In Feburary, the Center for American Progress, an influential liberal think tank, posted a drab two-column chart on its Web site, pairing programs under the knife in the House Republicans’ budget proposal with tax cuts of similar size. At first glance, the chart looks like something only a policy wonk could love: dull colors, a litany of budget statistics, cost projections fo (...)
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WHAT BUDGET CUTS CAN TELL US
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After three decades of the "Republican two step" it seems that the challenge we face can no longer be laid at the feet of Democrat politicians and liberal thinkers who have just not been persuasive enough or insistent enough in decrying the assault of democracy and equality of opportunity of all those still-accumulating Reagan Era nonsenses.
The tale has been written down in clear and convincing language time and time again. It frankly appears that rank and file American's are locked into to a web of lowered expectations and wishful thinking to the end that greedy people will surely stop acting that way when the just realize how badly they are behaving.
We could use some deeper thinking about why the facts carry so little weight in the face of the Palin, Gingerich and Boehner proganda? Why is it that the need for Constitutional reform, particularly in terms of proportional representation and of putting corporations back among the "non-people" is so unimaginable. It seems as if for most people the Constitution was like a winning lottery ticket to a lot of benefits, but like a store gift card, it must be spent, not invested toward even greated benefits in a future of more trying times.
What's with that mental vapor lock any way?
Also religious vapor lock. Our bishops and leaders of other faiths remain silent as lambs. By their unwillingness to speak, they give assent to unconscionable cuts, egregious military spending, and denigration of every one who is a victim of poverty, disease, misfortune and unemployment. Until the religious folk begin to lead us out of this descent into hell, we will begin to boil in our own juices. Not a pretty sight.
When will we start using the more exact term: "couples earning over $250,000 in taxable income?" Democrats consistently state a net figure as if it were meant to be gross. Bad politics as well as inaccurate.