And so it goes...

Today the Senate Republicans all voted in lock step, as they have these past two years of the Obama administration, to frustrate, lock up, embarrass and discredit any attempt to get things done. Republican leadership has openly vowed to make Obama a one term president. They vowed to block any piece of legislation until the Bush tax cuts for all Americans (including the wealthiest 2% of tax payers) are extended. This same Republican leadership also informed America that extending the long term unemployment bill for millions of Americans forced out of work by a recession caused by some of those wealthiest 2% of tax payers (the Wall Street million and billionaires) was not going to happen unless money was found to fund it. It would only add to our growing deficit.


So let me get this straight…Mr. “Sourpuss” and his side-kick, Mr. “Hell-No” are going to give everyone a big, fat tax increase starting next year and cut off the life-line to millions of out of work Americans who can’t find jobs because of the poor economy unless they get their way, unless their wealthy pals, the 2% of all taxpayers get a tax break that they neither need nor do they deserve. This tax break to the wealthiest 2% will cost our country $700 billion in lost revenue over 10 years that could go toward paying down the national debt or even extending the long term unemployment bill for millions of American families.

Hmmm… Helping a few wealthy pals or doing what’s right for millions of America’s middle class, working poor and those out of work with no hope of finding a job in this struggling economy. That’s a tough one! Well, apparently not for our Republican “Party of No” folks because today they ALL voted to block what would seem to be a most reasonable solution with time running out. It was back to Washington politics as usual.

Is it any surprise that our congress has the lowest approval rating in our nation’s history? Is it any wonder that Americans are angry and calling for change? And yet these political leaders continue to play their partisan games and “fiddle while Rome burns.” The good of this country and its people…be damned!

And so it goes…

Food for THOUGHT…