Comments on: Yank the Tax Cuts; Put Back the Family Planning http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/01/yank-the-tax-cuts-put-back-the-family-planning Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/01/yank-the-tax-cuts-put-back-the-family-planning/comment-page-1#comment-49250 Kathy Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:57:11 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=7591#comment-49250 Whoa! Two batters hit it out of the ballpark -- and on my post! Whoa! Two batters hit it out of the ballpark — and on my post!

]]> By: DrGail http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/01/yank-the-tax-cuts-put-back-the-family-planning/comment-page-1#comment-49248 DrGail Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:47:19 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=7591#comment-49248 <i>“Let us be clear: attack ads will not create jobs or help struggling families but will only serve to undermine our nation’s desire for bipartisanship. Instead of thinking about winning at any cost, we should all be thinking about creating the jobs Americans need,” Cantor intends to say.</i> Well, actually attack ads DO create jobs, in that they represent some spending. What certainly DOESN'T create jobs is Republican members of Congress sucking up all the available airtime on the cable news shows (since they already have good-paying jobs which, not coincidentally, exist courtesy of American taxpayers) and then voting <i>en masse</i> against the stimulus bill. “Let us be clear: attack ads will not create jobs or help struggling families but will only serve to undermine our nation’s desire for bipartisanship. Instead of thinking about winning at any cost, we should all be thinking about creating the jobs Americans need,” Cantor intends to say.

Well, actually attack ads DO create jobs, in that they represent some spending. What certainly DOESN’T create jobs is Republican members of Congress sucking up all the available airtime on the cable news shows (since they already have good-paying jobs which, not coincidentally, exist courtesy of American taxpayers) and then voting en masse against the stimulus bill.

]]> By: Jack Jodell http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2009/01/yank-the-tax-cuts-put-back-the-family-planning/comment-page-1#comment-49238 Jack Jodell Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:56:47 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=7591#comment-49238 The Republicans are acting like a group of spoiled crybabies and they should be treated as such. Obama and the Dems should continue treating them with civility and allowing them input, but since the GOP's errant idea of bipartisanship is their way or the highway, there should be absolutely no more concessions made to them. Concessions already made should indeed be yanked back, and the plan should be put to a full vote and passed, steamrolling the GOP in the process and teaching them an important lesson. Perhaps once they get the message that bipartisanship means cooperation and give and take, then they'll be deserving of concessions and will get them. Until then, forget it, and let's stop pandering to these uncooperative, pouting crybabies and give them exactly what they deserve - nothing! The Republicans are acting like a group of spoiled crybabies and they should be treated as such. Obama and the Dems should continue treating them with civility and allowing them input, but since the GOP’s errant idea of bipartisanship is their way or the highway, there should be absolutely no more concessions made to them. Concessions already made should indeed be yanked back, and the plan should be put to a full vote and passed, steamrolling the GOP in the process and teaching them an important lesson. Perhaps once they get the message that bipartisanship means cooperation and give and take, then they’ll be deserving of concessions and will get them. Until then, forget it, and let’s stop pandering to these uncooperative, pouting crybabies and give them exactly what they deserve – nothing!

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