Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Republican Budget: Prosperity for the Rich, Zilch for Everyone Else!


The Republican Congress submitted their 2015 Path to Prosperity for the Wealthy, Corporations and Oil Barons Budget.

The Republican Path to Prosperity Budget cuts spending on pro-growth reforms that boost job creation; cuts taxes on the rich; privatizes Medicare to pad corporate pockets; cuts spending on infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.); cuts health care for the poor; cuts environmental protection programs to pad oil baron pockets; cuts programs protecting Americans from predatory lenders; cuts public education; cuts public safety, cuts student loan assistance programs; and cuts poverty programs affecting infants, children, women, veterans, senior citizens and the disabled.

The Republican Budget, essentially, formalizes Republican lawmakers(?) Six Year Blocking and Sabotaging Campaign aimed at destroying the American economy using the middle class and poor as collateral damage!

An interesting article from ourfuture.org entitled The Cost to Our Economy From Republican Obstruction and Sabotage states it well.

Throughout the past six years, Republicans in Congress have:

  • Refused to allow votes on anything that would help the economy,
  • Passed bills on more tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations
  • Passed a bill allowing a foreign oil company to take American farmers’ land to export oil outside of the United States by eminent domain
  • Passed over 50 bills to defund affordable health care
  • Passed bills to afford oil companies with more tax subsidies
  • Spending cuts on maintaining our infrastructure and scientific research,
  • Cut regulations that protect people and the environment from being harmed by corporations seeking profit
  • Blocked legislation to maintain infrastructure e.g. roads bridges
  • Blocked legislation to hire teachers
  • Blocked legislation to raise the minimum wage
  • Blocked legislation to give equal pay for women
  • Blocked student loan relief
  • Blocked relief for the long-term unemployed
  • Blocked the stoppage of special tax breaks for millionaires, corporations and big oil interests.
  • Blocked the stoppage of tax breaks for outsourcing American jobs overseas.

 


Fight for prosperity for all Americans!
(If any petitions are closed, rejoice, WE are signing!)


pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/want-a-real-economic



Tell the Republican Congress to promote prosperity for all Americans, not just for the wealthy, corporations, the Koch Brothers and  other big oil interests


Contact Speaker John Boehner | Speaker.gov

www.speaker.gov/


Contact Senator Mitch McConnell

www.contactsenators.com/kentucky/mitch-mcconnell


Contact Republicans in Congress - GOP.gov

www.gop.gov/republicans


P.S. 
Stop Republican obstruction and destruction...
Vote in every election - 
local, national, midterm and general!
Your vote! Your Voice!

SOURCE
ourfuture.org/.../the-cost-to-our-economy...

www.rightwingwatch.org/.../senate-gops-unprecedented-obstruction-five...





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