Deficit Hypocrisy

[groovedaddy]

It was not long ago that Republicans succeeded in holding unemployment benefits hostage to a renewal of the high-end Bush-era income tax cuts and — as a little bonus — won deep estate tax cuts for America’s wealthiest heirs. Those cuts will add nearly $140 billion to the deficit in the near term, while doing far less to prod the economy than if the money had been spent more wisely.

That should have been evidence enough that the Republican Party’s one real priority is tax cuts — despite all the talk about deficit reduction and economic growth. But here’s some more:

On Dec. 22, just before they left town for the holidays, House Republican leaders released new budget rules that they intend to adopt when they assume the majority in January and will set the stage for even more budget-busting tax cuts.

First, some background: Under pay-as-you-go rules adopted by Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in 2007, tax cuts or increases in entitlement spending must be offset by tax increases or entitlement cuts. Entitlements include big health programs like Medicare and Medicaid, for which spending is on autopilot, as well as some other programs for veterans and low-income Americans. (Discretionary spending, which includes defense, is approved separately by Congress annually.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30thu1.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

[KansDem]

1. To Hell with the Rich Fockers of this country!

Tax cuts for the wealthy and estate tax cuts.

Wall Street and bank bailouts...with bonuses.

Make them work for a living--they'll be better people for it.

[affrayer]

2. Deficit Hypocrisy or Republicanism

Oops...

[affrayer]

3. Deficit Hypocrisy

That should have been evidence enough that the Republican Party’s one real priority is tax cuts...

This statement only has the appearance of being true. The republican party is a proponent of fascist doctrine. This means they support an economic oligarchy such as the corporate elite. In other words, not only rule by ownership but the insulation of those individuals from the laws of the land through an intangible corporate barrier.

Have you ever seen a republican hesitate to increase sales tax, a tax that is born most heavily by the middle class? So it's not "cut taxes" that is their real political battle cry but "cut taxes on the wealthy" that is the true and most accurate statement.

As far as concepts like "balanced budgets" and "pay-go" they are nothing more than propaganda that republicans toss about in their extortionist political rants to achieve their goal of turning America into a fascist state. Hitler would be proud.