What are your thoughts on not one Republican voted yes on new regulations of Wall St. yesterday?
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December 12th, 2009
Wall Street and President Bush’s spending created a lot of this mess, not all of it. But, Repubicans put the blame on President Obama before took his oath. And, after President Obama bailout the banks, he became a Marxist, Socialist, Communist, etc. But, everything was “peaches and cream” when President Bush and Mr. Paulson bailed out the bank. Hard for most Americans to understand this double standard.
And, the Republicans call President Obama names that no American should ever say about our President. Ok, they are returning the name calling because of how the left treated President Bush, but they have gone way passed what was called President Bush. Besides, President Bush and his administration brought a lot of that on themselves. Sure, some on the left went over the line, but nothing like we have seen the last 11 months. Never seen anything to match the “name calling” of the last year in my lifetime.
In order for us to get out of this mess, at some point, there has to be some unity of the two parties or some kind of compromise, and not, what we have seen the last year.
In closing, yesterday’s vote will comeback to hurt the Republican Party in upcoming elections. Most Americans are disgusted with Wall Street and what they stand for today. Yesterday’s vote by the Republican Party just proves what many Americans have been seeing, that Republicans have earned the reputation of being the party of “no!” Yesterday, Republicans showed they put their party above helping the American people and correcting what contributed to this recession!
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Nothing surprises me anymore.
If deregulation is much of what got us into this mess (and I believe it is), perhaps they see any remaining regulation as the sin keeping us from peace, prosperity, and ponies for everyone. That’s the only explanation I can come up with.
Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes. How many Libertarians does it take to stop a Panzer division? Answer: Don’t worry, the Market will take care of it!
You’re not seriously surprised, are you?
As a Democrat, I’m a bit jealous of the GOP’s ability to form a united front and push an agenda. But then, I guess the reason I’m a Democrat is that nobody tells me what I should be for or against. Guess I’ll have to live with the paradox.
They are showing who owns them. I’m quite disappointed that my states (ME) Senators didn’t bolt on this issue.
Well, we know who they represent. It sure isn’t the middle class, working class, or the poor.
They are doing this on every substantial bill. They preen and pose and demand concessions to water down the legislation, then vote against it en masse.
Sadly, the Democrats have not noticed the pattern. They should point it out and declare that Republicans never vote aye, and thus will not have any voice in drafting legislation.
That was the explicit strategy of the GOP earlier in the decade – if a bill might earn some Democrats’ votes, it had to be re-written – it wasn’t right-wing enough.
It seems like people are forgetting that the bank bailout (TARP) was done during the Bush administration. People seem to blame that on Obama.
Obama spent about the same as TARP on a stimulus package that was about 40% tax cuts and a one time check for $250 to people on disability and SS. The fest went to creating jobs.
The bank bail-out was Bush.
Business as usual. Republicans don’t want to tell their corporate overlords no.
Obama wants the bailed out companys to be profitable so they can pay back their debts to us. This is more likely to happen if the said companys can attract first class talent.
If I were first class talent why wouldn’t I hold out for a position at a company where I don’t have to worry about a cap on my earnings?
Besides, government caps on citizens earnings is a terrifying precedent no matter what the circumstance.
It’s sad. The idea of elected officials working together for the common good of everyone seems to be an alien concept to both parties.
Worse yet are the American public who allow these preening, self-serving parasites to remain in office.
It’s a wonder we get anything accomplished at all.
Just a test to see if my question is active. Mods pointed out my mistake and tried to correct it. Have not heard anything…testing testing…loll
Much be a Monday thing, feel like i’m here by myself..loll
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