keep telling yourself there's a difference, bobo, if it helps you sleep better.
HUGE difference between the two parties. That's why one party is doing really well right now and the other is in shambles.
The GOP spent the last 8 years fucking us and now the Dems will work to undo the damage. Are they perfect? No. But are they different enough that one is better than the other? Of course. Why else bother voting? And why else would Spector defect?
Last week we sent over 30,000 letters to Congress, urging legislators to support the bipartisan Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act. And yesterday, the Senate overwhelmingly approved it by a vote of 92-4, bringing us one step closer to providing federal law enforcers with the resources they need to go after the white-collar criminals who have wreaked so much havoc on our economy and hard-working families.
When the Bush-Cheney Administration took thousands of federal investigators off financial fraud cases, criminals like Bernard Madoff -- whose "Ponzi scheme" cost investors $65 billion -- operated with virtual impunity. Unless we act to reverse this course, financial frauds will continue to rob hard-working Americans of their retirement funds, their homes, and their savings.
If passed by Congress and signed by President Obama, the bipartisan Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act will:
Authorize an additional $245 million a year to hire hundreds of federal investigators, prosecutors, and staff to fight fraud,
Fill in statutory gaps to account for modern types of fraud and correct erroneous court decisions,
Update the definition of "financial institution" in federal fraud statutes to include all mortgage lending businesses, and
Protect federal recovery funding from fraudulent use.
The Senate has taken bold action. Now it's the House of Representatives' turn to get tough on white-collar crime.
How do you think these letters would have been received by a Republican majority? Much different than how the Dems handled it.
Remember Republicans. When you tell us that the Dems suck, I'm going to remind you that the GOP are no different. And when you say they are no different, I'll show you differences.
Government is as inept to fight fraud as it is to fight drugs, terrorism, poverty, climate change, etc. It simply is too inept, no matter how much money is stolen to fund it. The only course of action is to punish those guilty of fraud, and not give false hope as to circumvent due diligence one would exert otherwise.
Gop are no different than Dems. They both pillage the rights of the people to serve themselves and those well connected, the opposite of what should be according to our Constitution.