Did Republicans learn lesson over payroll tax?
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It seems that the Republican party has finally realized that it cannot get away with having things their way by throwing a tantrum.
As anyone with a grain of intelligence can tell you, American politics are screwed up, but the GOP has taken things to the next level [and beyond] in many instances.
The entire concept of the ‘Tea Party’ and their often racist, homophobic, big business promoting representatives, has become a joke and their general plan of acting like they are the good guys, when in fact they only care about getting paid the big bucks, finally backfired.
When a bill to renew a cut in payroll taxes by about $20 a week for an average worker making $50,000 a year made its way to the senate, Republicans claimed it was because the only way to do it was not a 2 month renewal, but a full year, thus tricking the voters into thinking the Democrats were idiots.
The president made it quite clear that if this extension wasn’t passed the payroll tax would be increased by about 1K a year on 160M Americans. Republicans realized that they would receive harsh criticism for their actions and finally surrendered to the reality.
To be fair, many Republicans were fully on board with the tax cut however their fictional story as to why they were doing what they were doing didn’t play well in middle America. It is this side of the Republican party that has made American politics a joke to much of the world. Not surprisingly even the more “rational” wing of the Grand Ole Party was on board with the idea, but kept wanting to hold out for more breaks for small businesses, pet projects, and of course the Keystone Oil Sands Pipeline, which the president has refused to endorse.
I do hope, however, that their final actions on this bill is a step in the right direction. Can the Republican party become a more unified whole, stepping away from the crazy direction that it has been following with increasing intensity in modern years?
It is time for the world to be shown that we Americans should be a leading force in the world not because of our power, but because of our system, one that should set the example for all to see. I believe that such a turn around would be just what many nations need to restore faith in the economic and political strength of the Unites States.
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Of course they are broken. They are Republicans aren’t they?
Perhaps I am a bit naive, I think that humans have the capacity for growth and development and, in the right circumstances, can begin to work for the betterment of others. Maybe I should let this view lapse a bit and realize some people are truly broken.
Some are truly broken Chris, and some of those are the most unlikely. I thought Mitt Romney was an honest man but he’s just like the rest.
Of course they didn’t learn anything. They’re republicans and don’t have that capability. Why are you even giving them the benefit of the doubt dude?