rethuglicons plan to obstruct stimulus package....unless they get their way

[spanone]

Republicans plan to test President Barack Obama’s commitment to bipartisanship as his $825 billion stimulus package heads to the floor of the House of Representatives this week, with the House Republican leader saying Sunday morning that many in his party will vote no unless there are significant changes to the plan.

“Right now, given the concerns that we have over the size of this package and all of the spending in this package, we don’t think it’s going to work,” the House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And so if it’s the plan that I see today, put me down in the no column.”

While the plan can potentially pass the Democrat-dominated House without Republican support, it will continue to face opposition when it comes before the Senate, said Senator John McCain of Arizona, speaking on “Fox News Sunday.” At least two Republicans will need to approve the bill for a filibuster-proof majority vote of 60.

Senator McCain, who lost the presidential election to Mr. Obama in November, said that he planned to vote no unless the bill were changed.

“We need to make tax cuts permanent, and we need to make a commitment that there’ll be no new taxes,” Mr. McCain said. “We need to cut payroll taxes. We need to cut business taxes.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/us/politics/26talkshow.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Cry Babies One And All - Always Running From The Marginal Propensity To Consume

eom

[spanone]

4. mccain wants President Obama to make bu$hs* rich folks tax cuts permanent

fug you john

[lostnotforgotten]

8. That's My Point - The Wealthy Have A Low Marginal Propensity To Consume

Since they are already wealthy, they have little incentive to spend each new dollar.

The poor, on the other hand, have a very high marginal propensity to consume; Each new dollar buys necessities.

[TWiley]

2. so much for bi-partisanship

the republi-craps will not allow it.

[stillcool]

3. I'll put them down in the phone call

email/postcard column.

[DJ13]

5. Forget reaching across the aisle Obama

That has never worked when dealing with gangsters.

[DeepBlueC]

6. these would be the tax cuts he originally disapproved of....?

I am SO glad this man is not president. The maverick is demonstrating that he can be reeled right in by a party line. :thumbsdown:

[spanone]

7. tax cuts. that's reall ALL the thugs know....tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts

[DeepBlueC]

22. Death by a Thousand Tax Cuts: an American history

the book as these bozos would write it. I hope Obama can put an end to the myth that you increase revenues by by cutting taxes and whenever you cut taxes you increase revenue.

[cliffordu]

9. Anyone who says tax cuts need to be permanent should be slapped stupid.

Fuck me is there ANYONE ignorant to the point they cannot see what Bush tax cuts did to the US?????

oh, yeah. FUCK THAT TRAITOR JOHN MCCAIN.

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. multi millionaires like Mccain don't give a rat'$ a$$ so long as they are able to maintain their

obscene lifestyles at the expense of the working class/working poor. Working class/working poor who vote for the likes of mccain and his greedy ilk are the ones who can't see the damage being done to them and the rest of us.

[cliffordu]

23. True dat.

:hi:

[HughBeaumont]

10. Funny how little concern they showed when they rubberstamped Bewsh's wasteful wars and rich packages

What say you there, RepubliCAN'TS? Now all of a sudden "YOU'RE CONCERNED?"

Bullshit.

I must've been away, who let Grandpa Tax Cuts back in the room? McCain, let me shout this out to you since you're probably hard of thinking and history:

THE TAX CUTS DID NOT WORK!!!

So once again, go back to your den.

[Still Sensible]

11. They're just blustering so what's left of their base

thinks they are fighting back. The fact is they don't have the votes. Obama will give them some carrot and will listen to their concerns, but he won't let them have their way.

And hey, if they try and filibuster I think the PR disaster for them would be complete. Does anybody remember how Bill Clinton's fortunes turned around when he was able to pin the entire blame for the "government shutdown" on Newt and his obstructionist band of idiots?

I promise, any attempt to filibuster Obama's stimulus package and the backlash, given the current economy and the mood of the people, will make Clinton's bitch-slapping of Newt look like a mild rebuke.

[Vincardog]

12. O needs to say to the Democratic members of both housed "Fuck that WE WON".

quit bending over for the Radical REICH.

[alarimer]

13. So what, then it won't pass and we can blame them for the results.

It sounds like the Republicans want to lose more seats in Congress.

No new taxes my fucking ass! We NEED mores taxes, especially on the rich (and specifically rich Republican members of Congress).

[bobd0]

14. Republican economic policies have worked soooo well thus far

The American people should definitely continue to support Republican economic policies.

:sarcasm:

What the fuck is this? Some kind of joke? These out of ideas, out of morals, out of power, out of their minds motherfuckers need to be sat down in the corner and told to STFU while the adults try to clean up the fucking mess they've made of America and the world.

[Democrats_win]

15. Another term for "Republican tax cut" is "unemployment."

That's what they want.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. Ok then, it is Game On.

Let them obstruct. I'm sure our stalwart party leadership is up for it. Oh wait...

[kentuck]

18. TRICKLE DOWN DOESN'T WORK !!!

how many times do they have to be told??

[FreakinDJ]

19. McCain will lose again

Fuck their Trickle Down Bull Shit

That is what got us in this mess

[alfredo]

20. they do it at their own peril.

[spanone]

21. their policies have failed for eight years and now President Obama should implement thug plans?

C H A N G E :thumbsup: