This Is Great Legislation

Ahha. Once again the Republican have shown that they alone run our government. That's right folks, it has nothing to do with how many of which party are elected or who holds the majority, it only matters who has the courage to stand up against the wishes of the party in power. Well, that and which party has the most wealthy backers, which is almost without exception, the Republicans. So, here's the deal they are offering; in return for their vote on unemployment checks and continuing the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, the Democrats must give those tax cuts to the folks who need them the most. That is to say, the wealthiest people in America. That would be bad enough, but they also require an increase in the inheritance tax credit to $5 million, additional tax credits for business and industry so they won't have to pay taxes at all and a tax cut on Social Security payments. The reason for that seems to be because Social Security is in danger of running out of money. So obviously the cure for that is to lower the amount being paid into Social Security. Does that make sense to you? It does? Then how about explaining it to me because I can't figure out how that works. I do know that it has long been the goal of the Republican party to dismantle Social Security, Reducing the income for SS will certainly help accomplish that goal, but I don't see it doing anything else. Now the "new Republican" President Obama is pleased. So much so, he has shown surprise that the Democrats in Congress are upset. In fact, he has sort of balled them out for not happily voting for the bill. Now, don't get me wrong, the Congressional Democrats had a chance to pass legislation to allow the "Deficit causing Bush Tax Cuts" to expire for the top 2% of Americans, the wealthiest in America, but they blew it. So they are entitled to some sort of spanking. But just remember, It's the Republicans that are in charge. Have been all along.