There are times when I feel as if I'm standing on a mountain, shouting into the wind. The fight for the rights for our seniors is a never ending battle.
I'll admit that I've been self absorbed the past few days. My friend, Mark Williams, put the link on his Facebook page.
Mark has a way with words that I'll never have. It must be the fact that he is, among other things, an actor. He can tell you a story with a dramatic flair that grabs your attention.
"Really, Republicans? REALLY? You vote to give a tax cut to people making more than $250K a year, but you won't give $250 to people living on Social Security?
If you are a Republican you should simply be ashamed of yourself. Is this REALLY what you stand for? If not--then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT."
Mark's words certainly grabbed my attention.
I read the article on Yahoo and I knew I had to share it here.
One thing that stuck out, in that article, was a comment by Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare,:
Barbara Kennelly, said, "it was a "cruel irony" that while Congress and White House were negotiating a deal extending huge tax cuts to wealthy Americans, "today we're told that providing $250 for America's seniors and their families is considered too generous."
Mark was kind enough to allow me to quote him. He quipped, "Does that mean I'll be famous in Genesee County?". To which I answered, "yep".
Thank you, Mark, for bringing this to my attention.
The $250 payment bill is H.R. 5987.
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Dan Jacoby, on TheAlbanyProject, doesn't give the Democrats a pass on this one. Neither do I.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans voted to raise everyone's taxes
by: Dan Jacoby
Sat Dec 04, 2010 at 11:51:16 AM EST
Two days ago, 168 House Republicans voted against the bill that would extend Bush-era tax cuts for incomes up to $200K for individuals and $250K for couples. Today, Senate Republicans joined their House colleagues.
While the tax cut bill won in the House, it lost in the Senate, because it couldn't get 60 votes for cloture.
Why did it lose? For the same reason Democrats lost the election last month. It has nothing to do with the economy -- it's all about the message. Democratic "leaders" have their heads so far up their asses that they can't devise a winning message.
I humbly submit the following, winning message: Republicans voted to raise everyone's taxes.
We need to shout it from the rooftops. More importantly, we need to shout it to our elected officials. Senator Schumer's DC phone number is 202-224-6542, and Senator Gillibrand's DC phone number is 202-224-4451. Call them on Monday and demand that they start spreading the winning message.
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