The special committee failed, too. What a surprise that was.
And exactly why did they have no choice? You really believe that an extension from two to three years of unemployment insurance is a desirable thing? Why don't we just give everyone twenty years of unemployment insurance?
Dead on correct. The Senate “deal” included 1.)extension of unemployment comp 2.) requiring the presentdent to decide on the pipeline in 60 day (which he won’t do, and therefore skate on that part of the lousy deal) 3.) prevention of a reduction in Medicare payments to physicians beginning Jan 1- the early start of obamacare,,,,and the coup de grace— the two month “extension” (ie w/in the 60 days obama is to decide on the pipeline) of the payroll tax withholding for FICA/SS and Medicare.
The fact is the “FICA tax cut”, while putting very little money on the street (to a limited number of people), it also is further eroding the supposed funding of Medicare and SS from current worker payroll (an erosion made all the worse by the fact there are many unemployed,and thus less funding as well).
All in all this points out how disgusting democrats are— they STILL have not presented a budget and defeated obamas completely. The country is headed for Cloward Piven breakdown and the democrats are eager for it. Repubs must show some fortitude—and call them on all this— the jobs, the ruination of SS (a sacred cow that must be fed), and obamacare. They should direct the language—”we were glad to cave in to prevent the American people from having to return to living in caves when the democrats get done.”
IMO the dims want to keep this in the news ... what better way than to have to vote on it every couple of months, continually reminding their followers that they are looking out for the little guy.
They are also attaching poison pills to these revotes so the GOP has to drag their feet, vote against etc. Our guys need to be explaining the dim strategy to the electorate - how costly and time consuming, if nothing else, it is to deal with this several times a year.
They don’t of course. Or the media is spiking our side of it.
IMO the dims want to keep this in the news ... what better way than to have to vote on it every couple of months, continually reminding their followers that they are looking out for the little guy.
They are also attaching poison pills to these revotes so the GOP has to drag their feet, vote against etc. Our guys need to be explaining the dim strategy to the electorate - how costly and time consuming, if nothing else, it is to deal with this several times a year.
They don’t of course. Or the media is spiking our side of it.
Also need to be hitting that the same little guys will not qualify for as much in benefits because they aren’t paying as much into ss.