I was watching one of my favorite, but most annoying, TV shows the other day. It was on C-SPAN. For the first time I realized I was watching a new concept to go with our sports shows, sitcoms, shopping shows and reality shows.
This was a non-reality show.
The segment was called, "Cut, Cap and Balance." It had a large cast and under normal circumstances might be called a spectacular, but this one was more of a spectacle.
Or a debacle.
It was seemingly scripted by people called whips and majority leaders and all the performers had pretty much the same lines.
Although listening is a key to a believable performance, these performers read their words without listening. Here were well-spoken adults speaking as if what they were saying meant something. I have seen High school debates that made more sense.
It was all a tease though, because the outcome was a vote with everyone knowing what the outcome would be. It was not even well acted. In other words, a total waste of time and money.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Words spoken and unspoken
The Republican strategy is that they are for tax cuts and only tax cuts create jobs. But if tax cuts created jobs why were so few jobs created during the Bush administration?
These are the words I want to hear from President Obama: "I will not sign any law that continues the Bush Tax cuts."
Previous administrations have used the Social Security fund as a piggy bank for spurious earmarks and unnecessary spending. Before they put Social Security on the table for cuts, I want those funds restored. Then and only then can we discuss Social Security.
Republicans talk about cuts in spending, but some of the programs they want to cut will end up costing middle- and lower-income tax payers more out-of-pocket cash. To me that is the same as raising taxes on those groups. It is one of the fallacies of the Republicans' argument that the government wants to redistribute wealth. The government HAS been redistributing wealth - from the poor and middle class to the rich. What Republicans don't want is for that redistribution to go the other way - to the people who need the money and spend money when they get it.
These are the words I want to hear from President Obama: "I will not sign any law that continues the Bush Tax cuts."
Previous administrations have used the Social Security fund as a piggy bank for spurious earmarks and unnecessary spending. Before they put Social Security on the table for cuts, I want those funds restored. Then and only then can we discuss Social Security.
Republicans talk about cuts in spending, but some of the programs they want to cut will end up costing middle- and lower-income tax payers more out-of-pocket cash. To me that is the same as raising taxes on those groups. It is one of the fallacies of the Republicans' argument that the government wants to redistribute wealth. The government HAS been redistributing wealth - from the poor and middle class to the rich. What Republicans don't want is for that redistribution to go the other way - to the people who need the money and spend money when they get it.
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