It has become PAINFULLY obvious that the Republican Party doesn’t care one iota about Working Class People

I have to admit this is something I have been reluctant to say outright.  I have been fooling myself into thinking that perhaps it was a difference of opinion, or a disagreement about ideology, but no more.

So I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to what is actually going on, as opposed to just listening to what they are saying, but yesterday the first part of President Obama’s Jobs Plan was voted on in the Senate, it received a vote of 50/50, so no problem, right, VP Biden just needs to go in and cast the tie breaker and he Bill passes right? WRONG!  The Republicans have decided to ONCE AGAIN Filibuster this vote (i.e. DELAY IT INDEFINITELY) unless 2/3 of the Senate votes to stop it.  Why did they do this again (by again I mean only adding to the MOST filibusters that have EVER happened in the entire HISTORY of our nation since Obama became President)?  Well, they say, Obama’s Jobs plan is not long term.

First, lets pretend their right – and I do mean pretend, because our big problem in the economy right now is DEMAND and in order to generate demand working class people need to have money to spend in the economy.  Ok, so lets pretend their right – what they are saying is “No, I don’t want to give you CPR, because you need a bypass to solve the problem,” “No, I don’t want to put on a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, because you need surgery to close the wound.”  Oh, but there are no plans to actually get you into surgery.

HOW IS THIS GOOD FOR WORKING PEOPLE?!?!?!  How is firing people (and that’s what we’re talking about) going to help the economy?!?!?

But lets be fair, the Republicans do have a jobs proposal.  Cut Regulations to the Banks (you know, the very ones that were implemented after the banks already tanked the economy), Cut the EPA (you know, the agency that protects our air and water, to make sure that big businesses don’t destroy the land where working class people actually live) and to open PUBLIC land for MORE DRILLING, because as they say, we have 300 years of oil and/or natural gas, because THAT’S their LONG TERM PLAN?!?!?!?

HOW DOES ANY OF THAT ACTUALLY GENERATE JOBS RIGHT NOW WHEN ACTUAL PEOPLE NEED THEM?!?!?!?

The fact is, it doesn’t.  They are more than happy to tank the economy (by blocking ANYTHING the President puts forward to actually help), as long as it gets Obama out of office.  Therefore there is no other logical conclusion except that Republicans just don’t care about working people.