House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) held a press conference this morning to address, among other things, the looming automatic spending cuts called the "sequester," which kick in three weeks from tomorrow. And watching him read his written remarks, it occurred to me that I not only disagree with Boehner, I'm convinced the Speaker -- or whomever is writing his speeches -- is deeply confused about the basics of the fiscal debate.
In other words, I don't just think Boehner is wrong, I also think he's oblivious in ways that are rather alarming given his role in government.
Consider his very first sentence: "The number one priority for the American people is creating jobs and getting our spending under control."
Boehner doesn't seem to understand that (a) spending cuts have already kept unemployment high; (b) more spending cuts will clearly undermine the strength of the fragile recovery; and (c) our spending is already under control.
The Speaker added, "[T]he president and Senate Democrats have done almost nothing to address our long-term debt problems."
Again, it seems as if Boehner has no idea that the president and Senate Democrats have already approved nearly $2.5 trillion in long-term debt reduction. How could he not know that?
The Speaker went on to complain that Obama "didn't announce any specific plans for how he would address" the sequester, followed moments later by Boehner conceding that he hasn't announced any specific plans for how he would address the sequester, either.
Then there was this boast: "Republicans have twice voted to replace the president's 'sequester' with common-sense cuts and reforms that protect our national defense."
Perhaps Boehner missed this in Civics 101, but those votes were in the last Congress, and no longer apply. If the House intends to replace the sequester with an alternative package, that's fine, but the Speaker will have to bring it to the floor and have the chamber vote on it -- because as of now, this House hasn't done literally anything on the issue at all.
Boehner added, "We passed a bill twice to replace the sequester." That's true. It's also irrelevant since it didn't happen in this Congress. The Speaker of the House realizes how the legislative process works, doesn't he?
He added, "Americans do not support sacrificing real spending cuts for more tax hikes." First, he shouldn't speak for the American public, since the American mainstream disagrees with him on nearly everything. Second, Democrats aren't proposing tax hikes; they're proposing closing tax loopholes -- a position Boehner himself agreed with as recently as last month.
Has Boehner forgotten his own positions from a month ago?
The Speaker added, "Listen, the president doesn't believe we have a spending problem. He genuinely believes that government spending causes economic growth."
Obama believes this because (a) we don't have a spending problem; and (b) government spending causes economic growth. That's not even in the realm of opinion, and if Boehner can explain in complete sentences why he disagrees, he's welcome to explain himself (John, really, call me anytime day or night.)
Boehner added that he knows government spending doesn't promote growth because
"the unemployment rate is still nearly eight percent."
It's as if the Speaker of the House is a child who finds current events confusing, so he doesn't bother to keep up with the details. In his mind, spending has soared, and unemployment is high, ergo, spending caused higher unemployment. He doesn't have the foggiest idea that spending isn't up and that's contributed to higher unemployment.
"Americans know that another tax hike isn't going to help them," Boehner added. Who's proposing another tax hike? I don't know. Neither does the Speaker.
The poor man is deeply confused. I can appreciating policymakers disagreeing on key issues, but today's display suggests the Speaker of the House hasn't kept up on the basics of civics, economics, current events, or even the fiscal debate itself.
It was a painful and alarming display.
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Speaking of getting about taking concrete action rather than just blogging about getting this lunatic out of power, did anyone get an email from OFA about watch parties for the statue of the Union? Politico says they went out).
I got one. They're asking if I can host a watch party in my town.
Boner , What a Blithering Idiot ! He actually thinks that he is in charge of Our Country !? What a Goofball .............
It is becoming clear what the Koch-Rove strategy is for 2014. 1) Keep the "blame it all on Obama" strategy alive. Many Republicans still do not like Obama, but there are not as many of them as there were before the election. 2) Keep the "government spending" issue alive. Many Republicans buy into the private sector being superior over the public. You know, government is wasteful but private is "efficient." 3) Republicans are still the majority in many states and so it is important to keep them loyal to the party. This means that the extremists, i.e. the T.E.A.s, be marginalized. Most Republicans don't like the extremes in their party. Image, image, image. 4) Make the Democrats the aggressors who are out to "destroy" the Republican Party. All hands on deck to defend the GOP. 5) Identify a few issues that will appeal to the activists to make sure they are motivated to vote. Not sure what those will be, but look for them to reframe the abortion debate away from the contraception issue.
Don't underestimate the Koch-Rove strategists. They are weaker now, but they still are powerful in the majority of the 50 states.
I got the email this morning. Unfortunately, my home is really small, so I will join another in the neighborhood.
You all are welcome to watch the State of the Union my living room in east Oahu. The room is big enough but the kids will insist you dote on them.
The folks that got them- what states/ congressional districts are you guys in?
I got a couple ... but it's Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras. There's every other kind of party and, believe me, even the old and feeble would not be interested in a watch party, assuming they could navigate the parades and crowds.
Its frustrating when Boehner says things like, "I wish our President would lead." and "We hope to make abortion a thing of the past." If confronted he would say, "That's not important. What the people want is jobs, jobs, JOBS!!" I'm getting quiet tired of hearing his voice in the news videos online.
It's not confusion excepting in that the Republicans are purposely lying because reality indicates different policies that the masters of the Republicans are trying to get us to implement. They want AUSTERITY despite the fact that austerity is the most wrong thing to do, the most dangerous thing to do in this economy. They have no reasonable argument. It's all BS, every bit of it is.
I got a letter from OFA asking if I would host a party for the State of the Union yesterday. I live in Florida.
Me too, in rural Virginia.
spending is not under control, u nuts, this country has lost more money and owe china our children debt will never get paid. words never solve anything, media doesn't have a clue, headlines are a waste of time.
Steve, you're doing it again. He is NOT confused. He spews this BS on purpose to keep the GOP base confused, stupid, and uninformed, and to keep shifting the blame for the GOP's lousy policies onto Obama's shoulders.
Boehner is not as stupid as you keep saying he is. This is a deliberate plan, and to pretend it's just confusion is part of the problem that allows it to continue. The liberal blogosphere needs to stop being afraid to call this what it is: LYING.
Amen, and thank you! LYING!!! Or maybe Bonehead is drunk???
Sorry I have to agree with Freddie. How Boenher hasn't sustained a brain hernia from this constant foolishness I don't know. Give that man an Oscar for best acting in an alternate universe.
Do Republicans have training camps in fake outrage portrayal? Why am I thinking of soccer? Hmm....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVim7rjfKOQ
YEP!
Freddie
I think you're completely right but you left out the one key ingredient that makes this level of BS Artistry successful. the completely willing and self inflicted blind stupidity of the base.
No one with an IQ of over 15 believes this stuff unless they want to.
Heh. Aren't you all the simpletons that believe more debt is the way to less debt? Mr Benen has you all re-educated quite nicely. Let's see if I can help....
Right. That and $5 will get you a cup of coffee. I'll believe it when I see it. Fake cuts are a Democrat staple.
Wait, are spending reductions anathema or salvation? Even Benen doesn't know for sure..
No, this post is. No more revenue for you folks. You had your shot at real money and deliberately passed it up. Oh well.
No feeding the troll please.
Hey Blankman, aren't you tired of being a fool? Sounding like a simpleton or worse a parrot for FAUX? When you are ready to engage in true constructive dialog and have taken off your blinders maybe we can chat....
He's following the stupidity of his mancrush, BOEHNER. It MUST be Obama!!!!
And lo, Dragoon21b's summons was answered.
Heh. =) He's like clockwork, isn't he?
I think Dragoons post from yesterday applies here to blanks as well; I believe it called for roach spray..
Yessiree Bob, you guys are really on today. Meanwhile, regarding those fake Democrat cuts.... heh.
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/06/Harry-Reid-twice-wrong-on-26-trillion-cuts-on-This-Week-interview-VIDEO/5911360174331/
Oh Contraire! From the front lines, here in Arizona (okay, we're not as wacked out as Virginia where those cut-up politicians have voted to print their own currency) I've come to realize that the likes of Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe are a democrat's best allies. God Bless John for his mad cap tactics. A thousand Democrats knocking on doors, 7 days a week couldn't accomplish what these "soldiers for the cause" are accomplishing.
I think of jobs like a crop.
When your field of corn is destroyed by a hail storm, you might have to borrow in order to buy the seeds to replant. You have to be careful to buy the right seeds, plant carefully and make sure the growing conditions are good (might need fertilizer).
YOU DO NOT EAT THE SEED CORN!!!
Jobs are like a crop? Really? It's lovely imagery fit for a fairy tale, but if you want to stimulate business, quit threatening it with taxes and regulations.
Re: #2.15
Jobs, like crops, can be destroyed practically over-night. For example, see the loss of jobs end of 2008 into 2009.
Getting jobs back, like crops, can take a long time.
The question that comes up over and over and over and over, that we have fundamental disagreement over, is exactly how to get them back.
Sorry Maphi, jobs come before demand. You can't have demand without money from a job. Govt doesn't have enough money to substitute for business. Heck it takes it's money away from businss. And as I've said earlier... when you give a car gas while stepping on the brakes, you go nowhere. Just like business these days.
Re: #2.17
Correct, you can't have demand without money from a job.
A lot of businesses seem to be making a profit these days. For reference, see the latest earnings reports.
Demand comes from money from jobs. If you increase productivity, but wages are stagnant, this increases profit, but the benefit does not go to the workers.
If wages are stagnant, then you don't have demand from money from jobs.
There needs to be a balance!
Taxes and regulations have a very small impact. If you disagree, please provide references.
Money is something that the harder you hold on to it, the less value it has. That is whats happening in U.S. businesses today.
Re: #2.19
I agree.
The seed corn does no good if it stays in the sack - not planted in the field.
Then it would seem to be a good idea to find out why business isn't hiring, rather than just throwing money at banks and cronies. How much did we borrow/print/tax for the payroll tax cut? $500 billion? And most people didn't even know they were getting a tax cut?
Unless you're going to print that trillion I keep talking about and give every household $10,000 nobody believes Govt is going to improve anything.
You want an example of regulation? Go no further than finding out a family of four's cheapest Obamacare plan is $20,000. Yikes!
Also, put as I did a few days ago: don't shoot the chicken that's laying eggs every day.
Anyone believing these R's in front of mic's and cameras are not just reading from a script needs to get out of the bubble.
Re: #2.21
Right - let's find out why business aren't hiring.
Right - let's not just throw money at banks and ... whoever.
I don't know how much the payroll tax cut cost. I'm doing OK so, it doesn't matter that much to me. Tax cuts in general are not a good way to stimulate the economy.
How about government do what government is supposed to do? How about we build the bridges and repair the roads and stuff like that. The longer we put off repairs, the more expensive the repairs will be. ("Pay me now or pay me later").
Giving every household $10,000 is a terrible idea, and you know it.
I think your comment about the ACA is an example of something that should be looked at and fixed if necessary. I don't have time to dig around and figure out where you got those figures, so please provide a reference - and not a Fox News site.
Tell me why giving everyone $10,000 is a bad idea. Why would you rather enrich business cronies via infrastructure spending, rather than do something beneficial for the citizens?
Now, If you're going to invalidate FOX I'm gong to have to invalidate the entire MSM. But if you'd rather get information outside your censors, you'll keep an open mind. Don't like the source, no problem, follow the link to the IRS.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/01/irs-cheapest-obamacare-plan-will-be-20000-per-family/
Re: #2.24
Giving everyone $10,000 is a bad idea because it is just giving people "free stuff" without solving any root causes. (Give a man a fish vs teach a man to fish)
When I post references, I try to find actual data, not web-sites that are biased toward my point of view.
You provided a link to The Daily Caller.
From the Wikipedia article about The Daily Caller:
So I plowed my way through there and found this link:
http://www.irs.gov/PUP/newsroom/REG-148500-12%20FR.pdf
Did you try reading this yourself? Makes my eyes cross!!!
I searched for "20,000" and found stuff like this:
Example 2. Married employee with dependents. Taxpayers B and C are married and file a joint return for 2016. B and C have two children, D and E. In November 2015, B is eligible to enroll in self-only coverage under a plan offered by B’s employer for calendar year 2016 at a cost of $5,000 to B. C, D, and E are eligible to enroll in family coverage under the same plan for 2016 at a cost of $20,000 to B. B, C, D, and E’s household income is $90,000. Under paragraph (e)(3)(ii)(A) of this section, B's required contribution is B's share of the cost for self-only coverage, $5,000. Under paragraph (e)(1) of this section, B has affordable coverage for 2016 because B’s required contribution ($5,000) does not exceed 8 percent of B’s household income($7,200). Under paragraph (e)(3)(ii)(B) of this section, the required contribution for C,D, and E is B's share of the cost for family coverage, $20,000. Under paragraph (e)(1)of this section, C, D, and E lack affordable coverage for 2016 because their required contribution ($20,000) exceeds 8 percent of their household income ($7,200).
What the heck does that mean??
And how the heck do you get "Go no further than finding out a family of four's cheapest Obamacare plan is $20,000. Yikes!" from this?
Excuse me Maphi but giving free stuff away is the Democrats biggest selling point. Do I need to post the Obamaphone Lady video? How about turning workfare into welfare? You and every other liberal have been moaning about demand for years, and this is a sure way to spark it, relatively cheaply. Demanding Govt give money to people and then shying away from that idea because of .... well, I still don't know.... just makes you look silly.
I did that. I googled "IRS Obamacare 20,000". I invite you to do the same and tell me which source in the first three pages you'd immediately accept. I didn't see one. Which then leads to some interesting conclusions.
All these people are lying. Or they are telling the truth and you haven't heard about it because the media you read decided you didn't need to. That's called censorship. These days media's greatest power is to decide what you know. And people like Benen have no interest in information that doesn't fit the narrative of "happy days are here again".
Maphi, this is serious stuff. You are being manipulated. It isn't a joke and it isn't hyperbole. Consider the hurricane Sandy coverage... I haven't seen much, if any. Certainly not like the 24/7/365 coverage of Katrina that went on for months. You should ask yourself why that is. If that discrepancy doesn't bother you then I have to point out you're unwilling to come out of the bubble people Benen provide. I hope that's not the case.
Now as for the information itself, I took care to include a site that had the link to the IRS, told you about the link to the IRS and even vetted the link and found the same gobbledy-gook you did, and made the decision to include the whole site for explanation. As for the gobbledy-gook, welcome to my world when I tried to read the ACA language.
In closing, this is exactly why I comment on liberal blogs. Over the years I have seen media skew and censor the news just like it happens here. Do you think Benen would have run the link to factcheck.org and Harry Reid lying about spending cuts? Of course not. Here you have two immediate examples of information you would never have seen if not for me, FOX, and righty blogs. You don't have to believe what they write, but you should at least hear the other side and check for yourself.
Don't be gullible.
Actually I can see where people are getting this 20,000 price for family healthcare. And no the IRS did not say that healthcare will cost 20,000 per family, but is using this figure as an example of what a plan for a family of 5 would cost and how to determine if it is affordable, if not you would be eligible for assistance. And Fox has been wrong before, many times.
Orange man = Psycho hose head.
lol... he is a true "hoser".
A complete smeghead!
http://youtu.be/r-ZiI3iVgpM
...and (d), his #1 priority is two things that are, in the short term, diametrically opposed.
that also makes him a double-talking con man - if you can even call him a man.
The Republicans know exactly what they are doing and what will happen. This posturing about the deficit and debt is to keep the issue as the main issue for the upcoming elections. It is the only issue Republicans have the edge over Dems. But Republicans are going to cave when their campaign contributors have their say before the sequester happens. Boehner may be forced to ignore the Hastert rule to pass legislation to avoid the sequester by relying on Dems to provide most of the votes. It allows Republicans to continue to campaign on the debt and deficit issue as well as not having to explain their vote to their constituents.
Obama and Dems will need to convince voters they have brought the deficit and debt down and it is not the most important issue in the upcoming elections. The real issue is the inability of Republicans to govern and that should not be difficult to sell to moderate and independent voters. The economy is improving despite Republican obstruction and that is going to hurt them. Moderate and independent voters are listening to Dems because these voters have concluded that Republicans are crazy. These voters are people in suburban areas as well as smaller cities. If the Republicans tank the economy because they allow the sequester to happen, it could be problematic for Republicans in not so safe districts.
quite simple really - it is the objective of the (pimped out) repubers to say anything to get elected in order to steal from the people to feed their wealthy thieves so that they in turn can get their cut to keep their job. They should be sued for fraud, charged with extortion, and imprisoned.
Actually joseph - they are "public servants" so it's treason against WE the PEOPLE....
So where are the Democrats and the PRESIDENT saying EXACTLY what is being said in this article?
President Obama is already talking about delaying the sequester and his "Grand (screw the old people) Bargain" again.
Maybe we would be so lucky that some 'safe districts' would become 'not so safe' districts!
funny thing, the saps who vote for the repuber thieves dont even realize they are the targets of the repuber thieves they elect. looks like STUPID IS CONTAGIOUS?
If being an oblivious drunk was the minimum job requirement to be Speaker of the House, there are any number of us oblivious drunks out here who'd do a far, far better job than Screwdriver Boehner.
Do you have a factual basis for claiming that the Boner is a 'screwdriver' drinker? To me, he seems more lke a 'dumb and coke' person.
isnt that painfully funny that the congress of the u.s. has an abominable wasted illiterate traitorous criminal minded extortionist running the house gang of thieves?
Hey Sad: Is'nt a screwdriver made up of vodka and "orange"?
Yes. A Screwdriver is vodka & orange juice.
His drink of choice is Scotch & Diet Coke.
Need I say more?
gordona, that is just a nasty combo. sounds like not only is Boner an idiot, he also has no taste buds. must be all those cigarettes.
Drinking scotch with a diet coke is a waste of scotch!
Drinking good Scotch with anything more than a bit of water is blasphemy. Word up.
The State of the Union speech is getting bigger and bigger. Boehner better wear a flak jacket, and his boy Ryan as well.
The tell in the current obfuscation is exactly that first sentence:
"The number one priority for the American people is creating jobs and getting our spending under control."
What a bunch of rhetorical non-sense! The American people's #1 priority is to get a job, keep that job, and use that job to help feed their families!
The #1 priority for the U.S. Congress it to propose and then pass legislation that will promote job growth so us "American people" can find these new jobs and improve our economic lot!
Now, given the gibberish in Mr. Boehner's talking points, journalists need to provide us "American people" with a measurable reality check as to just what the hell John Boehner is actually proposing, what he is saying that betrays previous espoused positions, and what he intends to do now that he's discovered the secret connection between cutting off all that government spending and all those jobs that will miraculously appear when we stop such spending.
Hey DC media personalities (I'm reluctant to use the term journalists) get your heads out of your arsses and give us "American people" the scrutiny of Mr. Boehner's silly rhetoric, or we will know you are only able to think of us "American people" in the abstract, and not in the real terms we deserve!
I'm growing tired of a media class that can't do its job at any level even close to the informational satisfaction we, "the American people, deserve!" -Kevo
John "turdman" Boehner is a traitor to the people of the u.s. and his criminal extortionist tactics are illegal and he needs to be charged and arrested and tried for his criminal methods.
Part of the problem is that the GOP's talking points never change.
Never.
And the establishment media present them as if they are actual policy statements. As a result, enough low information media consumers out there will buy "The number one priority for the American people is creating jobs and getting our spending under control."
In what universe is
1) creating jobs, and
2) getting spending under control
not TWO priorities?
Boehner lumps them together so as to provide HIS side's solution to the problem. As if reducing spending somehow creates jobs. It doesn't. It obviously increases unemployment when you cut government workers. Yes, eventually you can increase private employment by reducing taxation. Maybe.
But what he is doing is a rhetorical trick to get us to buy into spending cuts by implying they are necessary for job creation, practically the same thing.
ACHTUNG! spending is the job of the u.s. govt - our govt - the employer of first and last resort.
without it, we all die.
We already know that Boehner is bad at his job. Perhaps we ought to consider if Boehner just isn't very bright.
By the way, I took 3 years of German in high school. Boehner is a German name. It's the Americanized version of Böhner. An "ö" is pronounced "oh" and h's are soft in German.
Therefore, the proper way to pronounce Boehner's name would actually be a slang term for an erection. Just an FYI.....
:)
lmao! auskezeichnet. henceforth he shall be known as (fonetiklee) "HAIR BONER".
AG, I think you might check the same spelling in Dutch.
No, the German version of his name is Scheisskopf
The guys who have no use for government have no problem running it without knowing any thing about it.
The question I've always had is, "Why we're they elected in the first place?".
Any Progrssive who stays home come 2014 is an idiot.
You have a major misunderstanding! The Repuknicans have no use for government. Governoring is never an objective. They want to be rulers...
Definitely a point!
hey SadOldVeteran a few year back james gafney awarded the conman cheney with some sort of bs and interviewed him whereupon cheney said, AND I QUOTE
i was not able to catch that particular recording and have scoured the inet for it. can you get ahold of it?
The republicans don't want to be bothered with actually running the government. That's hard.
They only want to be in charge with the ability to grant government contracts to their friends and contributors.
They have no intention of running the nation for the people, by the people, etc.
Example: The USPS being saddled with a requirement to fund their retirement system 75 years out into the future. No other business or agency has that requirement. The repubs are trying to break the USPS because they see so much money going into the system and there's no way for them to make a profit as it stands. However, they can invest in FedEx or UPS and thus profit.
That's their objective. To privatize all aspects of government where their friends can create a monopoly and make a profit.
Public service is a thing of the past.
Shorter Boehner: President Obama thinks that if you eat less and exercise more you will lose weight. I am here to propose that we eat more and exercise less, and eventually we will lose weight. Why hasn't the President put forth a plan to eat more and exercise less? Because the President isn't serious about losing weight.
*Walks away with the GWB ****-eating grin like he said something smart*
It should be a requirement that all new Republican Congressmen and Senators pass a Civics Test. I bet not one of them serving in this new House would be able to do so.
i think this should be a requirement for *all* politicians. i have a strong feeling that there would be several on the -D side of the isle that would fail too. however, instead, we have them pass a popularity test. . . . and then wonder what's wrong with the politicians. . .
lol. boner - the guy who carries a copy of the wrong document in his pocket is an IMBECILE. One must realize by now that the biggest imbeciles can only get-a-job when they lie (bc they are imbeciles) so that they can eat and pay bills. And only a PIMPED OUT REPUBER IMBECILE would think that is ok.
I haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but did anyone in a room filled with journalists throw cold water on the John Boehner Comedy Hour with anything like the facts? I'm guessing no.
Oh, Boehner isn't ignorant; he's well aware the talking points he's selling are snake oil. The problem is, enough of the public is buying what he's selling to keep sending him and his allies back to Congress. Why change a winning formula?
They think they are winning which is o.k. with us! We will let them know when they are losing!
SOME OF US REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE WE LIVED THROUGH IT. Once upon a time there was a radical president who tried to remake American society through government action. In his first term he created a vast network of federal grants to state and local governments for social programs that cost billions. He set up an imposing agency to regulate air and water emissions, and another to regulate workers’ health and safety. Had Congress not stood in his way he would have gone much further. He tried to establish a guaranteed minimum income for all working families and, to top it off, proposed a national health plan that would have provided government insurance for low-income families, required employers to cover all their workers and set standards for private insurance. Thankfully for the country, his second term was cut short and his collectivist dreams were never realized. His name was Richard Nixon.
Boehner (and Cantor, in HIS speech) continue to talk to the country as if they only consist of Fox News viewers, who tend to believe anything they're told. Clearly, the President and the rest of the Dems are making their points to their own base, who know who the Republicans are and what they are trying to do.
This game of chicken that the Repubs are playing about the sequester will go right up to the edge of the cliff and they will do whatever they have to do to try to save face. In the meantime, the Democratic party desperately needs to learn how to use Obama's campaigning to make a serious attempt to re-take the House and extend their majority in the Senate.
The Republicans will continue to shoot themselves in their feet as they continue the same old non-working methods to gain control of the government. It's pretty clear that the VAST majority of Americans are aware of the fact that GOP is done for - that they have no future in their current construct. Let them flail around trying to make themselves heard while they beat their dead horses.
And the media needs to stop this nonsense of reporting in such a way as to suggest that the Republicans have valid points. THEY DON'T, so stop trying to pretend that they do. Not calling them on their efforts does no one a favor - not even them. They are all a bunch of totally empty suits.
it's a k-k-klan thing. momar 'klanman' gadafi of the middle east ruled that way. the pimped out mubarekker had his 'klanman' thing going. bashar 'klanman' al-assad has his klan in charge for the moment. and here in the u.s. the pimped out repubers want to run their k-k-klan operation for power and domination over all others. so they need their proppaganda thing to lie to people to keep them in the same corrale. for the repuber thieves, the constitution is an obstacle.
Excellent point. A speech directed to viewers led by emotion rather than intellect and who care more about having their personal opinions reinforced than they do about facts.
In physics they call this "not even wrong"
reply to Shooter242 ... lookee here pal... you are very very very confused about economics. You labor under the misUNDERstanding that we work for econ and econ doesnt work for us. You pretend to know who is in charge - who owns the economy. You duck dodge and weave the lies of ownershippers.
The people own the economy but cannot control it because the thieving bankers have made debt (aka loaning and usually valueation fraud) and repayment (aka debt reduction aka foreclosing) the game since the 13 december 1913 federal reserve act which put "certain" people in charge of printing money to be loaned out and returned based on the "growth chase game".
the current economic system is and always was a scam to foreclose and generate wars. until the people of the u.s. reclaim their economy, you and your dumb-as-a-post friends are doomed for the bell tolls for you.
Sweety, Obama is the one who wanted the "sequester". A tool he thought useful.Guess not now.This drama ova spending is like a reality show, not reality. Its Shakespearean theater, all the democrats and most of the republicans have no intention of fiscal wisdom.
This nation will be bankrupt way sooner than later.You know it, I know it, and they know it.Your beloved Paul Krugman he knows it too.The blame will be placed on the "rich" well they just didn't pay enough.Our "rich" howeva are not culpable.They care, they have big hearts, they pay extra, they are not evil wealthy.
All this hyperbole to beguile the masses.The spending is so gawdy that 100% taxation can't fix it.Oh well, love is blind.
i think you underestimate President Obama. He is laying a trap for the pimped out repubers who do anything to steal from others. President Obama is a very very sharp thinker. He knows repuber puppets dont think, they just take orders from their pimps and the dems are waiting for their wheels to hit the spikes - which they will very soon.
Sweetie, it was the House Republicans who wanted the sequester because they didn't want the "Grand Bargain" Boehner had with President Obama. Boehner said he had gotten 98% of what he wanted, but the idiot Republicans in the House threw a tantrum because the "bargain" included increased taxes. You can have your own opinon, but not your own facts.
Nor will this nation be bankrupt as long as the Federal government has the power to print US dollars. We might, possibly, maybe, perhaps end up with inflation one or two degrees higher than it is now, but that's all. Sorry, if that has an adverse effect on your short-selling your US Treasury bonds. Not!
As for the wealthy being "evil"? No way! They're just too stupid and short-sighted to manage their money competently. Which is one of the reasons the 90% surcharge in effect from 1938 through the mid 1960s should be brought back. Any CEO of a corporation, and its' Board of Directors, that is so stupid as to believe that the CEO is worth $10-20-30 or more million per annum regardless of how the corporation has done, has more than amply demonstrated their incompetence and unfitness for their jobs.
Have a nice day, sweetie...
I am looking forward to another "John Boehner is bad at his job" segment on TRMS tonight!
The man is ill but I'm not entirely certain, even at my most altruistic, if he is entitled to my empathy..
If you came from Ohio, you'd be an alcoholic sociopath too. Those of you in OH already know this to be factual..
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I have seriously wondered if he has a problem with alcohol. Many time I've looked at him and seen him nearly topple over. You drink too much, your brain get pickled. Maybe that orange color is Jaundice -- his liver is going. Really.
VT Independent, The governor of Kansas looks like a drunk, too. He looks hungover most of the time. The stupid things he has done to our state, are the acts of a damaged brain, or a brain on drugs. Isn't it ironic that all those drunk fight so hard against pot? They can't see the purpose of using a drug that doesn't completely wipe out your thoughts. I would prefer a pothead running things. They would be less violent, calmer and think of something besides money and power. The reason America is broke is because the extremely wealthy have hidden away their money. It does not go back into the economy. There is also that little problem called "outsourcing". We used to have factories in this country. Every small town had something for their citizens to produce. Now, we have only fastfood. I say we revolt and take the economy out of the hands of the few. How we would do that, I haven't a clue, unless we just eat the bare minimum, live on the streets and let the damn corporate world collapse. Every great society has imploded. The charges are set and the structure is destabilized for just such an implosion of or country. We are scarcely over two hundred years old and ready to collapse. Rome lasted for centuries. Egypt lasted for over two thousand years. We have managed to rise and fall faster than them all.
And this man is a Biden away from the presidency! Holy Sh*t!
He knows exactly what he is doing because he knows the majority of his idiot base don't understand big words and only want to hear Obama bad, Republican good. Disgusting orange man
bull puckey, i think that is the word that you use, huh rachael