Democrats Focus on GOP Objections to Unemployment Bill

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MITCH MCCONNELL IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIMSELF, NOT THIS OR ANY OTHER GENERATION
MITCH MCCONNELL'S FILIBUSTER SHAM GAME CONTINUES while the country burns. That is the dark face of selfish individualism. Ever since Obama became President, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, has not really cared about “country first.” He cares single-mindedly about one thing and one thing only—how to sabotage the Obama Presidency. He wants to get back to power so badly so that he and other Republicans would continue the Bush-era policies that brought us to the brink of economic collapse. Therefore, when McConnell says that he opposes Obama because of the deficit out of concern for the next generation, he is not being truthful. The reality of the present economic crisis is that unless McConnell and other Republicans cooperate to help fix it, there would not be anything left for the next generation. McConnell would not do anything for those suffering now (the unemployed, the poor, the middle class), but claims he wants to do something for those yet unborn. McConnell’s avowed concern about the deficit is clearly so convenient. During the Bush years, he didn’t mind the deficit. Robust economic growth would help the country get out of deficit financing. But Mitch would not cooperate. Instead he invites much bigger deficit through his advocacy for a permanent Bush tax cut for the rich.

Dr. Sam of CA 12:03AM July 28, 2010

anyone who thinks that the g.o.p.care;s a damm about the middle-class is living in a fools paradise.one exception, when their pandering for votes.

bruce b of NV 11:38PM July 27, 2010

If we can fund two costly wars that will ultimately end exactly as Vietnam, then our politicians damm well better be able to find funding for unemployment benefits to the millions currently unable to find work.

Roy Hollandsworth of WA 8:49PM July 27, 2010

Too many politicians have their priorities upside down and backwards, and seem to vote only in favor of getting ever more money from wealthy corporate and private contributors. They seem to be perpetually in campaign mode, always running for re-election, never representing the people who actually elect them. If and when the people of this country learn to vote their own interests, this madness will finally cease. (hint: campaign finance reform!)

Adnora of CA 5:26PM July 27, 2010

The GOP has consistently demonstrated a willingness to support big business and the wealthiest - top 2-3% of Americans, and is willing to do so at the expense of the American Middle Class.
I understand the deficit conerns. I understand that there is debate about whether or not the stimulus had a positive impact on the recession (which I would argue is very difficult to measure one way or the other, but that without the stimulus, hundreds of thousands more jobs would have been lost).
Regardless, there are millions of people in this country who no longer have a home to live in, no longer have an income to feed themselves or their families -many of whom have higher education degrees and many years of professional experience. If we can fund wars, tax cuts for the wealthy, bail out banks and other Wall Street thieves, we can afford to take care of our own middle class Americans. Period. The middle class helped pay for all of the above-mentioned wars and bail outs with their taxes. They should not be ignored and pushed to the streets.

KWiedemer of CO 4:28PM July 27, 2010