Republicans Steal Thanksgiving

[kentuck]

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1122-29.htm

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As the Republicans go home for Thanksgiving this week, House leaders are congratulating themselves on having squeaked through a divisive budget bill that takes canned goods from the poor in order to fund more luxuries for the rich.

The $50 billion in budget cuts for programs that help the poor will not quite cover the $57 billion in tax cuts for the rich they plan on ramming through right after the break.

In order to save face, they decided not to take up the giveaways in dividend and estate taxes on the same day they cut Food Stamps, Medicaid, and college loans.

But the connection is very clear. Dennis Hastert lectured his booing colleagues on fiscal responsibility and the importance of doing something about the deficit his own party has created. The Democrats were not buying it.

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[Wetzelbill]

1. yeah what else is new

:)

[acmejack]

2. That is breathtaking in it's coldheartedness

The greed, may they all someday learn what it is like to want and wish some one would offer their hand.

[DiverDave]

3. I just tried to email

our scumbag, roth, and my email wouldn't go thru...what a surprise.
I bet the rich assholes can get him anytime.