Bad Mouthing America

[BeFree]

It is what the teabaggers and republicans are doing.

They say America is too poor. Too poor to house the homeless, too poor to pay our civil servants a respectable income, pension, or health benefits.

That we are too poor to protect the environment, too poor for clean air or water.
"Clean air and water costs too much"... is the republican mantra.

I am sick and tired of the republicans and teabaggers talking down my country.
We are the richest people ever and they talk like we are a third world nation.

Enough!

[deutsey]

1. Reminds me of one of my favorite lines in "Animal House"

"Isn't this an indictment of our entire American Society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you bad mouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!"

[ejpoeta]

2. well, we are too poor to keep fighting in two wars and keep our forces

all over the world. and we are too poor to keep giving the rich a free ride.

[Drale]

3. We suck in recent years

because of people like the tea baggers. They caused the problems they now claim to hate.

[Romulox]

4. We are NOT the "richest people ever". Not even close. nt

[OHdem10]

5. With neither party being willing to admit, Globalization is at the

root of all the job dislocations all around the world,
the Republicans appear to be acting on the information.

With their actions they are saying the country is not
going to improve economically. We are going to have
40% of the people unemployed. This means a big shortfall
to revenues coming in to the Government. (No jobs, no taxes
collected.) Look at their policies closely. If the
economy does not improve, they say we cannot afford to
pay for all these things.

They believe in Free Trade and the Free Trade Policies
of the Republican Party have decimated the job market.
They set up all the economic policies which led to the
downfall. Deregulation of the Stock Market and deregulation
of Business. They are fighting to go back to all these
policies.

It is only reasonable to believe they know full well
we are going to have a country with high unemployment
and no tax monies flowing to the government. Their
cuts reflect this.

Sad but true the Democrats seem to affirm the GOP.

Yes without admitting what really happended, the GOP
is doing what is reasonable. We are and will be a
Third World Country. In a Third World the GOP Consituency
do just fine. Who is looking out for the Masses. At
the present, I do not see anyone doing it in a strong
and determined way.

[Little Star]

6. amen!

[prairierose]

7. The repugnant party, tbaggers and neo-cons are...

unpatriotic and un-American and cowards. They are the party of NO and We Can't. This used to be a Can Do country but not after 30 years of neo-con propaganda and faux "news". Today too many believe that we can not solve problems, change our trajectory or change our future.

They are afraid of the hard work that it will take to get ourselves out of the hole these guys have dug for 30 years. They are afraid to confront their corporate masters to bring jobs home. They are afraid to confront their corporate masters about paying their fair share for the infrastructure that makes their wealth possible. Friedman's fantasy economic theories and the policies they engendered are a disaster for everyone except the very rich. It is time they are buried for all time.

We all need to be saying this in public and at every opportunity.