Another typical day in the life a Rethuglican. Even after President Obama gave them what they wanted in the tax cut extensions, the rethuglicans came back today and stopped the Democrats efforts to give an eeeensy teeensy weeeensy $250.00 check to seniors, Social Security recipients who will face 2 years now without a cost of living increase. Well, hell sure Obama and dems urged Congress to approve this, saying seniors are facing hardship without their increases. I guess that's all the rethugs had to hear before throwing down the gavel! NO MORE INCREASES FOR YOU!! OFF with their heads, Damn it! Those damn lazy seniors, how dare they say they need a cost of living increase EVERY YEAR!! Don't they know we have a deficit problem? Don't they know we need to extend tax cuts to the filthy rich so it can trickle down?? How ungrateful of those seniors, they got a SIGNIFICANT increase in '09!!
I'm gonna check with my poor elderly mother tomorrow incase I need to make a correction, but I think she got $16.00. That my friends is sixteen dollars a month raise. Wow stop the presses..... So because of this astronomical raise, unfortunately the resluglicans opposed another raise this year and next. I guess that makes them deficit hawks. I think it makes them chicken livers I want to feed to my cats...
The measure was brought up under a fast-track procedure in the House that required a two-thirds majority for passage. The 254-153 vote in favor of the bill fell short of that.Twenty-six Republicans voted for the bill, while 141 opposed it. Democrats were in favor, 228-12.
