Look at this Board. I see many posts pushing the idea that President Obama should have held out, and it would have forced Republicans to kill unemployment benefits and middle class tax cuts, then the people would have blamed the Republicans. Then, the Republicans would have caved, and President Obama and the Democrats would be hailed as saviors of the economy.
Really? We have went through a year when the media repeatedly spread lies about death panels, President Obama not being born in the U.S., President Obama trying to brainwash children, President Obama trying to nationalize all U.S. industries beginning with the car industry, and financial reform being nothing more than an attempt to create a bailout fund, because regulations implies bailouts!
Look at your network Sunday News! How often does an interviewer call Republicans out for their hypocrisy in opposing unemployment benefits based on the deficit while supporting making tax cuts for the rich permanent? Please someone tell me how often does this happen?
Finally, look at DU. The
fact is that President Obama and most Democrats tried to pass a permanent tax cut to the middle class, but the Republicans
blocked it. Here is the roll call:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/12/tax-cut-extensions-fall-short.html?wprss=44%3f
Two Senate bills that would have extended the Bush-era tax cuts for all but the wealthiest earners failed to reach the Senate floor in a rare Saturday morning session, a mostly symbolic exercise that underscores concerns about the weak economy.
The first measure, which was proposed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and would have extended the Bush-era tax cuts for income of $250,000 or less for families and $200,000 for individuals, failed by a 53 to 36 vote. Four Democrats -- Sens. Russ Feingold (Wis.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Jim Webb (Va.) -- as well as Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) joined Republicans in opposing the bill.
The second measure, which was sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and would have extended the cuts for income under $1 million for families, failed by a 53 to 37 vote. Feingold and Lieberman opposed the measure, as did Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.), Tom Harkin (Iowa) and Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.).
Ten Republican senators were not present for the votes; Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) did not vote on the first measure but voted against the second.
Yet, are DUers expressing outrage at the Republicans for blocking this permanent extension? No. They are directing their venom at the Democrats for their compromise of a temporary extension.
Still, some folks insist that corporate media and the American public that listens to its narrative would hold Republicans accountable if they blocked middle class tax cuts and the extension of unemployment benefits? Really? Why now?
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