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Edited on Fri Jul-15-11 04:57 PM by CoffeeCat
This is like watching grown men play junior-high drama games. The Republicans are totally faking it. They're going to raise the debt ceiling. It's manufactured theater, brought to you by a bunch of crooked politicians.
We know they're bluffing on the debt ceiling, and my guess is that they're creating this false crisis in order to create a justification for what they really want to do.
My guess is that they want their talons sunk into the big Social programs--so some big, drama-filled, OMG, our hair-is-on-fire, we-saved-the-world compromise will have to be cooked up.
Republicans will concede on tax breaks for the wealthy. Democrats will agree to cut entitlements.
What a joke. These jesters are wringing their hands about the debt/deficit and they could solve it all by stopping these senseless, baseless wars of choice. But no--the same neocon corporatists who want these wars are the same criminals who want Soc Sec and Medicare/Medicaid cut.
Tax cuts for the wealthy are a big deal--but it's not the end of the world for the hedge-fund managers and the CEOs. But think about it. The big corporations and the banks have been pumped full of money during the past few years. The banks got their bailout billions and they haven't spent it; the oil and energy companies have been enriched over rising gas prices and their tax-free billions in profits. If they have to endure a couple of years with their taxes raised to BUSH ERA LEVELS--it's not going to hurt that much. Their taxes will still be low and the billions will still be flowing, they'll just lose some of those profits.
What a joke and what a horrible compromise. Seniors could lose everything. The 85-year old senior citizen who relies on that $850 per month, and takes a cut of $150---will be drastically affected. The billionaire oil executive will miss some money, without quality of life affected.
It's not a compromise. It's an assault on the middle class. But they're creating all of this drama to convince us all that this is a fair trade off.
BALONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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