Why is it that the rich old white guys who created 90% of the National Debt are trying to get anyone BUT rich old white guys to pick up their tabs?
Why is it that the Fat Cats, the Bankers, Hedge Fund Managers, and Derivative traders, the guys that completely destroyed the economy of the nation, The guys who are making more money than god, are the only ones not asked to pay their fair share of taxes?
The Speaker of The House of Representatives is using terrorist tactics, holding the nation hostage, demanding trillions in cuts to domestic programs, or they will bring the entire country to it's knees. They will default on our National Debt (money THEY have already spent) which will have catastrophic consequences and end up placing us and the world in a great depression.
http://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-...The Republican plan is to throw a trillion dollars at the rich and the corporations and to pay for that with drastic cuts to needed programs that are already stressed and underfunded, and by shutting down Medicare. The important thing to realize here is that the Ryan Budget, the Official Republican Plan, would not balance the budget for anywhere between 34 and 75 years (depending on assumptions used) so this type of blackmail can be repeated dozens of times.
So what do we gain if we submit to the blackmail, and we undergo these draconian cuts, loose 700,000 jobs and slow down the economy? The plan doesn't even come close to balancing the budget! All this plan does, is take the money from the poor and give it to the rich. The latest study thinks that we would balance the budget far sooner if we did NOTHING!
http://www.slate.com/id/2291054/70% of the people oppose the Republican's plans for changing Medicare and the same percentage want the elimination of Bush's tax cuts for those making over $250,000.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/05/04...81% of the people think there should be a tax surcharge on those making a million or more. So why does the House Speaker say that "Taxes Are Off The Table"?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/04...The only plan that comes close to balancing the budget – in ten years, is the People's Budget.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sa...Obviously all of the politicians are just listening to their affluent and corporate sponsors. How can the vast majority of people in the country get the attention of the politicians?
On May 12th the people will take to the streets asking the politicians to do what they the people want. The Politicians do not work for the Corporations, nor the Military Industrial Complex, nor just the Millionaires and Billionaires. Our Representatives work for WE THE PEOPLE. Take to the streets Thursday and tell them.
http://www.onmay12.org/