Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda

[Lakhota]

By Igor Volsky

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday this morning, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) couldn’t explain why the public rejects large parts of the Republican legislative agenda and instead blamed Democrats for opposing it.

Asked why a recent New York Times/CBS News poll showed that 67 percent of Americans favor raising taxes on millionaires to reduce the deficit, and that 80 percent oppose cutting Medicare, Cantor could only say, “It is unfair that these individuals who want a better life and want more jobs and higher pay are not getting it.”

“What is not fair is that we are holding back the economy to grow because you are having Barack Obama working with the Democrats in the Senate, Reid and others, who are saying no to every time we want to grow the economy,” he added, without ever actually addressing the question. Watch it:

Cantor Can't Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda | ThinkProgress

Cantor on GOP agenda.mp4 - YouTube

 

[Lakhota]

Eric, Americans will explain it to the GOP in November.

 

[HUGGY]

Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda

How do people that out of touch with the desires of the public ever get elected to public office...or re-elected? It is astonishing!

 

[occupied]

How does Cantor claim to be trying to grow the economy? Looking over some of the bills they have sent to the senate they are mostly ALEC written attacks on the regulatory structure and no actual spending on the economy, the only real way congress has of directly growing the economy.

 

[Lakhota]

Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda

How do people that out of touch with the desires of the public ever get elected to public office...or re-elected? It is astonishing!

I seriously agree! However, since he represents the state of Vagina, he'll probably get re-elected. Scary, ain't it...

 

[Peach]

Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose GOP Agenda

How do people that out of touch with the desires of the public ever get elected to public office...or re-elected? It is astonishing!

I seriously agree! However, since he represents the state of Vagina, he'll probably get re-elected. Scary, ain't it...

GROW the economy? Cantor may have been on the Cheney juice.

 

[Political Junky]

Cantor delivered his well rehearsed lines. What a lying puppet.

 

[Dot Com]

he aint from my district thangod I also heard the statistic that a majority or rebup voters approve of the ultra-rich (none of which are members of USMB BTW ) "pitching- in" as it were.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Dear Eric,

Its not that hard to figure out. You - the R party - have filibustered every single jobs bill and introduced none of your own. You do nothing but obstruct and lie. And then, with a straight face, you tell us that the 1% are "job creators" when, IN FACT,

The only jobs created in MORE THAN TEN YEARS have been created by one Barack aka Barry Obama, duly elected President of these United States.

Obama Administration’s Achievements (Thus Far) » Obama's Achievements Center
What the heck has Obama done so far?

For the gazillionth time, I ask -

What have the Republicans done?

NOTHING.

Do you really think that most of the American people don't know that??

Do you really think we are all THAT dumb?

 

[GuyPinestra]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

EXACTLY how many jobs have the 1% produced in the past ten years?

That info is readily available all over the internet so please, tell us why we should protect their wealth. Tell us EXACTLY how many jobs they've produced.

Is it more than the THREE MILLION PLUS jobs that President Obama has produced?

Is it?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

BTW, millionaires are not the 1%.

You might want to give that a moment's thought.

 

[occupied]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

America has spent/given tax cuts of trillions to these job creators to create some damned jobs and they have reneged, the idea of the billionaire job creator is getting harder to sell. Also by allowing their lobbying firms to present them as job creators they have made themselves responsible, if they want that title it's time they take the blame for not doing the activity they want all the credit for.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

America has spent/given tax cuts of trillions to these job creators to create some damned jobs and they have reneged, the idea of the billionaire job creator is getting harder to sell. Also by allowing their lobbying firms to present them as job creators they have made themselves responsible, if they want that title it's time they take the blame for not doing the activity they want all the credit for.

Either that or create a job or two.

After more than ten years, what are the chances?

Compared with what President Obama has accomplished, they don't have a "prayer".

 

[Big Fitz]

Oh boy! Another NON NEWS Op Ed!

What next? Democrats can't Explain Why Liberals are Against Pluto?

 

[Oddball]

Cantor Can’t Explain Why Americans Oppose what Liberoidal Hack Pollsters Misrepresent as the GOP Agenda

Fixed.

 

[Political Junky]

The GOP has been selling "trickle down" for 30+ years and not a drop has dribbled down yet. Their supporters are obviously the stupidest people to ever draw breath.

 

[Avatar4321]

I can. Lack of education on our policies.

 

[DaGoose]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

And has anyone proposed taxing them at 100%? And would raising their taxes help resolve our national debt crisis just a little?

 

[g5000]

You could tax EVERY millionaire at 100%, just take EVERYTHING they own, and not run the government for more than 8 months. Is that what you guys want to propose? Just put the 1% in the poorhouse and destroy ANYBODY'S chance of getting a fucking job?

Actually you could take all the wealth of just the top 1 percent and pay off the national debt and have enough left over to run the government for about a year and a half.

Not saying we should, but for the sake of accuracy.