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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Reward King Herod, punish Jesus, Mary and Joseph

1) Many Senators and Representatives are wealthy - therefore voting in favor of tax cuts for the rich benefits THEM. Is this a conflict of interest? And if they are so damned concerned about the deficit, why don't they take a 20% cut in staff allotment, pay, benefits?
2) After ten years of tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the economy exploded ... and not in a good way! Bush's job creation legacy is in the minus column.
3) America boomed in decades where the richest Americans payed high tax rates, the 1950s, 60s 70s. GI's could return from service to country and buy a house AND go to college! Then came Ronald Reagan - he helped us replace worship of God with worship of the almighty dollar. Now many vets have no health care and are homeless - forget college! And the rich got richer while the poor got poorer. Cain asked God, :Am I my brother's keeper?"
4) In this sacred season, the Republicans have scrapped and slashed aid and will continue to slash and scrap aid to families like Jesus, Mary and Joseph - poor, dispossessed - and are fighting like mad to pile more wealth on folks like King Herod. Merry Flipping Christmas and a happy New Year!

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