Well here we go again,the GOP is back at it with the Pledge to America rhetoric. Hmm, I sense Newt Gingrich in the room right now, any way, here's the thing, what part of America does this pledge refer to? Here's what they made clear:
Tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires by borrowing $700 billion we can’t afford;
Tax hikes for 110 million middle-class families and millions of small businesses;
Cutting rules and oversight for special interests like big oil, big insurance, credit card and mortgage companies and Wall Street banks;
Doing nothing to stop the outsourcing of American jobs or to end tax breaks that are given to companies that ship jobs overseas;
All while adding trillions to our nations deficit.
Their plan is also notable for what it doesn't talk about: protecting Social Security and Medicare from privatization schemes; investing in high-quality education for our nation's children; growing key industries like clean energy and manufacturing; and rebuilding our crumbling roads, rails and runways.This is the same agenda that caused the deepest recession since the Great Depression, costing 8 million jobs, wiping out trillions in family wealth and setting middle-class families back. Instead of a pledge to the American people, Congressional Republicans made a pledge to the big special interests to restore the same economic ideas that benefited them at the expense of middle-class families.(WH blog)
Like I've said before, they want to take America back,well, they will, back to the same failed policies that got us in this mess in the first place. Why anyone would think this is good policy is beyond me.But hey, this is America and we all have a choice, but to make the right informed choice is the key to a great nation.
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