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KevinYeaux posted a photo:
An unofficial Ron Paul for President 2012 hat.
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LZ Creations posted a photo:
A satirical commentary on the side effects that come with becoming President of the United States. Presidents Kennedy, Lincoln, McKinley, and Garfield were all assassinated because of their presidential decisions. Presidents Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt were also gunned down by irate Americans, while Nixon and Clinton found out the hard way that poor decisions can cost them the job they worked decades to earn.
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LZ Creations posted a photo:
A humorous commentary on the split between John McCain and Sarah Palin following the 2008 Presidential election.
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bobster855 posted a photo:
In case you hadn't heard, an attempt to extend the unemployment benefits of 1.4 million Americans who have been out of work for 99 weeks or longer has been blocked by Republican Senators for the last month. Why? Well, the argument the GOP makes is that these unemployment benefits just discourage people from looking for work. That's what Sharron Angle, who is running for the Senate in Nevada, said:
"They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job because the job doesn’t pay as much as the unemployment benefit does."
John Kyl, Republican Senator of Arizona, agreed: “It doesn't create new jobs, in fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.”
Orrin Hatch, Republican Senator of Utah, went one step further. Hatch proposed an amendment to the jobs bill earlier this month forcing anyone getting unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing "We should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugs," Hatch said.
This is the fantasy world inhabited by the Republicans. Even though the official unemployment rate in this country is over 9 percent, and it's estimated that there are five job applicants for every job opening, they have delusions that the people getting unemployment benefits are lazy and/or using illegal drugs.
Some Republicans say they might be willing to accept the extension of benefits for the long-term unemployed, but only if the $30 billion cost isn't added to the federal deficit: they said it will have to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. After enabling the record deficit spending of George W. Bush for eight years, these GOP Senators have now found religion under Obama and will cut off benefits to desperate people unable to find jobs in order to shrink the deficit.
But guess what? The Republicans are quite willing to add $678 billion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years by cutting the taxes of those earning $200,000 or more per year - the top 2% of wage earners. The tax cuts passed during the Bush Administration - the same ones that caused the federal deficit to explode - are set to expire at the end of this year, and President Obama and the Democrats only want to extend them for lower- and middle-income families. But that's not enough for the Republicans. They want ALL of the tax cuts extended, even those that benefit the wealthiest people in America.
Senator Kyl of Arizona, who is so adamantly opposed to extending unemployment benefits, is perfectly happy to see the deficit balloon if it means his rich friends will benefit. On television yesterday, he was asked by Chris Wallace how these tax cuts would be paid for. Kyl's answer: "Surely Congress has the authority, and it would be right to, if we decide we want to cut taxes to spur the economy, not to have to raise taxes in order to offset those costs. You do need to offset the cost of increased spending, and that's what Republicans object to. But you should never have to offset cost of a deliberate decision to reduce tax rates on Americans."
So there you have it - middle-class families struggling with unemployment aren't entitled to federal benefits, because that will increase the deficit. But the richest 2% of the population must have their taxes cut, the cost be damned. That is the Republican policy. That is the Republican hypocrisy demonstrated in no uncertain terms.
I don't understand why so many working people in this country vote Republican, when the policies of the Republicans always benefit the wealthy at the expense of working people. Besides being heartless, the Republican policies are just bad policies for this country. Just think about the mess that President Obama inherited in January 2009, and has been trying to clean up despite being opposed by the Republicans in every way possible.
If you need a symbol of Republican stupidity, cruelty and recklessness, just say hello to Senator Jon Kyl, Republican Senator from Arizona.
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A good article from the Washington Post profiles one of the long-term unemployed. Perhaps Senator Kyl should meet this fellow:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/12/...
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The Library of Congress posted a photo:
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Collin H. Woodward
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
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Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15204
Call Number: LC-B2- 2959-10
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Sacramento History posted a photo:
“Former Vice President Richard Nixon”
Republican candidate Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968. His campaign strategy, which promised to restore “law and order”, appealed to a population that had grown tired of violent protests.
Photographs & collage by Dennis Warren.
Center for Sacramento History, Dennis R. Warren Collection, 2008/041
Permission to use must be obtained from the Center for Sacramento History.
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Sacramento History posted a photo:
“Governor Ronald Reagan”
As Governor of California, Ronald Reagan had shown strong opposition to the anti-establishment sentiment growing on college campuses in his state, especially UC Berkeley. For a time, Reagan had become Richard Nixon’s leading challenger for the Republican Party’s nomination, with the claim that he would be able to control campus protests.
Photographs & collage by Dennis Warren.
Center for Sacramento History, Dennis R. Warren Collection, 2008/041
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Sacramento History posted a photo:
“Governor Nelson Rockefeller”
The Republican Party’s most liberal candidate, Nelson Rockefeller of New York, made three attempts in all for the presidency, including an attempt in 1968.
Though these runs for the office were unsuccessful, after Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, Rockefeller was selected as Vice-president to Gerald Ford.
Photographs & collage by Dennis Warren.
Center for Sacramento History, Dennis R. Warren Collection, 2008/041
Permission to use must be obtained from the Center for Sacramento History.
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furiousjethro posted a photo:
Just some of the Republicans who turned to the "criminalization of politics" defense.
