Time and time again, Republican leaders John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have demonstrated that they are not interested in helping middle class Americans. Instead, Boehner, McConnell, and their millionaire and billionaire friends, are pushing for a continuation of the Bush tax cuts for the extremely wealthy. What have the wealthy been doing with all the extra money they got from the previous tax cuts? We know they haven't been creating jobs because that alone would have put hundreds of thousands of people back to work. The wealthy have been spending those extra dollars on themselves with luxury items, expensive cars, botox treatments, plastic surgery, and extra homes and yachts.
Did you know that if the Bush tax cuts are extended for millionaires and billionaires that it would increase our debt an additional
$ 4 TRILLION???
Here is what the Boehner had to say today about tax cuts for the middle class -
RawStory:
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday dismissed an ultimately successful attempt by House Democrats to extend middle-class tax cuts as "chicken crap" and "nonsense."
"I'm trying to catch my breath so I don't refer to this maneuver going on today as chicken crap, all right? But this is nonsense, all right?" Boehner told reporters at the Capitol.....
....The measure, which extends Bush-era tax cuts for the bottom 98 percent of Americans, passed the House comfortably Thursday afternoon by a margin of 234-188, with 20 Democrats opposed and 3 Republicans voting yes....
John Boehner's motto should be "SAVE THE WEALTHY!"
**** Which Ohio Republicans voted against a bill to feed school children safe and healthy food? According to the
ClerkofHouse.gov, the following Ohio Republicans voted
against feeding hungry school children:
Austria, Boehner, Jordan, Latta, Schmidt, Tiberi, Turner
These people are more interested in providing tax breaks for the rich than providing food for hungry school children. Do you know what they call people who deny food to hungry children? Exactly.
> In the
Bizjournals, Kasich has this comment about his opposition to the train:
....According to the Columbus Biz Insider, a prime example came Tuesday when the governor-elect said proponents of passenger rail service in Ohio are part of a “train cult” – a term he made up on the spot according to one of his press aides.....
A cult? Really? I always thought that people who favored "trickle down economics" were stupid because they kept promoting it but it never, ever worked. I think that people who oppose the train project are short-sighted, shallow, and ignorant people who probably haven't had a new idea since the 1980's. They're against the train project because President Obama proposed it and it would put thousands of people back to work. Republicans do not want President Obama to have any success.