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Mitch McConnell and the Republicans Fight to Raise Taxes on Workers and Real Job Creators!!

Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast writes:  "...Democrats would have employers pay 3.1 percent (rather than the 6.2 percent they now pay) on the first $5 million of their payroll. Also, if employers add to their payrolls, they would pay no payroll tax on new hires. So the new bill is specifically aimed at helping the job creators. The total cost is $255 billion."  A real program aimed at increasing employment and putting more money in the pockets of labor and their employers - opposed by Republicans.  Not only that, they want to end the 2% payroll tax reduction enjoyed for the last year or so. 

This makes hollow all the Republican noise about helping America work.  It also reveals, in their vernacular, "job creators" as code for the spectacular multi-decade failure that is and was "trickle down."  Tomasky goes on to write, "Mitch McConnell unsurprisingly announced his opposition to it Monday. And yes, this is the same Mitch McConnell who said in January 2009 that a two-year suspension of the payroll tax “would put a lot of money back in the hands of businesses and in the hands of individuals,” and that “Republicans, generally speaking, from Maine to Mississippi, like tax relief.”"

 

Newtered Gingrich Comes Out Against Child Labor Laws - Apparently He Wants to Emulate Asian Sweatshops.

File this under "You can't make this sh*t up!" Newtered Gingrich thinks child labor laws are 'stupid." http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-gingrich-child-labor-20111121,0,6466282.story Think of the opportunities for children to manufacture tennis shoes and soccer balls in sweat shops ala Vietnam. This is the kind of klown who would take America back -- to the 19th century.

"...Newt Gingrich go. He is a Nigerian prince e-mail, send-me-your-bank-details guy. He does e-mail spam, fax spam, direct mail, sucker list, bottom-feeding, prey-on-the-gullible financial scams.”"

Rachel Maddow compares Gnewt Gingrich's business dealings to those of a Nigerian prince spamming email.  And what if Gnewt were to take it seriously?

“This is the ka-ching that makes Newt Gingrich go. He is a Nigerian prince e-mail, send-me-your-bank-details guy. He does e-mail spam, fax spam, direct mail, sucker list, bottom-feeding, prey-on-the-gullible financial scams.”

Washington, D.C..
Attention: The President/CEO

Dear Sir,

Confidential Business Proposal

Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Gnewt Gingrich Department at the KochFreedomWorksTeaFoundation, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $37,000,000.00 (thirty seven million United States dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by Freddie Mac. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in the subject of American News reports embarrassing to me, a GOP presidential candidate.

We are now ready to transfer the fund to Gnewt and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as a Republican presidential candidate, it is embarrassing to be caught up in such blatant hypocrisy; that is why Gnewt requires your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 70% to Gnewt, 25% to Gnewt and 5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer made payable to Gnewt.

The transfer is risk free onto Gnewt. I am a former speaker of the US House and for references you can call my ex-wife.  If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:

(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.

(b) your private telephone and fax numbers —for confidentiality and easy communication.

(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.

Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) working days to accomplish.

Please reply urgently.

Best regards

Gnewt Gningrich

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Tea Party Smacked Down for Breaking Congressional Rules.

FreedomWorks with the help of a Republican senator tried to put on a passion play about the national debt. FreedomWorks - tried to take advantage of the Koch Brothers Congressional Timeshare apparently - putting on a b.s. version of a debt committee and promoted it as a "Joint House Senate Hearing" when it was ony a Koch Brothers production by FreedomWorks.  Appropriately humiliated Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) protested for naught about his "Tea Party Debt Commission" being booted out on their well padded asses. 

Newt Gets Newtered!!!

Newt Gingrich and his group received $37 million from healthcare industry entities over a 8 year period.  Almost $5 million per year.  What does Newt offer in return?  Whatever he might offer, let us hope he doesn't get the chance to sell it from the Oval Office.   And those entities are the very entities the Republicans have fought tooth and nail to maintain their status.

From the Washington Post:  "A think tank founded by GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich collected at least $37 million over the past eight years from major health-care companies and industry groups, offering special access to the former House speaker and other perks, according to records and interviews."

Rick Perry Crashed And Burned at Last Night's CNBC debate

Uh - Houston, we have a problem.

 

Back to the Future -Democrats Come Back from 2010 to Stop the Tea Party's March to Decline

Democrats are filing to run in the 2012 Congressional Elections in droves -- and they plan to win!  More than a dozen Democrats who lost by thin margins in 2010 are looking for a rematch.  They know that 2010 was lightning in a bottle for the Tea Party and the Republicans - and they will never repeat that again.  The Tea Party failure, the Republican impotence, has been on display for a year. Too, Americans are beginning to recognize that the Republicans are intentionally destroying the economy with one goal in mind - the destruction of the Obama Presidency. And there's a whole year ahead of the 2012 election - plenty of time to WAKE UP, AMERICA!!

The Tea Party Downgrade Spreads to Mainstream America

The Great Recession cum Great Depression II a/k/a the George W. Bush Effect. Americans continue to suffer, income is down, deprivation and poverty are up.  Yet there remain some who might vote Republican this year and next?  The decline of the Roman Empire was somewhat attributed to lead tainted drinking cups.  The decline of America can be largely attributed to the stupid who think tea means something.

Picking Up The Pieces - After Economic Systemic Collapse

The NYT warns of catastrophe in Europe - but how will it hit in the US? Certainly it will have impact but today, as in WW II, the barrier of the Atlantic will soften if not entirely prevent the blow.  The global economies are interdependent, but our nation's economy is or has a quicker capacity to be come self sufficient.  From energy to agriculture to manufacturing -- it's all here.  If the global economy is to fail, the American economy is poised to pick up the pieces.