The Republican/Conservative Misery Offensive.

[Sallow]

I wonder what the workforce participation looks like on the same kind of scale.

In Reagan's time, people actually started to think they could find jobs.

Yeah.

Reagan did that by spending LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of Federal Cash.

Squaring away the military isn't cheap.

He also cut taxes.....gave the country confidence....and started a pretty good boom.

Obama just seems to be going in the other direction.

He cut taxes on the rich..then RAISED them on everyone else.

Not only did he raise them, he invented new ones..like taxing TIPS.

The answer, unfortunately, is no. In the first place, the famous "tax cut" of 1981 did not cut taxes at all. It's true that tax rates for higher-income brackets were cut; but for the average person, taxes rose, rather than declined. The reason is that, on the whole, the cut in income tax rates was more than offset by two forms of tax increase. One was "bracket creep," a term for inflation quietly but effectively raising one into higher tax brackets, so that you pay more and proportionately higher taxes even though the tax rate schedule has officially remained the same. The second source of higher taxes was Social Security taxation, which kept increasing, and which helped taxes go up overall. Not only that, but soon thereafter; when the Social Security System was generally perceived as on the brink of bankruptcy, President Reagan brought in Alan Greenspan, a leading Reaganomist and now Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to save Social Security as head of a bipartisan commission. The "saving," of course, meant still higher Social Security taxes then and forevermore.

Since the tax cut of 1981 that was not really a cut, furthermore, taxes have gone up every single year since, with the approval of the Reagan administration. But to save the president's rhetorical sensibilities, they weren't called tax increases. Instead, ingenious labels were attached to them; raising of "fees," "plugging loopholes" (and surely everyone wants loopholes plugged), "tightening IRS enforcement," and even revenue enhancements." I am sure that all good Reaganomists slept soundly at night knowing that even though government revenue was being "enhanced," the president had held the line against tax increases.
The Myths of Reaganomics - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily

 

[Listening]

Yeah.

Reagan did that by spending LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of Federal Cash.

Squaring away the military isn't cheap.

He also cut taxes.....gave the country confidence....and started a pretty good boom.

Obama just seems to be going in the other direction.

He cut taxes on the rich..then RAISED them on everyone else.

Not only did he raise them, he invented new ones..like taxing TIPS.

The answer, unfortunately, is no. In the first place, the famous "tax cut" of 1981 did not cut taxes at all. It's true that tax rates for higher-income brackets were cut; but for the average person, taxes rose, rather than declined. The reason is that, on the whole, the cut in income tax rates was more than offset by two forms of tax increase. One was "bracket creep," a term for inflation quietly but effectively raising one into higher tax brackets, so that you pay more and proportionately higher taxes even though the tax rate schedule has officially remained the same. The second source of higher taxes was Social Security taxation, which kept increasing, and which helped taxes go up overall. Not only that, but soon thereafter; when the Social Security System was generally perceived as on the brink of bankruptcy, President Reagan brought in Alan Greenspan, a leading Reaganomist and now Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to save Social Security as head of a bipartisan commission. The "saving," of course, meant still higher Social Security taxes then and forevermore.

Since the tax cut of 1981 that was not really a cut, furthermore, taxes have gone up every single year since, with the approval of the Reagan administration. But to save the president's rhetorical sensibilities, they weren't called tax increases. Instead, ingenious labels were attached to them; raising of "fees," "plugging loopholes" (and surely everyone wants loopholes plugged), "tightening IRS enforcement," and even revenue enhancements." I am sure that all good Reaganomists slept soundly at night knowing that even though government revenue was being "enhanced," the president had held the line against tax increases.
The Myths of Reaganomics - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily

Nice quote. From the Bothers Grimm ?

Backet Creep isn't specific to Reagan. And the S.S. tax jump was to fix the mess Carter didn't fix. He did "something" and claimed things were good for 30 years. Eighteen months later the S.S. administration was in a mad mad panic. That wasn't Reagan.

Try again.

BTW: I've noticed how you just sort of ADD your way through posts. You don't address the issues in the posts you quote. You just sit in your little room and post whatever it is that gets you closer to orgasm.

Try thinking instead of jerking sometime.

 

[Listening]

Back than they were calling it a "fake indicator".

Wow, if that slope gets any steeper....we could ski down it.

Thanks Obama.

It's amusing watching rightards blame Obama for baby boomers hitting retirement age.

Oh, to be sure that is a component of it.

If you really think that explains the whole thing then I think you should get a sweatshirt that has the term "tard" on it.

 

[Sallow]

Squaring away the military isn't cheap.

He also cut taxes.....gave the country confidence....and started a pretty good boom.

Obama just seems to be going in the other direction.

He cut taxes on the rich..then RAISED them on everyone else.

Not only did he raise them, he invented new ones..like taxing TIPS.

The answer, unfortunately, is no. In the first place, the famous "tax cut" of 1981 did not cut taxes at all. It's true that tax rates for higher-income brackets were cut; but for the average person, taxes rose, rather than declined. The reason is that, on the whole, the cut in income tax rates was more than offset by two forms of tax increase. One was "bracket creep," a term for inflation quietly but effectively raising one into higher tax brackets, so that you pay more and proportionately higher taxes even though the tax rate schedule has officially remained the same. The second source of higher taxes was Social Security taxation, which kept increasing, and which helped taxes go up overall. Not only that, but soon thereafter; when the Social Security System was generally perceived as on the brink of bankruptcy, President Reagan brought in Alan Greenspan, a leading Reaganomist and now Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to save Social Security as head of a bipartisan commission. The "saving," of course, meant still higher Social Security taxes then and forevermore.

Since the tax cut of 1981 that was not really a cut, furthermore, taxes have gone up every single year since, with the approval of the Reagan administration. But to save the president's rhetorical sensibilities, they weren't called tax increases. Instead, ingenious labels were attached to them; raising of "fees," "plugging loopholes" (and surely everyone wants loopholes plugged), "tightening IRS enforcement," and even revenue enhancements." I am sure that all good Reaganomists slept soundly at night knowing that even though government revenue was being "enhanced," the president had held the line against tax increases.
The Myths of Reaganomics - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily

Nice quote. From the Bothers Grimm ?

Backet Creep isn't specific to Reagan. And the S.S. tax jump was to fix the mess Carter didn't fix. He did "something" and claimed things were good for 30 years. Eighteen months later the S.S. administration was in a mad mad panic. That wasn't Reagan.

Try again.

BTW: I've noticed how you just sort of ADD your way through posts. You don't address the issues in the posts you quote. You just sit in your little room and post whatever it is that gets you closer to orgasm.

Try thinking instead of jerking sometime.

Actually I did address issues.

And without getting vulgar, like you.

All the religion has you messed up son.

 

[Listening]

He cut taxes on the rich..then RAISED them on everyone else.

Not only did he raise them, he invented new ones..like taxing TIPS.

Nice quote. From the Bothers Grimm ?

Backet Creep isn't specific to Reagan. And the S.S. tax jump was to fix the mess Carter didn't fix. He did "something" and claimed things were good for 30 years. Eighteen months later the S.S. administration was in a mad mad panic. That wasn't Reagan.

Try again.

BTW: I've noticed how you just sort of ADD your way through posts. You don't address the issues in the posts you quote. You just sit in your little room and post whatever it is that gets you closer to orgasm.

Try thinking instead of jerking sometime.

Actually I did address issues.

And without getting vulgar, like you.

All the religion has you messed up son.

Uh, no you didn't.

Sorry.

And now you know what has me "messed up" ?

You are a classic piece of work.

 

[oreo]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

 

[Listening]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

Rep on the way.

You bet it is making them miserable.

They've peeled off all the Obamacare threads knowing full good and well it's a turd.

 

[Sallow]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

They were so horribly "miserable" with Obama's policies that he got re-elected in 2012.

 

[Sallow]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

Rep on the way.

You bet it is making them miserable.

They've peeled off all the Obamacare threads knowing full good and well it's a turd.

It's such a "turd" that it's rolling along nicely after some very unprecedented actions by conservatives to kill it.

It's here to stay.

 

[Listening]

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

Rep on the way.

You bet it is making them miserable.

They've peeled off all the Obamacare threads knowing full good and well it's a turd.

It's such a "turd" that it's rolling along nicely after some very unprecedented actions by conservatives to kill it.

It's here to stay.

It hasn't even arrived in full force dickweed.

And it sounds as if Obama is going to provide for more extensions because his party is scared to death of getting their asses handed to them in 2014.

You bet it's rolling along...right to the cliff.

 

[Listening]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

They were so horribly "miserable" with Obama's policies that he got re-elected in 2012.

Real logic there.

 

[Sallow]

Yeah--they were MISERABLE when Obamacare passed in 2009, now that it is starting to be implemented--they're HORRIBLY MISERABLE.

And rightly so. Lies--Lies and more lies to get it passed. We can't keep the insurance or doctors we like--our premiums have doubled in many instances to pay for all those free medicade enrollees--and the millions of subsidizes that are going out to others to buy medical insurance--when we were promised that insurance rates would be lower under the Affordable care act--(another LIE.) And this hasn't even hit the employer mandate yet, as democrats have wisely decided to postpone that until after the mid term elections.

YES YOU COULD SAY THIS COUNTRY IS MISERABLE WITH OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS running things.

Purpose of Obamacare: To insure the uninsured Effect of Obamacare: Uninsuring the insured.

Welcome to your hope and change

They were so horribly "miserable" with Obama's policies that he got re-elected in 2012.

Real logic there.

Yeah..there is.

Unlike in the alternate universe you live, when people don't like the policies of their President in this country, the vote him out of office.

Pick up a Constitution and read it.

 

[Wildman]

Pick up a Constitution and read it.

this is so fucking funny, you assholes like to bring up the Constitution when it fits your agenda, otherwise it is toilet paper to you liberfools and your muslime mulatto presidunce !!

 

[Sallow]

Pick up a Constitution and read it.

this is so fucking funny, you assholes like to bring up the Constitution when it fits your agenda, otherwise it is toilet paper to you liberfools and your muslime mulatto presidunce !!

Your confusing the Constitution with the Bible again.

I read the Christian Bible once.

It was horrible.

The Constitution? Pretty interesting.

 

[deltex1]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

The misery begins and ends with the contemplation that the American people were stupid enough to vote for a clueless neophyte who had an agenda to change what had worked very well for two hundred years. That agenda is advertised as "income equality"...a subterfuge for the real agenda....to maintain political power by buying votes from those...who remain...in the line...to the trough. Americans are finally waking up...and will turn to others to rectify the mess that has been created. We can only pray.

 

[Sallow]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

The misery begins and ends with the contemplation that the American people were stupid enough to vote for a clueless neophyte who had an agenda to change what had worked very well for two hundred years. That agenda is advertised as "income equality"...a subterfuge for the real agenda....to maintain political power by buying votes from those...who remain...in the line...to the trough. Americans are finally waking up...and will turn to others to rectify the mess that has been created. We can only pray.

 

[Listening]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

The misery begins and ends with the contemplation that the American people were stupid enough to vote for a clueless neophyte who had an agenda to change what had worked very well for two hundred years. That agenda is advertised as "income equality"...a subterfuge for the real agenda....to maintain political power by buying votes from those...who remain...in the line...to the trough. Americans are finally waking up...and will turn to others to rectify the mess that has been created. We can only pray.

Rep on the way.

This is so much fun.

Here is you misery index:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/senate/2014_elections_senate_map.html

 

[Sallow]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

The misery begins and ends with the contemplation that the American people were stupid enough to vote for a clueless neophyte who had an agenda to change what had worked very well for two hundred years. That agenda is advertised as "income equality"...a subterfuge for the real agenda....to maintain political power by buying votes from those...who remain...in the line...to the trough. Americans are finally waking up...and will turn to others to rectify the mess that has been created. We can only pray.

Rep on the way.

This is so much fun.

Here is you misery index:

RealClearPolitics - 2014 Election Maps - Battle for the Senate

Lets just see how that turns out.

 

[Faun]

Well it's become quite clear that Republican/Conservatives took the information gleaned by their multiple losses and are using it to keep up a "Misery Offensive". Basically that's the only thing that worked in 2010. That's when Conservatives convinced most of the nation their lives were going to be SO MISERABLE as a result of Democratic policies that they had better elect bat shit crazy tea party candidates to thwart the effort. This produced the Sequester, 42 attempts to repeal the ACA, a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion dollars, 55 actual bills being passed through congress (A record low), a slowing of hiring, cutting of vital services to the needy nation wide and 11 million people with legal statuses in limbo. They did all that, and turn around blame Democrats. Well that didn't work in Virginia or New York which both went Democrat. The only Republican winning big was Christie and that may well be because he showed he could work with Democrats to solve problems.

This should have been an indication that making life miserable for people and then blaming your opponents is not good governance and doesn't win elections. There are several bills in the house that if passed would make life better for people. Raising the minimum wage, the immigration reform act and the farm bill. What do Conservatives want to do?

Keep on making people miserable.

Let's see how that works come 2014.

The misery begins and ends with the contemplation that the American people were stupid enough to vote for a clueless neophyte who had an agenda to change what had worked very well for two hundred years. That agenda is advertised as "income equality"...a subterfuge for the real agenda....to maintain political power by buying votes from those...who remain...in the line...to the trough. Americans are finally waking up...and will turn to others to rectify the mess that has been created. We can only pray.

Rep on the way.

This is so much fun.

Here is you misery index:

RealClearPolitics - 2014 Election Maps - Battle for the Senate

Some people never learn.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/polit...-in-rasmussen-poll-46-45-a-7.html#post5552191