| Cartoon courtesy of the LA Times. |
1. Democrats have already agreed to fund the government at Republican levels.
2. Despite what you might have heard, there have only been two serious government shutdowns in recent history, and both were the result of Republican ultimatums.
3. Democrats in the Senate have been begging the House to negotiate over the budget for the past six months, but Republicans have refused.
4. That's because Republicans wanted to wait until they had either a government shutdown or a debt ceiling breach as leverage, something they've been very clear about all along.
5. Republicans keep talking about compromise, but they've offered nothing in return for agreeing to their demands—except to keep the government intact if they get their way.
6. The public is very strongly opposed to using a government shutdown to stop Obamacare.
7. Contrary to Republican claims, the deficit is not increasing—it peaked in 2009 and has been dropping ever since, declining by $200 billion last year with another $450 billion drop projected this year.
8. A long government shutdown is likely to seriously hurt economic growth, with a monthlong shutdown projected to slash GDP in the fourth quarter by 1 percentage point and reduce employment by over a million jobs.
9. No, Democrats have not used debt ceiling hostage taking in the past to force presidents to accept their political agenda.
10. This whole dispute is about the Republican Party fighting to make sure the working poor don't have access to affordable health care.
You know I have to wonder is there ANYBODY left who does not realize what the Republican party is trying to do? Or who are ignorant enough to blame what is happening on the President and Democratic party?
I mean at this point even Fox News is having a hard time covering for these duplicitous assholes.
I think I agree with a commenter from the other day. The GOP is no longer engaging in politics, they are essentially traitors to their own country and should be treated as such.
I ma not one to call for a civil war, but I am afraid that we may already be in the middle of one.
P.S. By the way just in case you doubt any of the points made by this article, if you click the link at the top you can see all of the citations that were used to back them up.
Palin’s in the picture, but she’s no longer leading the pack. Nice likeness, Horsey.
ReplyDeleteI seriously don't understand why these people are not treated as traitors.....isn't that part of the FBI oath? To defend the US government against enemies foreign or domestic? It is crystal clear this was an actual plan all along and I imagine the oath a congressman takes is similar. We taxpayers are funding this takeover...it is insane. The Republican party deserves to be destroyed...the powers at be stoked the flames, created this monster, and now it has turned on its masters. When this started I couldn't believe they would shut it down...but now I am really worried they will default, isn't there some kind of procedure to stop that?? The petition or something?
ReplyDelete11. Koch Brothers and Citizens United.
ReplyDeleteInteresting post-op of one of Palin's collateral damage of the 2008 election season and paving the path for Tea Party aggression as 'patriots.'
ReplyDeleteSunday, Oct 6, 2013 09:30 AM EST
Bill Ayers: I was Sarah Palin’s road kill
Years of attacks didn't prepare me for the charge that Obama was "palling around with terrorists" -- meaning me
By Bill Ayers
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/06/bill_ayers_i_was_sarah_palins_road_kill/
During the shutdown, the members only gym (and heated pool) stays open for poor stressed congesscreeps. Or, in the words of Orwell's Animal Farm, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/08/1245203/-Don-t-worry-about-your-stressed-out-representative-they-still-have-their-exclusive-gym
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/how-the-kochs-and-their-f_b_4040698.html
ReplyDeleteThis article should be required reading for all US citizens.