Sunday, December 11, 2011

Republicans Show Their Holiday Spirit By Demanding Billions In Health Care Cuts

Republicans Show Their Holiday Spirit By Demanding Billions In Health Care Cuts: "The Christmas season is allegedly about giving without an expectation of recompense. In politics, representatives are not expected to give gifts to their constituents, but they are expected ensure that every citizen has opportunities to prosper without sacrificing something to a few wealthy elites. Republicans are notorious for tying legislation that helps the majority of Americans to some type of harmful legislation, and the current debate over extending the payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans is their latest dispensation of damage. Republicans opposed the payroll tax cut extension last week, but they expressed interest in supporting the extension on Friday. When Representative Peter King (R-NY) was asked what changed House Republicans’ aversion to extending the payroll tax cut, he replied, “Christmas spirit.” Naturally, one would think that if Christmas spirit is involved with supporting the extension, Republicans would pass it without expectation of recompense because as President Obama said, passing it is “something House Republicans and Senate Republicans should want to do regardless of any other issues.”..."

4 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

The people they are going to be picking on the most are going to be the vulnerable seniors in Nursing homes.  They are heartless.

Underground Politics said...

Nursing homes are already understaffed as it is. The fact that they're doing this makes me wonder how anyone can justify voting for them.

MotivatedinOhio said...

I don't understand it.  They hate union jobs where people can take care of their families, and they hate people who get assistance.  People need both.  Especially people in nursing homes.  What a tragedy.

Underground Politics said...

You make a lot of good points Mio.