“The filibuster-breaking vote came moments after Democrat Carte Goodwin was sworn in to succeed West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, who died last month at 92. Goodwin was the crucial 60th senator needed to defeat the Republican filibuster. The Senate gallery was packed with Goodwin supporters, who broke into applause as he cast his "aye" vote,” according the Associated Press.
Every single Republican voted to stiff working people, with the exception of sane Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Republicans have used the excuse to stiff workers and try to stall the economic recovery that it will increase the budget deficit, and that they insisted any benefits be financed by cuts to programs elsewhere in budget because it will increase the budget surplus.
“Many Republicans have voted in the past for deficit-financed benefits extension — including as recently as March and twice in 2008, during the Bush administration. But now they are casting themselves as standing against out-of-control budget deficits, a stand that's popular with their core conservative supporters and the tea party activists whose support they're courting in hopes of retaking control of Congress,” according the AP.
It’s just funny that now they are crying about a deficit when it’s being used to help working people actually survive in the mess they created instead of for tax cuts for the richest 1 percent, a useless war and a bailout to Wall Street. It was the Bush tax cuts that helped turn a budget surplus into a huge deficit and sent the country to the edge of a complete economic collapse.
But we were hearing from many prominent Republicans how the unemployed are lazy and actually think people would rather collect unemployment small amount they get from unemployment than work. This was also a move to make the President look bad and stall the economic recovery.
Republicans are hoping voters have a short memory in November.
The Michigan League for Human Services (MLHS) announced that by this past Saturday Michigan would have 104,000 workers with lapsed unemployment benefits. Michigan was losing $200 million a month because of the loss of benefits. MLHS said unemployment benefits are one of the most effective economic stimulants available because jobless workers use them to pay bills and keep the dollars circulating.
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Typical of Socialist Democrats. Pass "paygo" which means you pay as you go, but then write a check for money you don't have meaning you're not paying as you go.
Must be Bush's fault.
Amazing. You’re finally right about something, anonymous coward. The worst recession since the Great Depression, the economic meltdown and losing millions of jobs was Bush’s fault. Nice to see you finally acknowledge it.
Once again, anonymous coward, there is no such thing as a Socialist Democrat in the United States, and that is just a false, Republican smear.
“Write a check for money you don't have meaning you're not paying as you go?” Where were you when Bush’s tax cuts for the rich and his needless war took a budget surplus and turned into a huge deficit? In your world it’s OK to create a deficit for tax cuts for the rich, but not to help the middle class feed their family and keep the economic recovery from Bush’s recession going. Just sad.
Again, anonymous coward, I’m still waiting for you to back up your outrageous lie that we were “nearly shoulder to shoulder once.”
Tax cuts were for everyone, not just the rich. It's too bad that you hate America so much that you don't see the need to fight Al Queda for attacking us, but I've gotten used to the socialist Democrats hating America, so it's pointless to point out the obvious to you.
It is funny though that you get upset about deficit spending, whether due to war or not, and want to whine about Bush, but you have no problem with Obama's deficit spending being on steroids. He's quadrupled the deficit in 18 months and doubled the debt. You don't have a problem with this when it's Obama, but you didn't like the Bush years because of deficit spending.
I guess that translates into 'in your world it's not okay to have deficit spending when it's a Republican President but when it's a socialist Democrat spending four times as much as the Republican, that's okay because it's a socialist Democrat and he cares about people'.
Funny thing though, if you don't have any money in your check book, and you need food, do you go to your neighbors house and take 15% of their pay that they worked for so that you can eat?
But of course, that's what you expect the government to do so that you don't have to knock on your neighbors door. Oh wait, you are in favor of illegal aliens moving in, getting free health care, raping and murdering our citizens and saying they have a right to be here, so I guess you wouldn't bother knocking on your neighbors door. You'd just walk in. After all, you're entitled to the fruits of their hard work because you don't want to work hard.
Must be Bush's fault that you're so narcissistic.
Sorry, anonymous coward, the Bush tax cuts were only for the richest 1 percent. Wow; you’re rolling out that old smear. Nothing like a golden oldie. Al Queda had nothing to do with Iraq, and Iraq never attacked the U.S.
Once again, anonymous coward, there is no such thing as a Socialist Democrat in the United States, and that is just a false, Republican smear. I hate America because I don’t agree with you? All I can say, anonymous coward, is that I did more for my country than you can ever dream of.
I’m not upset about deficit spending if it’s for a reason; like lifting the country out of the worst recession since the Great Depression; not for tax cuts for the richest 1 percent and a useless war. It also upsets me when you have a hard won surplus, and it is squandered.
Once again, anonymous coward, there is no such thing as a Socialist Democrat in the United States, and that is just a false, Republican smear. And, I’m not upset about deficit spending if it’s for a reason; like lifting the country out of the worst recession since the Great Depression; not for tax cuts for the richest 1 percent and a useless war.
Your checkbook tale is as dumb and false as the rest of your constant BS, lies and attacks. No one is “in favor of illegal aliens moving in, getting free health care, raping and murdering our citizens and saying they have a right to be here” and that’s not happening anyway.
Ah, the false personal attacks. This, from an anonymous coward. Perhaps you shouldn’t be drinking when you post this crap, anonymous coward. But again, anonymous coward, the worst recession since the Great Depression is Bush’s fault.
Again, anonymous coward, I’m still waiting for you to back up your outrageous lie that we were “nearly shoulder to shoulder once.”
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