Believe me, I didn't want to be right about the GOP. The thought such Americans exist is unnerving.

[deanrd]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

 

[pismoe]

GOOD , very different country and thats what we are going for DeanRD !!

 

[deanrd]

GOOD , very different country and thats what we are going for DeanRD !!

One without democracy controlled solely the Walton's and the Koch Brothers and those of their ilk. A population controlled through racism by pitting one group of Americans against another group. Eventually, the GOP will stop believing in the carrot their leadership has so artfully dangled in front of their willing faces. High paying jobs that don't require skills or education. They believe their ship will come in. It's not gonna happen.

The problem here is that the last thing Marie heard after "let them eat cake" was "off with their heads".

 

[fncceo]

The thought such Americans exist is unnerving.

 

[Sunni Man]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Our wonderful Pres. Trump says the new tax cuts are good for America and its people.

I have no reason to doubt him. .....

 

[Vastator]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Very different from the one Obama was hoping to shape; that's for sure.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Progressives were one SCOTUS vote away from eliminating the Second Amendment. One vote away from rewriting Congressional district to their liking

 

[deanrd]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Very different from the one Obama was hoping to shape; that's for sure.

True.

Report: Trump continues to question Obama's birth certificate

 

[deanrd]

Progressives were one SCOTUS vote away from eliminating the Second Amendment. One vote away from rewriting Congressional district to their liking

lie

 

[Wyatt earp]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Pay your fair share

 

[deanrd]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Notice, no one is saying "Oh you are so wrong". For some reason, Republicans see the destruction of traditional America as a "good thing". I don't know why. It wasn't what Americans died for defeating Nazi's in WWII or winning the Cold War. Those Americans would be so ashamed of today's GOP.

 

[Vastator]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Notice, no one is saying "Oh you are so wrong". For some reason, Republicans see the destruction of traditional America as a "good thing". I don't know why. It wasn't what Americans died for defeating Nazi's in WWII or winning the Cold War. Those Americans would be so ashamed of today's GOP.

This modern leftist democrat vision for America is anything but, "traditional America". And that is why its being readily dismantled, and discarded.

 

[deanrd]

And not just because they exist but because they are in control of our country.

After the terrible and disastrous Reagan Tax cuts. Then the truly terrible Bush tax cuts. And now the truly horrendous Trump Tax cuts?

See, I have no problem with tax cuts as long as they help the middle class and the poor, but these aren't even disguised. They are simply the greatest redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind from the middle class and the poor to the super wealthy. And they don't even try to hide it.

GOP donors said they wanted these tax cuts or they would cut off payments to their bought political hacks.

And the way the GOP rationalizes such behavior? Makes one wonder what kind of people make up the entire Republican Party.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are next. Even the GOP leadership hasn't tried to hide that.

They attack children by going after school lunches, children's healthcare, daycare and food stamps for poor children. Who does that? As infant mortality rises among such places as Appalachia, which covers 13 GOP states, they cry about abortion. How can you use abortion as an issue when your own children are dying? Who does that?

Republicans also have Medicaid in their sights. Taking down medicaid would leave an untold number of the elderly and the disabled living in the street if they don't have families to help them survive.

This is how tyrants begin. Go after the vulnerable, children, the elderly and the disabled. Then there's the propaganda used to convince the population what is happening is for their own good. We see that with Fox News. The voter suppression. Turning Americans against each other. The worship of the wealthy. The use of religion to advance evil policies. The racism.

And the one thing that wins? Education. And now Republicans are convinced that education is bad for America.

The country is in a deep struggle. Republicans have to be defeated or the US will end up being a very, very different country.

Notice, no one is saying "Oh you are so wrong". For some reason, Republicans see the destruction of traditional America as a "good thing". I don't know why. It wasn't what Americans died for defeating Nazi's in WWII or winning the Cold War. Those Americans would be so ashamed of today's GOP.

This modern leftist democrat vision for America is anything but, "traditional America". And that is why its being readily dismantled, and discarded.

And what is it you are talking about?

You hate equal pay for equal work?

You hate the promotion of education?

You hate equality?

What? Give us examples.

 

[fncceo]

You hate equal pay for equal work?

You hate the promotion of education?

You hate equality?

Other than the job market, who determines what work is equal?

Promote education, not indoctrination

Equality of opportunity is the goal, equality of outcome is neither achievable nor desirable.

 

[deanrd]

How come Republicans don't even try to defend their party? Is it because they are proud of screwing over the poor and the Middle Class?

Anyone?

 

[fncceo]

Is it because they are proud of screwing over the poor and the Middle Class?

Or is it that Republicans have done more to promote and enrich the middle class than the other party?

 

[deanrd]

You hate equal pay for equal work?

You hate the promotion of education?

You hate equality?

Other than the job market, who determines what work is equal?

Promote education, not indoctrination

Equality of opportunity is the goal, equality of outcome is neither achievable nor desirable.

Look at Lily Ledbetter. She was a tire executive and after she retired, she was talking to a man she worked with who had a smaller job than her at the same company but was getting paid more. When she asked the company, the answer they gave her was that he was a man with a family and she had a husband to take care of her. She was so angry, she started the bill that came to be known as the "Lily Ledbetter Act". Equal pay for equal work.
I'm guessing you agree with that, but most don't.

To Republicans, education is indoctrination. Look at you. You don't even know anything about Equal Pay for Equal Work, education or voter suppression.

Stop voter suppression. Only the most ridiculous of Republicans will say it doesn't exist when their own leadership have boasted about it.

And don't forget the racism. Republicans with their messages of anti Mexican, anti Arab, anti black, anti gay and so on are only good people in their own minds.

 

[deanrd]

Is it because they are proud of screwing over the poor and the Middle Class?

Or is it that Republicans have done more to promote and enrich the middle class than the other party?

Like what? Give us some examples. Good examples like:

Healthcare

Equal pay for equal work

School lunches for poor children

Daycare so parents can work

Education

Job Training

Safety laws

and so on.

What do Republicans do? Make it good.

 

[fncceo]

Look at Lily Ledbetter. She was a tire executive and after she retired, she was talking to a man she worked with who had a smaller job than her at the same company but was getting paid more. When she asked the company, the answer they gave her was that he was a man with a family and she had a husband to take care of her. She was so angry, she started the bill that came to be known as the "Lily Ledbetter Act". Equal pay for equal work.
I'm guessing you agree with that, but most don't.

And I repeat the question ... WHO decides what jobs are equal? What criteria is used to make that decisions? Do we create a panel to equate milk men with meter readers?

Any claim of inequality is going to be subjective. Any person who feels they aren't be properly compensated for their work would be a fool to continue working for that pay.

 

[fncceo]

Healthcare

Equal pay for equal work

School lunches for poor children

Daycare so parents can work

Education

Job Training

Safety laws

and so on.

All examples of expensive, poorly run programs that bleed the middle class in taxes for people who can't manage their own lives.