11.16.10 Bee-otch of the Day: the Republicans

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Name: The Republican Party
Age: 156
Occupation: conservative party
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: trying to screw Americans over    

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Man, was Bill Clinton a great president.

When he left the White House in 2001, America was in the black. He actually left with a surplus! His plan was to use that surplus to help fund everything from Social Security to Medicare, and even fund the national debt.

Then came Bush.

Almost the second he became the president of the United States of America, Dubya decided to squander Clinton's surplus by giving tax breaks to the wealthy. In his fear-filled eight years in office, Bush gave that money back to the wealthy, and used more money than we could have ever used on two unnecessary wars, AND gave even more money back to the wealthy by bailing out Wall Street just before the big elections in 2008.

But, hallelujah, Bush's tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. And thankfully, it's just before John Boehner and his gang start to head the House come January.

The Repukes are trying to convince President Obama to renew Bush's tax cuts, claiming that it benefits all Americans. However, the problem is that the system is flawed, since it basically means that the more money you earn, the less you pay in taxes percentage-wise. As a matter of fact, the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, aka the 'Deficit Commission' - Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff under President Clinton and former Wyoming senator Alan Simpson (R) - claim that instead of cutting Bush's tax cuts, that the government should cut other programs instead. Case in point? Social Security, Medicare, the National Park Service and (GASP!) PBS. That's right! Under their plan, old people will have to work until they're 69 and pay higher costs on their medicine, our parks will have more cigarette butts on the ground and Sesame Street would have to be reduced to finger puppets.

But Bill Gates will be able to put that 10,000 square foot addition on one of his homes.

Look, folks, the Republicans LOVE to make up excuses about Obama than anything. They love to lie out of their ass that he's there to higher taxes and give the funds to crackheads in Detroit. Thing is, during the Great Depression, FDR raised taxes through the roof for the wealthy, and it saved our country! A middle class was established and everybody on all tax brackets were happy. Then people like Reagan came and started switching the tables. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer.

Ya know, I hate to say this, but America's eating its own shit again. Tragically, once the Repukes take over the House come January, this will become a do-nothing government for at least two years. Yeah, a few non-partisan bills might be passed here and there, but the Tea Party will try to cave in to anger even the most moderate Republicans by claiming that they're Democrats in sheep's clothing.

In the end, the Democrats will always be the party of the people. Remember, folks, they got us out of the Great Depression, and if World War II didn't happen and if FDR didn't die, we'd all have homes, decent jobs and even the best healthcare on the planet.

And guess where that went? Don't forget, too, who owns a chunk of our debt.

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