The OP is confused. The Republicans have been taken over by a rigid ideological movement that wants to destroy SS and Medicare - and starve all government of revenue, including fire and police departments across the nation. That movement is holding the country hostage so that is can move money from the public sector to tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. And what do the ultra-wealthy do with the tax cuts? Do they create jobs? Is that what happened with the Bush tax cuts? Nope. They invest it into casino capitalism - hedge funds & derivatives; they invest it into lobbying - that's right, the historic tax cuts which Reagan promised would turn into jobs have been diverted into the pockets of politicians in exchange for market advantages and government contracts. The promised jobs never happened. In fact, since Reagan, jobs have been progressively shipped to Asian sweat shops. Only FOX News morons don't see this. Finally, the tax cuts are invested into talk radio and think tanks for the purpose of molding the opinion of the OP, who failed to say anything of substance, like, for instance: the Boehner bill was intentionally loaded with stuff that would not pass in any congress in history, like an amendment to the ******* constitution (which requires a 2/3rds vote that EVERYONE in Washington knows is impossible).
The debt includes two Bush wars and the largest expansion of Medicare in the program's history - Medicare Part D. Reagan and Bush expanded the debt ceiling more than Carter and Clinton by a staggering margin. We never hear a peep when Republican presidents spend twice as much as their Democratic predecessors, which has been the norm since Reagan. And we won't hear a peep when the next Republican administration spends like drunken sailors. We've seen this movie before.
Reagan used the Cold War to spend twice as much as Carter, and Bush used the War on Terrorism to turn Iraq into a no-bid haven. I can't wait until 2012 because the big spenders are coming back . . . and the Tea Party will be mysteriously silent. Rand Paul talks tough when there is a weak Democrat in office. But, when there is a Republican president in the White House, the GOP congress always spends more pork than anyone. Did anyone take notice of the 6 years of Sodom, 2000-2006, when the GOP controlled every branch of government? They spent more than any group in history. We didn't hear a peep from the conservative base.
How is it possible that the nation is letting the most fiscally irresponsible movement in history fool them again?
REID VOTE ON THE BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE UP OR DOWN JUST FREAKIN VOTE!!! WHY WANT THE LIBBS VOTE??????
