@realjohnboy,
Typical GOP/tea party meme; they always attack without providing any solution. They promised jobs in the last election cycle; where are the jobs they promised?
Quote:The Republican and Teabaggers made a lot of promises in the 2010 elections. Now that they have been elected it seems they have forgotten most of them. I feel it is my job as a "True Blue All American" to remind them of said promises and hold their feet to the fire.
Here are a few of the promises the Republicans made:
-To put America back to work
-To eliminate Welfare
-To eliminate Social Security
-To eliminate Medicare
-To eliminate Medicaid
-To win the war in Afghanistan
What have the Republicans actually done since they were elected ?
1. Insured the Rich would get Tax Cuts
2. Tried to repeal medical care for poor children
If they aren't keeping the promises they made in the 2010 election, should we believe anything they tell us in 2012 ? Where are the jobs ?
The GOP pledge to America.
Quote:Americans need no reminder that the challenges we face are enormous. Our economy has declined and our debt has mushroomed with the loss of millions of jobs. The social fabric that binds us as citizens, families and communities is unraveling. Voices in and out of government whisper that our standing as the world’s leader of democracy and economic growth is ending.
The American people do not accept these counsels of timidity, failure, and despair. In town halls and on public squares, in every corner of this country, people have gathered and spoken out – in small groups and larger crowds, through phone calls and in letters, through websites and new technologies.
Legislators in Washington have imposed an agenda that doesn’t reflect the priorities of the people. What’s worse, the most important decisions are made behind closed doors, where a flurry of backroom deals has supplanted the will of the people.
It's time to do away with the old agendas: that much is clear. It's not enough, however, to swap out one set of leaders for another. Structure dictates behavior, so we have drafted this blueprint on a process of listening to the American people and fielding their concerns and ideas for turning things around.
The American people have humbled us. They have reminded us that the privilege to serve is temporary. Hard work and tough decisions will be required of the 112th Congress. No longer can we fall short. No longer can we kick the can down the road. In November, the people voted to end business as usual, and thus, we begin carrying out their instructions. This is our guidebook as we move forward.
This is our Pledge to America.
On Jobs.
Creating Jobs - Making America More Competitive by Ending Economic Uncertainty
If we've learned anything during the recession, it's that we cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity. The best way to get people working again is to rein in the growth of government and end the uncertainty facing small businesses. By addressing both issues, our plan revives free enterprise and moves America away from a debt-driven economy.
Encouraging Growth
Permanently Stop All Job-Killing Tax Hikes
We will help the economy by permanently stopping all tax increases, currently scheduled to take effect January 1, 2011. That means protecting middle-class families, seniors worried about their retirement, and the entrepreneurs and family-owned small businesses on which we depend to create jobs in America.
The Fight Continues... In December 2010, the House passed and the President signed into law a bill to prevent all tax hikes for two years. Our work continues to protect Americans from tax hikes that will destroy jobs.
Give Small Businesses a Tax Deduction
We will allow small business owners to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their business income. This will provide entrepreneurs with a much-needed infusion of capital for investment and new hiring.
The Fight Continues...The Fight Continues...
The House Ways and Means Committee is working on legislation to provide this tax deduction for American small businesses
Rein in the Red Tape Factory in Washington, DC
Excessive federal regulation is a de facto tax on employers and consumers that stifles job creation, hampers innovation and postpones investment in the economy. When the game is always changing, small businesses cannot properly plan for the future. To provide stability, we will require congressional approval of any new federal regulation that has an annual cost to our economy of $100 million or more. This is the threshold at which the government deems a regulation “economically significant.” If a regulation is so “significant” and costly that it may harm job creation, Congress should vote on it first.
The Fight Continues...The Fight Continues...
Congressman Geoff Davis has introduced H.R. 10, the REINS Act, on January 20, 2011 which restricts unelected federal officials from imposing huge costs on the economy and American people through burdensome regulations. It is currently progressing through the legislative process.
Repeal Job-Killing Small Business Mandates
One of the most controversial mandates of the Democrats' government takeover of health care requires small businesses to report to the Internal Revenue Service any purchases that run more than $600. This 1099 reporting mandate is so overbearing that the IRS ombudsman has determined that the agency is ill-equipped to handle all the resulting paperwork. We will repeal this job-killing small business mandate.
Promise Fulfilled This Promise was Fulfilled on March 3, 2011
With the passage of H.R. 4, The Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, an expansion currently scheduled to take effect in 2012 of information that businesses must report to the Internal Revenue Service on Form 1099 was repealed.
They speak with forked tongue (they lie). Obama offered to cut social security and Medicare to cut 4 trillion to save cost, but the GOP reneged on their promise by not negotiating in good faith.
They have only put a gun to Obama's head by restricting any discussion on taxes. I hope they don't negotiate the increase in the debt ceiling, because they are going to effect an economic nightmare that'll make the Great Recession look like a small dip.
Those voters who advocate for the same policy as the GOP will learn very quickly how their choice not to increase the debt ceiling will hurt their pocket books and future. It's going to impact the world's economy.
We need this big disaster to reform our government; it just goes downhill painfully very slowly in the present state of affairs.
