I think I mentioned that insurance for the long-term unemployed would not get extended if it wasn’t made part of the Murray-Ryan negotiations. Right now, the Senate Republicans are balking because they want to be able to offer more amendments to the legislation, but if it wasn’t that, it would be something else. Their base hates the poor, hates the unemployed, and hates anything that the president wants to do. So, people suffer needlessly because of some procedural excuse.
And even if it does eventually get through the Senate, the House will have their own set of excuses.
People suffer needless because Republicans are bad people.
And because a lot of “Democrats” are bad people too. That agreement has/had to pass the Senate after all. And last I checked Yertle the Turtle isn’t Majority Leader.
Oh, come on, I know you’ve heard of the filibuster. The negotiations here are over whether the minority will allow a vote on unemployment benefits. It’s not like it wouldn’t pass if they could vote on it.
For a Party whose leadership touts their interest in creating jobs it would be swell if their various think tanks would start scoring their Bills on the number of jobs they create and/or destroy.
That would cause a feedback loop in the universe and we would all cease to exist.
The source of the bullshit must never examine closely the bullshit itself.
And so did every Dem on Murray’s committee. The post-passage grandstanding on the issue by Dems was gratuitous. Who DID they think to fool?
It was never going to be in the Murray-Ryan deal, so saying that it should be in there is like saying we should have a public option for the healthcare law.
There was no way either was going to pass in any form.
You thought a few months ago a return to regular order was important, well that’s what we got.
I don’t agree with this statement:
Their base hates the poor, hates the unemployed, and hates anything that the president wants to do.
Their base is also poor and unemployed but they do hate anything the president wants to do. So they vote for candidates that represent the financial interests that see the poor and unemployed as competitors for the same dollars they feel by right of birth they and only they are entitled. These interests use their financial might to cleverly pit their base against the “undeserving” poor and unemployed folks.
I am disgusted and disheartened.
The history of labor vs capital and race vs race in this country (and may others) is violent. I feel more and more strongly that there are more Bloody Sundays based on class vs class in our future.
I fear when Booman uses the word “hates” he’s right. I didn’t used to feel this way. Sad, very sad.