them.
Now Democrats will be faced with the unsavory choice of either trying to block more of the tax cuts that have produced an excellent economy (and helping Republicans illustrate the difference between Democratic and Republican government), or going along with what they dislike most -- returning Americans' own money to them.
posted by LadybugUSA at 5:32 AM
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Forcing the Dems to expose themselves in such a way is what will keep the Reps in power.
Absolutely.
I hope the Republican Party has learned the lesson taught by House Republicans when they immediately put the "Murtha Ammendment" up for a vote!
That was perhaps the lone moment of clarity and wisdom by the Republican Congress this session.
"The tax cut reconciliation bill (H.R. 4297) provides households with income of $1 million or more an average tax break of $42,000. In gross contrast, the more than three-quarters of the nation's households with annual income of $75,000 or less will receive an average tax cut of $30 for one year - not even enough to pay for a single tank of gas. And average families will end up footing the bill for millionaire tax breaks through cuts in vital services and added national debt." [Cite]
I agree this fabulous piece of legislation helps draw a stark distinction between the Republicans and Democrats. Short of gutting Social Security, I can't think of anything that makes the choice more clear.
Ranit Schmelzer, author of the article cited just above, is a former spokesperson for former Sen. Tom Daschle, Democrat, SD. "civilrights.org," which published the article Schmelzer wrote for the National Women's Law Center, (NWLC).
NWLC's Web site lists twelve "issues" among its main interests. Among them are "Athletics," for which NWLC has filed many lawsuits demanding a 50-50 gender quota in collegiate sports. Another "issue" - "Judges,Courts & Women's Rights," finds NWLC opposing judicial nominees, Janice Rogers Brown, Wm. Pryor, Priscilla Owen, Thomas Griffith, Terence W. Boyle, John Roberts and Samuel Alito. The NWLC wants unrestricted abortion on demand under "Reproductiove Rights" and wants physicians and pharmacists forced to provide care and prescriptions that violate their religious beliefs. NWLC is also against any privitization of Social Security, and is for women in ground combat units, despite the fact that over 80s% of military women say they do not want to be there, and that some military experts say this would endanger or destroy unit cohesiveness and compromise military effectiveness.
Were these not sufficient to show the far left agenda of Ranit Schmelzer, perhaps a few civilrights.org's committee members (listed on its Web site) will help: ACLU, NOW, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO, UAW, People for the American Way, savethecourts.org (...oppose[s] the Bush Administration's extremist federal nominees...), AFSME, and National Council of La Raza.
Finally, since the top 20% of taxpayers pay at least 80% of all taxes, why should they not get a larger tax cut than I do? That is understood even by the Left's mouthpiece, NYTimes, though it downplays it in favor of the old class envy paradigm it has used for a half-century. No wonder its circulation is steadily decreasing.
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