Saturday, February 26, 2011
Judge them by what they do, not what they say
Michael Winship has an excellent look at how the Republicans in state government work and makes one point very clear; watch carefully what they do, what they say is just the smokescreen.
So the next time a Republican/Teabagger calls for shared sacrifice remember that he really means he will take his share and your share and you will sacrifice.
As Josh Dorner reported on the progressive ThinkProgress web site this week, "Instead of making the tough choices necessary to help their states weather the current crisis with some semblance of the social safety net and basic government services intact, Republican governors are instead using it as an opportunity to advance several longtime GOP projects: union busting, draconian cuts to social programs, and massive corporate tax breaks. These misplaced priorities mean that the poor and middle class will shoulder the burden of fiscal austerity, even as the rich and corporations are asked to contribute even less."All of which fits into a narrative the Republican/Teabaggers have been hammering home since the days of St. Ronnie. Taxes are bad and government is a waste. Until you wonder why your street has not been plowed, you have to boil or filter your water and there is never a cop around when you need one. And schools are just a liberal welfare system designed to deceive your kids into thinking 2 + 2 = 4.
Dorner cites examples: in Arizona, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer proposes kicking some 280,000 off the state Medicaid rolls, but two weeks ago signed into law $538 million in corporate tax cuts. Florida Gov. Rick Scott's new budget calls for billions of dollars in cuts to essential programs and services to pay for corporate and property tax cuts of at least $4 billion. Rick Snyder, newly elected governor of Michigan, has asked for $180 million in concessions from public employees and more than a billion to be taken from schools, universities, local governments, and others, most of which could be avoided if he wasn't so deeply dedicated to giving business $1.8 billion in tax breaks.
So the next time a Republican/Teabagger calls for shared sacrifice remember that he really means he will take his share and your share and you will sacrifice.
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