The Language of Shared Sacrifice
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President Obama has been using the term “shared sacrifice” in an effort to get Republicans to compromise with him over the budget. Obama is asking for more revenue in tax increases and closure of some tax loopholes for corporations and the upper 1%, and the Republicans, in general, want cut to social programs like Medicare and Social Security.
So, Obama said that he will meet the Republicans part way and discuss cuts if Republicans are willing to raise revenues, i.e. raise some taxes. The President calls for “shared sacrifice.”
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5055041 Although giving more in taxes when you can afford it seems less of a sacrifice than losing your health care or job or being unable to pay your heating costs in winter, the “GOP say they’ve sacrificed enough already on debt negotiations.”
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-leaders-ve-sacrifice-enough-already-debt-negotiations-190415729.htmlWhat has the GOP really sacrificed? To sacrifice, you have to have something to give up. The Republicans are so bound to a failed ideology called “trickle down economics” that they think it is a sacrifice to reconsider these policies. Just voting for an increase in the debt ceiling is considered a “shared sacrifice” by what Republicans call their “leadership.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58745.html <snip>
Who suffers more, a CEO who fails to get a bonus because of a poor economy but still gets his/her million plus dollar salary, or the millions of workers who have lost their jobs since 2008?
Who suffers more, Exxon/Mobil or the people who can’t afford their pain medication due to cuts in Medicare and Medicaid?
Who suffers more, GE (and other corporations) who may no longer be able to avoid all taxes in the future
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-electric-paid-federal-taxes-2010/story?id=13224558 , or the ever growing number of people who live in poverty?
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/US-Poverty-Rate-Highest-in-15-Years-103060399.html <snip>
Peace,
Tex Shelters
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