This article is fantastic for those on the left who are less-than-impressed by President Obama. Don’t lose sight of what he has done (and what his plan is). The point is that Obama is and always has been “planning for eight years, not four.” He has his goals in sight, folks.
The GOP has filibustered the payroll tax cut extension. Yes, the party that wants to protect people from evil, dangerous taxes has voted to raise them on the middle class to avoid a 3.25% raise on taxes of those making more than $1million a year.
That means middle class families could face a tax increase of around $1,000 this year.
And letting the Bush tax cuts expire would be unfair? Oh okay.
Homophobic Reactions to Barney Frank’s Retirement Announcement
From the Tenneesee Tea
BaggersParty
…from GOProud
Stay classy, haters!
Hey, LGBT people! If you’re not going to stand up for your rights and the rights of your brothers and sisters then just STAY IN THE CLOSET AND KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT.
You don’t have to be a Democrat just because you’re gay… but if you support an anti-gay politician (read: Republican) then you’re just a self-loathing gay person who is pretending to not want respect or rights.
With 13.9 million American’s unemployed, now is not the time to end unemployment benefits.
(via stfuconservatives)
The number of prescription drug shortages tripled between 2005 and 2010. Besides having serious consequences for people’s health and well-being, drug shortages drive vendors to charge outragous prices for drugs that are normally affordable when in stock. One report found that price-gouging vendors mark up prices on drugs in short supply by 650 percent, on average.
(via By the Numbers: 650 Percent | The White House)
It’s good to believe in free markets and their efficient nature, but one must also be willing to acknowledge when a lack of regulatory oversight causes inefficient developments.
(via barackobama)
The document is 13 pages, but you can skip to the last page for my conclusion and summary of candidate responses. It’s intended to be mostly humorous, but the rest of the document is a true summary of what was said including the full questions.
This debate was amazingly biased and flawed. I hope this document gets that point across. I declared Google the winner of the debate—so much advertising that it made my head spin.
BofA paid no corporate taxes in 2009 and 2010. Received $1 billion tax refund. Today, lays off 30,000 workers. Any questions?
Yeah, I have a question: tell me again how corporate tax cuts create jobs??
Again, corporate tax cuts do NOT create jobs!
It’s 8 pages long and unedited, but it tells basically everything that was said in a play-by-play style. Enjoy all the asshattery with a little bit of snarky commentary!
A couple of political thoughts.
- During the GOP debate, my
idiotstate governor, Rick Perry, touted the record-breaking number of executions that were carried out while he was in power. Yes, he has presided over 234 executions so far as governor of Texas and he is proud of that. Even more disgustingly, so was the audience, who cheered like wild beasts. (Pro-life! Woohoo!) - Obama announced his job package that is surprisingly less “radical” than everyone expected. It has a pretty big price tag, but he says his proposed budget makes its net cost $0. (At least give him the benefit of the doubt until he delivers on that one) Now, here’s the thing: this proposal is made up of separate measures that have already been approved and passed by bipartisan groups in the past. Yes, that’s right, republicans have actually already championed such measures before! So we’ll see if Congress is really interested in helping the country with unemployment or if they’re just interested in making sure Obama doesn’t have the chance to do anything good before the election.
So, conservative members of Congress, are you just a name with an “R” next to it? Or have you just gotten so used to your rallying cry “where are the jobs?” that you don’t actually want to do anything about creating them lest you have nothing to bitch about? - Tax cuts for corporations will not create jobs. I don’t know what idiot was the first to suggest this, but it has caught on and people are running with it. If you let corporations keep more of their money, that is exactly what they’ll do—keep it! Do you think they’ll hire more people just for the sake of creating jobs? Of course not. If they can do what they’re already doing and squeeze even more profit out, they will. Suggesting otherwise (that corporations will act as humanitarians when they have nothing to gain from such actions) is just being a loon…
or being someone dishonest enough to try to convince other people that you’re right so you can enjoy more campaign donations.
Note: I am not necessarily anti-corporation. I am a realist who understands that shareholders expect to see profits, and giving a tax break to a corporation will mean more profits… nothing more.
