“I have six children, and five grandchildren and I’m scared to death, absolutely scared to death what’s going on in our country.” this came from an Eric Cantor supporter at his book signing.
What are these people scared of?? What has President Obama and this administration done that is so scary? It boggles my mind, and not because I'm a partisan democrat, I really want someone to tell us in plain English exactly what Obama has done to scare you.
There's got to be a cut in spending they say, there's got to be a cut in taxes they say. But when the GOP is asked what they will do to cut spending they have no answers. I thought their plan was coming out this month. Where is their plan? Did I miss that press release?
Sen. Judd Gregg is one of the outspoken who is calling for extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich, all the while complaining about the deficit and spending. They do not look at these billions needed for tax cuts as spending. On ABC's Top Line, Sen. Gregg was asked where the spending cuts would come from to pay for the billions to be added to the deficit through the tax cut extension... (And remember, the GOP wants to make these tax cuts permanent)...
Gregg said, " We’re building the deficit because of the spending, that’s where the deficit is coming from…that massive explosion of spending is where the problem is. It’s not on the revenue side, it’s on the spending side. So why put in all this additional spending. Why don’t you just start cutting spending first because that is where the problem is".
WHAT?? Is that his answer? YES!
A CNBC host asked Rep. Eric Cantor what he would cut and all he could come up with is..... “We’ve got spending to cut in the short term what we’ve got is a huge problem in the long term,”
WHAT?? These answers make no sense. Either they have no answers or they really don't want to turn off the voters with the truth of what their plans are. Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, repeal healthcare reform.....
One by one, GOP after GOP has offered the same rhetoric....Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said in July that he “would rescind the unspent stimulus funds,” which at the time, meant that he would do away with $55 billion in middle class tax cuts. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) suggested eliminating the Affordable Care Act, thinking it would save $1 trillion, but it would actually increase the deficit by $143 billion.
When Mitch McConnell was asked about the GOP's plans all he would say was, “I won’t scoop myself,
and six weeks later he still had nothing to offer....If and when the GOP finally comes forward it will be the same 'ole same 'ole, less spending and cut taxes. This is the change America wants?? I don't get it....
Mike Pence won the straw poll at the "Republican get-together" this week, so even this man, who the rightwingers pick to be their candidate for 2012, had nothing more to offer than this...When asked what he would do besides cut taxes to help the economy he said tax cuts.
They have no answers, no real plans to help our economy recover, and especially no plans to bring jobs back to America. They want our government to simply turn away from America, to let this country and it's people regulate themselves. They want to repeal finance reform, and we all know what happens when there is no regulations in place. But some of the people in this country seem to like it that way.
