Then you have Mike Pence, he pretty much says the same things Boehner says. These GOP have NO answers to get the economy moving except for one thing, TAX CUTS. Trickle down, voodoo economics. Has it been working for you middle class? The tax cuts are in place now....
So, tomorrow the House will be brought back into session to vote on the 26.1 billion dollar state aids bill. Even though this bill is paid for, and to me most significant, is the closing of loop holes that allowed tax breaks for corporations that shipped jobs overseas. This isn't mentioned much, I have Googled and Googled and get only a few sentences mentioning this. Is it because the bill does not go far enough? Here's what the Washington Post says...
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The Washington Post: The funding in the bill ""is only about half what Obama had sought for the two programs and is far less generous than desperate governors had hoped for. Anxiety in Congress about the mounting national debt forced Democratic leaders to devise a plan to cover the cost of the package, blunting its impact on the economy. To offset the new spending, the package would cut off in March 2014 an expansion of food stamp benefits enacted last year. It would also eliminate tax breaks for some multinational corporations based in the United States that have operations abroad -- a centerpiece of a House Democratic campaign to promote domestic manufacturing and discourage companies from shipping jobs overseas"
Whats wrong with that? Governors are promised 16.1 billion to help meet Medicaid payments for next year, and 10 billion for state and local school boards to preserve teachers jobs. The bill is paid for, teachers will be working not standing in unemployment lines, and my favorite part, it stops rewarding some corporations for killing our "on Americas soil" jobs! Oh yea, I forgot to mention, the GOP plans on voting NO, saying it is not paid for, LIE, it will add to the deficit, LIE....
Teabaggers are getting in on the protesting too urging members in the House to vote against the state-aid package. Dumb, just plain dumb, but thats okay teabaggers, keep talking keep siding with those who side against the American people.
Pelosi and other Democrats say the funding will prevent layoffs, stem higher unemployment and contribute to a growing economy.
“Democrats will return next week to save or create hundreds of thousands of jobs for our teachers, nurses, firefighters and police officers — and close loopholes that allow corporations to ship American jobs overseas,” Pelosi said in a statement issued Friday.
“This is critical as over the last three months, state and local governments have cut more than 46,000 jobs in education.”
Thank you Nancy Pelosi and Democrats for standing with the American people!
