Some more of those ole GOP Christian Values

[Secretariat]

In one month, The House has passed the following bills:

1. Cut Medicaid benefits for the "poorest" of Americans.
2. "Raised their own congressional salaries"
3. "Cuts taxes for the wealthiest" of Americans maintaining the Capital Gains Cut, and defeating a Democratic alternative that asked for those making over 500,000 to not get their cuts. Defeated the alternative along party lines.

The Party of Christian Values strikes again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051208/...congress_taxes

[GaryG]

Sec, I know you are not a brain surgeon, but since when are all Christians Republicans? You are not going to drag Christianity into partisan politics. Here is one for you: a) Most blacks are Christians b) Most blacks are Democrats. Therefore what Sec?

[Steve 'StatMan']

Originally Posted by Secretariat

In one month, The House has passed the following bills:
2. "Raised their own congressional salaries"

I saw nothing in this article about item number 2. If this did happen, which I am hoping didn't, what was the vote along party lines, as you're obviously taking another shot at the Republicans (gee, alert the media!) Surely you don't mean to suggest that only the congressional salaries of Republicans are going up, and the rest we either not approved, or they graciously declined the money.

[JustRalph]

We are marching through the Dems like Sherman! This is what happens when you lose elections Sec. You get stomped on when it comes to legislation. Get used to it...........more to come!

[Bobby]

The party of Lincoln . . .

[Tom]

Yeah, Bobby - it was democrats who went to war to preserve slavery. The party of the people!

[Bobby]

Originally Posted by Tom

Yeah, Bobby - it was democrats who went to war to preserve slavery. The party of the people!

I mean it in much more modern dayterms

[Dave Schwartz]

Get this, Sec, 'cause it's important.

When you think of "them and us" you should be thinking about them as "those who run the country" (i.e. politicians in general) and us as "those who are being used and abused."

Doesn't matter which party is in power - they have no problem remembering who "them" is.

... and that leaves "us" with nobody looking out for our interests.

Oh, and last time I checked, the Dems got the same raise as the Repubs.


Regards,
Dave Schwartz

[dav4463]

Originally Posted by Secretariat

In one month, The House has passed the following bills:

1. Cut Medicaid benefits for the "poorest" of Americans.
2. "Raised their own congressional salaries"
3. "Cuts taxes for the wealthiest" of Americans maintaining the Capital Gains Cut, and defeating a Democratic alternative that asked for those making over 500,000 to not get their cuts. Defeated the alternative along party lines.

The Party of Christian Values strikes again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051208/...congress_taxes

"Are there no poorhouses, are there no workfarms?"........Ebeneezer Scrooge!(a great man!)

[Secretariat]

Originally Posted by Steve 'StatMan'

I saw nothing in this article about item number 2. If this did happen, which I am hoping didn't, what was the vote along party lines, as you're obviously taking another shot at the Republicans (gee, alert the media!) Surely you don't mean to suggest that only the congressional salaries of Republicans are going up, and the rest we either not approved, or they graciously declined the money.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/3504606.html

"U.S. lawmakers accept pay raise, after some had offered to skip it
Each will get a cost-of-living increase of $3,100
By JUDY HOLLAND
Copyright 2005 Hearst News Service
WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. House and Senate will get a pay raise after all, boosting their salaries to $165,200 in January.
....

Lawmakers were squeamish about discussing the subject, but congressional aides — speaking on condition that their names be withheld — said House Republican leaders had pushed for the pay raise in the conference committee."

There's another link with this quote:

"It's not a pay raise," claimed DeLay, who will now make $183,500 a year. "It's an adjustment so that [we're] not losing [our] purchasing power."

Unfortunately, Mr. Delay saw fit to make sure medicaid did not get that "adjustment"

Oh, and I forgot they also defeated the minimum wage raise which hasn't been raised since the 90's. A minimum wage worker now makes barely 10,000 annually. THey don't get "adjustments", but Mr. Delay does ,and those who can actually afford to invest to even qualify for capital gains.

It's the Christmas thing to do I guess nowadays. Give gifts to yourself. Ebenezer Scrooge was a good reference.

[kingfin66]

Originally Posted by Tom

Yeah, Bobby - it was democrats who went to war to preserve slavery. The party of the people!

Kingfin needs a history/geography lesson. Am I to believe that the Civil War, which I had previously been led to believe was North vs. South, was in fact Republicans vs. Democrats? How did they get everybody to agree to move North and South during the war? Hmm... Inquiring minds want to know. Or is it possible that Tom was trying to deliver a glib line to Bobby but it came out horribly, horribly wrong?

[kingfin66]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

We are marching through the Dems like Sherman! This is what happens when you lose elections Sec. You get stomped on when it comes to legislation. Get used to it...........more to come!

You're just getting to be an angrier, angrier white male aren't you?

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by kingfin66

You're just getting to be an angrier, angrier white male aren't you?

not really, I just love to jab Sec. Like poking a dead dog with a stick........

[GaryG]

Just to clarify....the Civil War was about STATES RIGHTS

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by GaryG

Just to clarify....the Civil War was about STATES RIGHTS

Excellent point Gary!