Posted on 06/22/2019 1:07:21 PM PDT by John Semmens
Determined to undo what they called “the wrenching changes inflicted on America by Trump’s tax cuts,” Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are proposing a “Long-Term Unemployment Act.” Their bill would create a federal program to reduce the number of private sector jobs and provide new government jobs for those who become unemployed. A problem caused by Trump’s policies is that there are currently more jobs than people to fill them.
“The present surplus of jobs is precisely the worst of the wrenching changes we aim to rectify,” Wyden said. “Generations of Americans have gotten used to the periodic respites that a few months of compensated unemployment has provided for them. But under Trump’s policies there are too many open jobs and very little opportunity to enjoy any paid downtime.”
“Our bill would rescind the tax cuts and ratchet down the prosperity to levels that prevailed during the Obama Administration,” Van Hollen chimed in. “The restored higher taxes would then be available to fund the type of government make-works jobs that the Democratic Party has fostered since the days of FDR. It will also help clarify the choice voters will face in the 2020 elections—do they want to be forced to take real jobs that require real work under Trump or do they prefer to return to the good old days of a moderated economy punctuated by occasional rest periods that both Democratic and Republican leaders have presided over since the early 1990s.”
Contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-Vt) called the bill “a very small down payment toward my ‘economic bill of rights.’ Ultimately, we need to sever the provision of an income from the work requirement. Justice mandates that society fulfill every person’s material needs and that those who are willing and able to work undertake the effort necessary to meet those needs. This is the true path to the utopia that the great Karl Marx envisioned for mankind.”
Not wanting to be passed on his left, rival 2020 Democratic contender, former VP Joe Biden told the Poor People’s Forum in Washington that “the first thing I would do as president is eliminate the president’s tax cut.” Biden was unmoved by projections that repeal of the tax cuts would cost the average family $2,000 in higher taxes. “Bribing people with tax cuts appeals to selfish motives,” Biden contended. “We need to revive the selfless sense of everyone’s obligation to promote the collective welfare that prevailed when Obama and I ran things.”
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https://azconservative.org/2019/06/22/dem-senators-want-to-restore-pre-trump-economy/
Don’t think there’s anything satirical about it. That’s exactly what they want to do.
Let’s undo all of TRUMP caused problems that has the country messed up:
1. Horrendous traffic slowdowns caused by MILLIONS of additonal workers head to their jobs, all at the same time, then heading out to home at the same schedule.
2. Forests being denuded to make paper for HELP WANTED and WE’RE HIRING signs plasters all over the place.
3. Longer line of people ready to spend available dollars at their favorite food places. Can’t just walk in and grab a table.
4. Longer lines at grocery stores as people with FULL food carts wait in line to check out as their FROZEN purchases start to thaw.
5. So many people have available cash that it is almost impossible to find that person to do home, electrical and assorted repairs.
When Obama was President, these annoying problems didn’t exist.
MAKE AMERICA GRATE AGAIN!
Nr. 5 is a big problem here.If you have a small job you have to do it yourself or get on an estimated 14 month waiting list. Even the individual plumber with a one man shop doesn’t want to do anything less than replumb a small apartment building.
YouTube and Harbor Freight usually solved those problems.
Fine, if you have a body that is still secure climbing around on a roof or sliding on under a house, or a son who will do it. 50 years ago I did this stuff without recourse to You Tube or Harbor Freight.
Sorry. I’m used to seeing guys my age (57) suffering from CDS. Can’t do sh*t. I don’t go on roofs anymore either. And you’re right, good help is hard to find.
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