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On Nov 3, 8:24 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Why hasn't the GOP Fixed the Economy Yet? Please join me in calling > John Boehner's office to ask where the jobs are:(513) > 779-5400begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (513) > 779-5400 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, (202) > 225-6205,(937) 339-1524begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (937) > 339-1524 end_of_the_skype_highlighting,(202) > 225-4000begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (202) > 225-4000 end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > The GOP Has No Plan. > > 2011 to 2012: 2 YEARS PROVING THE GOP HAS NO PLANS FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY > > Gary AterNovember 02, 2010 American´s will see in the next two years > that the Republicans are very vindictive, and they are not "here to > save the day". > > ..."Tan-Man" John Boehner. God hepl us if he becomes the House Speaker > > In the early days of the Great Depression, after two years under FDR, > the unemployment rate had declined from a catastrophic 23.6% to a > still disastrous 21.7%. And due to the current 9.3% unemployment > problem, the anticipated gains by the GOP in the latest mid-term > elections more than confirms the fact that the stimulus package was > probably way too small and too late in its implementation. > > As was stated in a recent Washington Post op-ed column by: Matt > Miller, "President Obama's big political mistake was stopping the > Recession from turning into a Depression. The economy Obama inherited > and has tried imperfectly to fix is now 'not' so deep a calamity that > everyone feels impelled to rally around their president. Instead, it's > just awful enough for everyone to feel Obama has failed." > > And regarding America´s "jobs, jobs, jobs", it is currently seen as a > failure even though it took the many years of Republican mismanagement > (as it did for FDR) to get to the current negative level. As some > pundits have accurately stated, "Those Americans receiving their last > unemployment check don´t really care that it took years for the > Republicans to send their jobs off-shore or to Mexico. Either way, > these Americans are still upset and they remain out of work." > > As with most mid-term elections, after two previous elections that > provided the Democrats with major gains, and some of those gains came > in regions where they normally would not have occurred. In these > cases, there will always be an electoral adjustment. The problem is, > this time around, the timing is all wrong and this won´t be a normal > "leveling-off" adjustment. > > This time around, with the help of the US Supreme Court's, > Citizens-United case, and the billions of anonymous dollars spent by > corporate America on political ads with bogus and inaccurate > statements, these very mad and devastated American citizens are now > set to attack the wrong political party. As Mr. Miller also stated: > "The American people in their wisdom are about to punish a party > they're furious with by giving more power to a party they can't stand. > Talk about a pathetic set of options." > > Now, it has been shown for years that the Republican party, going back > to the 1920´s, has never been interested in providing a real, > comprehensive plan for governing. And this time, their obvious > arrogance is so blatant, they are even admitting out-loud that: (1) > They have no clue about any cures for the country´s problems. (2) They > are against everything that the other party offers, even when it is > against what is good for them, the country and everyone but the > corporations and the ultra rich. (3) And they want to devastate all > working Americans by getting rid of Social Security, the Department of > Education, Unemployment Insurance and the new Obama healthcare plan. > > In other words, they want the power back so that they can resume the > havoc on the American middle-class that they didn´t quite finish > through the previous Bush eight-year debacle. > > But the Democrats and the American progressives on the other hand, > continue to epitomize the well-known cliché about putting any three > liberals in a room and they will never agree on anything. > > As it has been noted many times, the GOP is always well organized when > it comes to operating in lock-step and when every conservative > follower is expected to stick with the Republican "talking points". > The Democrats however, are then usually very wishy-washy in their lack > of an ability for focusing together on communicating their plans and > their ideas. > > In other words, the Republicans will consistently follow the pied > piper right of the cliff without asking a single question, while the > Democrats will wander around in the desert, just trying to find the > cliff. > > Things are so crazy today, one Democratic analyst recently said, "If > only they'd have let the banks and Detroit totally collapse, we could > then blame Bush for the whole thing and we'd be sitting pretty today." > > So, why is this the situation occurring now after almost 2 years under > an Obama administration? > > Well, there are a multitude of answers, such as still being in two > unnecessary wars, a totally corrupt past Republican administration, > and years of their spending like drunken sailors with no attention > being paid for how to pay for their financial excesses. And let´s not > forget their unreasonable de-regulations, their blatant increase in > overall government and the loss of personal freedoms due to the > implementation of the Patriot Act. > > But again I ask; Why now? > > One reason is that many of those suffering today do not understand why > nothing was done by the new administration to investigate and > potentially punish those that took the country into two expensive > foreign wars. And these wars were both too expensive in tax-payer > fortunes and American and Iraqi/Afghani lives. > > Another issue is that not one single Wall Street executive or major US > banker has gone to jail. Instead, they have all walked away rich, > while sometimes destroying his or her firm and helping wreck the US > economy. And all of this while leaving taxpayers with the final bill. > They haven´t even been forced to give back any of their ill-gotten > gains. And despite the so called "reform of Wall Street" it is still > free to operate like a Las Vegas casino, with its Mafia-like managers > and owners. > > The key is, with the current attitude of the Republicans to un-do > everything positive that the Democrats have done while going back to > the mess that was the Bush administration, most likely the next two > years are going to be very difficult to maneuver. > > And remember, the race for the 2012 elections begins the day after the > mid-term elections. From everything I´ve been hearing and seeing, it´s > going to be a very ugly next two years. > > Don´t say I didn´t warn you. > > More:http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/197029 > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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