Republican Leaders Boehner, Cantor Trash Workers

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/08/06/republican-leaders-boehner-cantor-trash-workers/

by Mike Hall, Aug 6, 2010

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner has a few choice words for all the teachers, cops, fire fighters, and other workers who will be able to stay on the job because the U.S. Senate this week was able to break the Republican filibuster on the jobs bill.

He is calling these hard-working women and men: special interests. No different, apparently, from the special interests at the Wall Street banks, job-exporting corporations and big insurance companies Boehner and Republicans love to pal around with.

And as for autoworkers, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has some choice words for you too. More on that below.

Boehner says the jobs bill (the House is expected to pass it next week), which provides $26 billion in funding to bolster state budgets, including $10 billion to prevent massive teacher layoffs, is a “payoff” to unions and special interests.

But unlike Boehner’s real special interests—see above—the assistance for the workers who toil to support their families and pay mortgages is about $725 billion short of the Bush Bank bailout.

On top of that, it’s unlikely that any of the teachers or cops will be invited to play golf with Boehner at the tony country clubs where he’s hustled big-time donations from his bank buddies and corporate cronies for the Republican PAC Freedom Project. According to a Freedom Project spokesman, the golf outings have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from those special interest who shared 18 holes of golf and probably some 19th hole libations.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) says it is incredible that

Republican Leader John Boehner disparagingly referred to those who teach our children, protect our homes, and keep our streets safe as “special interests.” Washington Republicans are opposed to supporting our teachers, firefighters and policemen at home in order to protect corporate tax loopholes that promote the export of American jobs.

FULL story at link.

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1. The orange Boner speaks again... n/t

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2. Do a search on the term 'special interests' right here at DU

If you're not a donating member, try the search on Google. It'll render some commentary - quite telling, actually - from ostensible 'democrats' on this board who sound suspiciously just like Boehner & Cantor.