“We thought — correctly, I think — that the only way the American people would know that a great debate was going on was if the measures were not bipartisan. When you hang the ‘bipartisan’ tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there’s a broad agreement that that’s the way forward.”

A. President Barack Obama
B. Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Republicans said a payroll tax cut would help create jobs, and now they’re opposed to their own idea. Republicans said the Economic Development Administration is great for the economy, and now they’re opposed to that, too. Republicans have traditionally supported infrastructure investment, but the “infrastructure bank” idea appears likely to be killed by the GOP. Many Republicans endorsed the TANF Emergency Fund last year as an incredibly effective method of lowering unemployment, and the congressional GOP killed that, too.

Republicans are blocking qualified Treasury Department nominees who could also be working on economic policy. Republicans are blocking qualified Federal Reserve nominees who could also help improve the economy, while demanding that the Fed do nothing to promote economic activity. The GOP is demanding that Congress and the White House agree to immediately take money out of the economy and eliminate public-sector jobs, even when CONSERVATIVE economists say that’s crazy. What’s more, these same Republican officials have made it abundantly clear that failure to give them those cuts would force them to crash the economy on purpose.

It’s against this backdrop that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated, more than once, that his “top priority” isn’t job creation, but rather, “denying President Obama a second term in office.” It’s obvious Republicans are sabotaging the economy and using their media to assign the blame on Obama. This is their only path to power since the public overwhelmingly opposes their policies. A party that is willing to wreck the country for political power is the worst-case 2012 scenario that James should really be writing about. Except I think he’s a member of that party.

You know, stepping back from the “knot” isn’t such a bad idea right now. Look away from the “jell-o” and THEN maybe THEN the whole picture can be looked at with new eyes.

It isn’t right to be on “vacation” and slinging mud the whole time. Rest up….ALL you electeds

and when you all come back in Washington, DC again
you’ll have the strength to move this country forward.

We are oppressed by debt. We need to un-oppress ourselves. We don’t need a jobs bill. We don’t need a spending bill. We don’t need anything but a
vision to get ourselves out of debt and this needs to be locked into place for a good long while.

When there is stability in following a plan, the other will follow.

The hardest thing, though, is what has been keeping us from locking in stability……the political suicide needed to accomplish this. People are not going to be happy. Elder folk, college kids, vets, insurance, business….EVERYONE is going to lose and EVERyONE is going to be unhappy about it. They will vote
the “bums” out of office who did this to them.

In Wisconsin, we had a mini-war. The courageous electeds knew what they had to do to restore balance, healthy democracy, and fiscal soundness….and the electeds moved decisively…..but they sacrificed their political lives for the good of every state resident.

The good guys will lose in 2012, but the big picture has been restored.

We need this on the national level. We need the courageous. We need electeds who are willing to put something other than themselves first.

Unselfishness is what will save us. We, as voters,
need to mandate this of our electeds, especially of our president, as hard as it is going to be upon even our very, own selves.

Because if we don’t…..we’re done peeps. The hole will
be dug too deep.