GOP Willing To Screw Entire Universe For Rich People

Obama and Boehner meet today in the Cabinet Room (AP)

Are you a veteran, receiving Social Security, a government contractor, or of one of the recipients of the 70 million checks the federal government mails out every month? Your payments may be drastically affected (along with the American economy) next month if the debt-ceiling limit isn't raised in 10 days.

Yesterday, bleating Tea Party pawn and House majority leader John Boehner walked away from last-minute negotiations with President Obama because he was unable to agree to closing tax loopholes for the wealthy amounting to $1.2 trillion dollars. In a statement [pdf], Boehner said, "In the end, we couldn't connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country." Presumably the GOP's "vision" of the country only includes its wealthiest citizens.

President Obama, who agreed to a staggering amount of concessions in hopes of cutting a deal and preventing the shock of the US's default to the global economy, pointedly noted in a press conference, "One of the questions that the Republican Party is going to have to ask itself is can they say yes to anything?" Of course, Barry, they say "yes" to corporations and wealthy donors all the time.

The President called for Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Mitch McConnell to meet him in his office today because, "We have run out of time…they are going to have to explain to me how it is that we are going to avoid default," but all that produced was more posturing. A recent poll showed that 80% of people were angry or dissatisfied with Washington in general, and 63% of voters noted that they were going to look for "someone else" other than their current representative. That's if we're not all burning tires for warmth and overhunting the dwindling squirrel population in a post-apocalyptic hellscape instead of electing representatives in 2012, solely because GE shouldn't have to pay any taxes.

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By Christopher Robbins in News on July 23, 2011 6:35 PM

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farenbalanced

Love the way Republicans play with language. Greedy bastards who game the system and use our TARP money to give themselves huge bonuses are "job providers", while Social Security and Medicare, paid for by decades of recepients' contributions (along with three different types of Medicare fees totaling hundreds of dollars a month) is an "entitlement."

There is a solution to this. Take away the extravagant medical and retirement plans of Congressmen and give them regular private health insurance plans, Social Security and Medicare like the rest of us. Watch how quick they switch from "Fuck the People!" to "We the People."

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Christopher Havens

Tea Party offered 3 trillion in savings for 1 in revenue! that is a victory! 50 guys holding up entire USA Gallup Poll of REPUBLICANS had 74% of them saving balanced deal is fine, including revenue RADICALS are holding us up.....

amateur elected officials with zero experience suck

LICnative

How about making the forty eight percent of Americans who pay NOTHING kick in to the kitty?

whosonfirst123

0 percent of Americans pay "nothing."

robingee

Corporations like GE pay nothing and actually get money back. I read it in Forbes, that left-wing rag.

BottomlessChips

You don't try and get the most deductions and money back each year when you file?

Immelt is buddy buddy with Obama. GE employees were donors to many of the Republicans (and Dems) in 2004 when the loopholes were opened.

Keep trying to blame one side though. Meanwhile the politicians keep expanding government, taking donations, and making tax code more complex.

robingee

Well I get money back when I pay too much, not when I pay NOTHING. And who's blaming one side? Big corporations should pay their share. I don't think Democrats are pious souls with halos who never take donations from big oil or health insurance companies. Hillary did, and she was supposed to be fighting them.

BottomlessChips

Good points. I agree.

Le Nwwaert

Head racist in charge..destroying this country,one day at a time

robingee

Glenn! Glenn! Mr. Beck! (waving frantically)

slowmodem

GOP plan:
1 Worry about GOP
2 After that, worry about the rich
3 Worry about everyone else never

And the golden rule, destroy Obama presidency at any expense.

Mr Mel

How about ending the limit on taxable earnings for Social Security? It is now at $106,800. There are individuals that hit that figure in January. Change the law and make every dollar of income taxable for Social Security and a lot of sins will be covered The people in those brackets don't pay their fair share in any case and I'll bet almost all of them take that monthly check when they reach 62 .

rich_can

If the GOP willing to screw the Universe, were are the aliens ready to invade us from screwing with their way of life?

akdghk eoedksle

Every time I see Boehner's face....

CurmudgeonNYC

makes you want to shed a tear?

SeasTooFarToReach

Oh, c'mon! The GOP doesn't want to screw the entire universe, only planet Earth. Get your headlines straight, please!

JackBrat

This is absolute 'Liberal Progressive' ULLSHIT coming from the Democrat PR spin machine! And if you BELIEVE this stupid crap- you are even in worse shape and condition than is our economy!!

This President is a total washout- who hasn't got a clue as to how to govern! He is an imperious narcissist- totally focused on 'politics'!
He is a political novice-
who then became a political opportunist-
who has now become a political hack-
and all of this before he reached the age of 50!!

VvM

yeah, sour grapes are a bitch.

robingee

Seriously. Bush was a total fark-up so now everything Obama does is Worst President Ever and Impeach Obama!

robingee

They look like they are watching something particularly distasteful that they were forced to see, like someone's kid singing "Tomorrow" or something.